Federico Coria vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert Preview & Prediction | 2025 Grand Prix Hassan II | First Round
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Argentina’s Federico Coria faces France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the first round at Grand Prix Hassan II
Ranking points: ATP 250
Start date/time: Tuesday 1st April, 2025: UK – not before TBC / US ET – not before TBC / US PT – not before TBC
Venue: Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco
Surface: Outdoor clay
How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports Tennis / US – Tennis Channel
How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – Tennis Channel
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Federico Coria vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert prediction
Federico Coria will face-off with Pierre Hugues-Herbert with the winner of the clash of the qualifiers being rewarded with a place in the second round.
The 33-year-old Coria is very much a clay-court specialist nowadays, rarely shifting from his favoured surface to play in Grand Slam tournaments.
As a result, the world number 126 is dangerous on the dirt and reached the quarter finals in Santiago in February before going one better in Cordoba last month.
Coria is hoping to take down a second Frenchman in Marrakesh having followed up his win over Italy’s Giulio Zeppieri in qualifying with a routine 6-4 6-2 success against Herbert’s compatriot, Calvin Hemery.
Herbert, who is bidding to turn his fortunes back in the right direction with the former world number 36 now at 169th in the rankings, had to come from behind to narrowly edge past Henrique Rocha prior to easing past Harold Mayot in qualifying.
A hard-court title in a Challenger event in Cherbourg will have given him a confidence-booster prior to the clay swing while his first outing on the Terre battue ended in the quarter finals in Naples.
The 34-year-old Frenchman does have a winning record against Coria thanks to a 6-2 6-4 victory on the hard courts at Winston-Salem back in 2021, but we think the South American is a different proposition on clay.
Federico Coria vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert tip: Federico Coria to win