ATP 500 - 2025 Dubai

Who wins in Dubai (2025)?

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Title #12 for Tsitsipas and 1st at 500 level (after 11 lost finals). It's 3rd time lucky for him in Dubai after losing back to back finals in 2019-20 to Federer and Djokovic. It's his 1st title of the season and 1st since 2024 Monte Carlo and will now move him back into the top #10 from next week.

It's the 2nd time he has beaten Auger-Aliassime in an ATP final after beating him in the final of 2020 Marseille by an almost identical scoreline.
 
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Winners or Errors said:
Good for the game when the Philosopher is winning. Expecting some seriously cringeworthy posts on social media, but I do like Tsitsipas and tennis needs him playing well.
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His game is good to watch when he is fully on. FAA is a good player, but to me, he is more a product of a lot of hard work, he doesn't seem to the have the natural flow that someone like Tsitsipas has.

However, seeing them both capturing a run of good form is very good for tennis
 
Mainad said:
Title #12 for Tsitsipas and 1st at 500 level (after 10 lost finals). It's 3rd time lucky for him in Dubai after losing back to back finals in 2019-20 to Federer and Djokovic. It's his 1st title of the season and 1st since 2024 Monte Carlo and will now move him back into the top #10 from next week.

It's the 2nd time he has beaten Auger-Aliassime in an ATP final after beating him in the final of 2020 Marseille by an almost identical scoreline.
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I think I read it was actually 11 lost ATP500 finals?
 
Congrats to Tsitsipas, this victory will surely be a nice confidence booster for him going forward, you could see how much it meant to him on championship point. Not sure how well this form will translate to IW/Miami but my crystal ball is telling me that a 4th MC title is a very strong possibility next month.
 
What an epic win! So happy for Stef, considering how hard he had to work to overcome mental demons, backhand issues, family problems. I really did fear it was too late after the horrendous run last year and early this year. Especially his loss to a hobbled Medjedovic last week at Doha broke me as a fan. I thought that was the final nail in the coffin. But I also saw Stef truly pissed off after a loss, after a long time. And then he decides to do this the very next week. What a week it’s been. Thoroughly enjoyed his clutch performance and the all court aggression from Stef. Back where he belongs in the top 10. Hopefully he can build some good momentum heading into his favorite part of the year. Pame!!
 
Jonas78 said:
Title-wise there is ofc no doubt Tsits is ahead, but level of play is something else. Tsonga faced way tougher competition. How are you going to win when you face peak-Nadal on clay, peak-Fed on grass/fast HC, and Nole on slow/medium HC? Tsits could forget about those MCs if he was born in 85 like Tsonga
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Nope. Disagree. Tsitsipas has faced Djokovic alcaraz Nadal and now sinner along with Medvedev.
 
MeatTornado said:
I don't think he's a serious threat to win either of them (even at his best he was terrible there), but QF or SF runs aren't out of the question with how he's playing this week. And that would be a big improvement.
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But that could be the difference between Zed or Djokovic winning. I like to see good competition more than anything and with Med faltering (and Jannik sidelined), a resurgent Stef is great for the game.
 
Hitman said:
His game is good to watch when he is fully on. FAA is a good player, but to me, he is more a product of a lot of hard work, he doesn't seem to the have the natural flow that someone like Tsitsipas has.

However, seeing them both capturing a run of good form is very good for tennis
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Coming from a Nole fan, "flow" is rich (that's Fed's domain and to a lesser extent Rafa's). :p

That said, Félix does work hard and it's good to see both back in the mix.
 
nolefam_2024 said:
Nope. Disagree. Tsitsipas has faced Djokovic alcaraz Nadal and now sinner along with Medvedev.
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Its not a fair comparison imo. Tsits never faced a Big3 winning any of those 3 MC Masters. Besides, although both Tsits and Tsonga played Big3, it was at completely different times. In Tsits best years (2019+) Big3 were all troubled with injuries and they skipped a lot of Big tourneys, especially Masters. Tsonga faced them at a higher level, and when they were way more consistent.
 
Jonas78 said:
Its not a fair comparison imo. Tsits never faced a Big3 winning any of those 3 MC Masters. Besides, although both Tsits and Tsonga played Big3, it was at completely different times. In Tsits best years (2019+) Big3 were all troubled with injuries and they skipped a lot of Big tourneys, especially Masters. Tsonga faced them at a higher level, and when they were way more consistent.
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You are right.
 
I don't think much is changed for Tsitsipas though. Watching highlights, FAA is not as capable as he should have been. Tsitsipas backhand can not be exploited by some error machine like Shapo or FAA !!!
 
nolefam_2024 said:
I don't think much is changed for Tsitsipas though. Watching highlights, FAA is not as capable as he should have been. Tsitsipas backhand can not be exploited by some error machine like Shapo or FAA !!!
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Well, both Tsitsipas and FAA have had great runs before and haven't really built on them, but maybe they are turning over a new leaf.

They aren't getting any younger, so IW and Miami will be very eye-opening.
 
