ATP Dubai Final Preview and Selection: Tsitsipas vs. Auger-Aliasside

This week, Stefanos Tsitsipas stopped head at the Dubai Duty Free Championships from head at the Dubai Duty Free Championship, and that won’t change in the final on Saturday.

Tsitsipas was 3-0 against Lorenzo Songo, 8-1 against Karen Khachanov, 4: 1 against Matteo Berrettini and 2-0 against Tallon Griekspoor. Next for the world No. 11 is Felix Auger-Aliasseime, who moves her series 6-3.

The rivalry was a story of two very different times. Auger-Aliasside came on tour like Gangbusters and Tsitsipas was one of his many victims when the Canadian won her first two games on the main tour in Easy Sets after he also dominated the Greek juniors. However, the flood has turned over since then. Tsitsipas has won six of their last seven sessions, including four in straight sets. Auger-Aliasside has not defeated Tsitsipas since her first showdown in 2019 at the Indian Wells Masters on a outdoor hard court.

Tsitsipas should have the advantage again this weekend. The 26-year-old was incredibly impressive against Tallon Griekspoor in a 6: 4, 6-4 semi-final victory, a result that rests him well for the title game. Before this case, the defeats of Songo (especially sets), Khachanov (three) and Berrettini (three) were preceded.

Auger-Aliasside played a lot of tennis this week-and in the whole season when he wants to jump back from a few disappointing years in 2023 and 2024. World No. 21 is the ATP leader in Match victories with a record of 16: 4 and has already lifted trophies in Adelaide and Montpellier. AUGER-ALSASSIDE is a victory of a third title in 2025 after taking out Alexander Borges, Marin Cilic and Quentin Halies at the beginning of this week. The 24-year-old needed three sentences in all four of his games.

Both boys play a great tennis, but the edge goes to Tsitsipas due to its head-to-head success and the certain tiredness of auer alias.

Selection: Tsitsipas in 3