

What Time Will Alex de Minaur Play Against Mattia Bellucci?
Minaur and Bellucci are on the Day 6 Schedule at Abn Amro Open 2025 on Saturday 8 February 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
In the match between Alex de Minaur from Australia and Mattia Bellucci from Italy, it will be their first meeting on the professional tour.
Alex de Minaur, who is currently 25 years old, is ranked No. 8 in the world and reached a career-high ranking of No. 6 in July 2024. He was the first Australian singles player to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals since Hewitt in 2004. In 2025, he has a record of 10-1, including reaching the semifinals in Rotterdam. His overall record in Rotterdam is 12-4, with a final appearance in 2024.
De Minaur achieved notable successes in his career, such as being a two-time runner-up in the Next Gen ATP Finals. He had his best season in 2022 and 2024, earning 47 victories in each year. He also won the biggest titles of his career at the ATP Tour events in Acapulco in 2023 and 2024. Additionally, he reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2020 US Open, where he also won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the 2020 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati with Carreno Busta. He has also reached the quarterfinals of the Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and US Open in 2024, as well as the ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinals, semifinals, and final at the 2023 Toronto event.
De Minaur has displayed his talent while representing Australia in the Davis Cup. In the 2022 season, he had a 6-1 record, leading Australia to its first final since 2003. He earned notable victories against top-ranked players like Nadal in 2023 and Djokovic in 2024. He comes from a diverse background, with a Uruguayan father, a Spanish mother, and splits his time between Australia and Spain. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and French.
De Minaur’s current focus is to surpass Jannik Sinner for the most ATP 500 wins since the start of the 2023 season. He has already won 32 matches at ATP 500 events, highlighted by winning two titles in Acapulco in 2023 and 2024. On Dutch soil, he has an impressive record of 11-1 since the start of 2024, including a streak of 7-0 since losing to Sinner in the 2024 Rotterdam final. He aims to reach his 18th ATP Tour final, the first since winning the ‘s-Hertogenbosch title in June. He also has a strong record of 29-1 against players outside the top 30 since May, with his only loss coming against Gaston, ranked No. 77, in the 2024 Antwerp quarterfinals.
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Moving on to Mattia Bellucci, he is 23 years old and currently ranked No. 92 in the world, which is his career-high ranking. He began the 2022 season ranked No. 681 but steadily improved to break into the top 500 in April, the top 200 in October, and ended the year as No. 154. In November 2024, he broke into the top 100 and achieved his career-high ranking of No. 92 in February 2025.
Bellucci’s breakthrough came when he reached his first ATP Tour quarterfinal at the 2024 Atlanta event as a qualifier. He also recorded the biggest win of his career by defeating No. 7 Medvedev during that tournament. This success led him to the semifinals of the 2025 Rotterdam event, where he currently has a 4-1 record for the year. He made his tour-level debut at the 2023 Australian Open as a qualifier and subsequently qualified for the main draws of Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and the US Open in 2024. He achieved his first Grand Slam main draw win by defeating former champion Wawrinka in the first round of the US Open.
Bellucci’s journey has included competing in Challenger events, where he has a record of 61-60, with three final appearances and titles at the 2022 Saint-Tropez as a qualifier ranked No. 275, the 2022 Vilnius in back-to-back weeks, and the 2023 Cassis event.
In the Rotterdam tournament, Bellucci is playing in his first ATP Tour semifinal and has the opportunity to become the third qualifier to reach the Rotterdam final, following Escude in 2001 and Fucsovics in 2021. His record against top 20 players is 2-4, with victories over Medvedev in the second round and Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals of this week’s event. He recently jumped 24 spots in the live rankings to reach No. 68 on the PIF ATP rankings, securing a new career-high. With a win in the semifinals, he has the chance to further improve his ranking to No. 57.
Lastly, the text provides a list of the lowest-ranked Rotterdam finalists, which includes players like Anders Jarryd, Jakob Hlasek, Raemon Sluiter, Daniel Vacek, and Stan Wawrinka. These players achieved notable success despite their lower rankings in those specific tournaments.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Minaur will win.
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