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Yannick Hanfmann vs Andy Murray: ATP Geneva – First round
Former world No. 1 Andy Murray will take on Yannick Hanfmann in the opening round of ATP Geneva.
Yannick Hanfmann Profile
Yannick Hanfmann is 59th in the ATP rankings, and his career high was No. 45 in the world. The German is 11-16 for the season and 7-10 on clay.
Hanfmann is coming off a 6-3, 6-2 loss to JJ Wolf in the second round of the Challenger in Turin. In the first, he defeated Maximilian Marterer. The week before, Hanfmann reached the second round in Rome after beating Jacub Mensik but losing to Alejandro Tabilo.
His best result of the season was the quarterfinal in Cordoba, where he lost to Luciano Darderi.
This is his first appearance in Geneva.
Andy Murray Profile
Former world No. 1 Andy Murray currently is 75th in the ATP rankings. The Brit is 7-10 for the season and 1-1 on clay.
He is coming off a 6-4, 6-2 loss to Gregoire Barrerre in the second round of the Challenger in Cagliari after defeating Kyrian Jacquet in the first one. That was Murray’s first match in almost two months and his lost in Miami to Tomas Machac, which was his best result of the season.
This is his first appearance in Geneva.
Head-to-Head Murray leads 1-0
- Murray vs Hanfmann 7-5, 6-4 (2023 ATP Basel, first round)
Prediction and Conclusion
Neither Hanfmann nor Murray are even close to their best form, which is something nobody expects from the former world No. 1. Murray got back in action after almost two months, and he is not in competitive form from what we saw in Bordeaux. He would use this week in Geneva to try to prepare for the upcoming Roland Garros. No matter how good or bad Murray is, his talent and shot selection are much better than Hanfmann. The German depends mostly on his serve, which is something that does not go along with the surface in Geneva. Murray is the better player from the base line, and that will be enough for him to win the match.