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Aabye5 said:
But that could be the difference between Zed or Djokovic winning. I like to see good competition more than anything and with Med faltering (and Jannik sidelined), a resurgent Stef is great for the game.
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There's no question that he's desperately needed back in top 10 now more than ever. But that doesn't mean I actually believe in him again yet either.
 
MeatTornado said:
There's no question that he's desperately needed back in top 10 now more than ever. But that doesn't mean I actually believe in him again yet either.
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Well, we've all been burned by the NextGen enough to not get too excited. But I was seeing some changes around the end of last year that pointed to some life for Stef.
 
His dad wasn’t in the stands in Dubai, only his mom. Maybe he is slowly distancing himself from his Dad’s coaching and after a few rough months, it is probably good for him in the long term especially if he gets a good coach who doesn’t have to worry about interference from his Dad.
 
socallefty said:
His dad wasn’t in the stands in Dubai, only his mom. Maybe he is slowly distancing himself from his Dad’s coaching and after a few rough months, it is probably good for him in the long term especially if he gets a good coach who doesn’t have to worry about interference from his Dad.
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THIS
 
However, let's also give credit to Berrettini, the only opponent who really questioned the Greek's success.
I remember that in their quarter-final match at 4-4 in the third set Berrettini had two break points, before giving up serve in the next game which gave Tsitsipas the victory.

Berrettini also seems on the right path to return to the levels seen between 2019 and 2022.
 
Could easier spin from the racket enable him to be a bit more compact with his backhand? Larger sweet spot, more confidence? Any good technical analysis?

He had for some time one of the lowest spin rates, compared to the rest of the one-handers.
 
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socallefty said:
His dad wasn’t in the stands in Dubai, only his mom. Maybe he is slowly distancing himself from his Dad’s coaching and after a few rough months, it is probably good for him in the long term especially if he gets a good coach who doesn’t have to worry about interference from his Dad.
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Its old news that his dad is not his coach any more. He hasn’t been traveling with Stef all year. That toxic coaching relationship has been severed for good. Will definitely benefit him, if he gets a competent coach.
 
Djokovic2011 said:
Congrats to Tsitsipas, this victory will surely be a nice confidence booster for him going forward, you could see how much it meant to him on championship point. Not sure how well this form will translate to IW/Miami but my crystal ball is telling me that a 4th MC title is a very strong possibility next month.
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It is good for him certainly but I don't think will translate to a 4th MC this soon. Maybe next year.
 
tennis24x7 said:
It is good for him certainly but I don't think will translate to a 4th MC this soon. Maybe next year.
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This again makes no sense.

You want some linear payoff or some made up payoff scheme. For no reason.

3 time champ can definitely win 4th time again especially after Sinner is banned and new racket apparently helping.

So this statement has zero value
 
Krish0608 said:
Its old news that his dad is not his coach any more. He hasn’t been traveling with Stef all year. That toxic coaching relationship has been severed for good. Will definitely benefit him, if he gets a competent coach.
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IF this is true, then actually it will be good for him. Even Rafa moved away from Toni. The father coaches should realize that they can only take their children so far and then it is time for them to get someone else.
 
nolefam_2024 said:
This again makes no sense.

You want some linear payoff or some made up payoff scheme. For no reason.

3 time champ can definitely win 4th time again especially after Sinner is banned and new racket apparently helping.

So this statement has zero value
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How many top 10 players did he beat to win the this title? Any big names? FAA is not a good player to base your conclusions on. It makes no sense to me actually. MC is the tournament top 10 players play. So let us see who is right.
 
tennis24x7 said:
How many top 10 players did he beat to win the this title? Any big names? FAA is not a good player to base your conclusions on. It makes no sense to me actually. MC is the tournament top 10 players play. So let us see who is right.
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Lol

Do not change the narrative. You said he is not ready this year but MAYBE NEXT YEAR.

You are nobody to decide this. Last year in 2024 being in worse form in leadup to mc he won it beating zverev ruud rune and sinner.

So if anything this year his odds will be just higher than lower.

Don't talk to me about who he beat this year in Dubai. It all counts.
 
nolefam_2024 said:
Lol

Do not change the narrative. You said he is not ready this year but MAYBE NEXT YEAR.

You are nobody to decide this. Last year in 2024 being in worse form in leadup to mc he won it beating zverev ruud rune and sinner.

So if anything this year his odds will be just higher than lower.

Don't talk to me about who he beat this year in Dubai. It all counts.
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where am I trying to change the narrative? I again say it may be next year.
 
tennis24x7 said:
Alcaraz, Ruud, Zverev or even Medvedev, Rublev can easily stop him.
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So you think these 4 guys will not be there in 2026 or what ?
Do you think when you say I don't think he is winning but maybe next year , that he can get better than 50% odds to win in 2026 ? That is ridiculous.

Everyone apart from big 3 for few years and even not them mostly ever had chances to win a tournament 50%+ odds

So its very very very easy to predict failure than success.
 
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