Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz are placed in the same bracket at the 2025 Qatar Open. If they go deep in this tournament, the two stars will meet in the semi-finals.
World No. 3 tennis player Alcaraz will debut in Doha as the number 1 seed. He faced Marin Cilic in the first round. Cilic has not played this season due to a knee injury.
Djokovic faced Matteo Berrettini in round 1. The Serbian tennis player is aiming for his 100th career title. If he wins the Doha, he will have won the Qatar Open 3 times, equal to Roger Federer's record. This is also the first time he has returned to compete at the Qatar Open since 2018, after winning consecutive titles in 2016 and 2017.
Second seed Alex de Minaur will face Roman Safiullin in the first round of the Qatar Open. Seed No. 5 Andrey Rublev meets Alexander Bublik. He is a potential opponent for De Minaur in the quarter-finals.
Some other notable matches include Stefanos Tsitsipas against Hamad Medjedovic, Jack Draper of England faced Alexei Popyrin.
Karen Khachanov is the defending champion after defeating Jakub Mensik in last year's final.
