While Dominic Thiem competes at the Adria Tour, he was replaced by Elliot Benchetrit for the first weekend of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown. And it will be the Frenchman who will kick-off the competition with the match against Alexei Popyrin.

In the 2nd match of the day, Dustin Brown will take on Matteo Berrettini. The players met already twice with both capturing 1 victory. Lucas Pouille has a long history of victories against Feliciano Lopez who will be his opponent on the opening day of the competition. Lopez triumphed in their first meeting back in 2016, but the Frenchman was victorious in the next 4 meetings what gives him an advantage ahead of their meeting at the Ultimate Tennis Showdown.

David Goffin and Richard Gasquet also met already 4 times on the ATP Tour with the Belgian winning 3 of the matches. In the 4th match of the evening, the Frenchman will try to take advantage of the special rules to get another victory against Goffin.

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Benoit Paire will take care of the last match of the first day. Both have one victory in head-to-head statistics and will try to improve this statistic on Sunday night.