Overview

• The Tuesday first round features Lorenzo Musetti vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Alexander Bublik vs. Marin Cilic, with fresh previews and picks published late Monday and early Tuesday.
• Musetti holds a 2–0 edge over Mpetshi Perricard from 2024 meetings on grass—tight tiebreaks in Stuttgart and a four‑setter at Wimbledon—despite a modest recent record on hard courts.
• Previews highlight Mpetshi Perricard’s elite serve and a confidence‑boosting Winston‑Salem semifinal as factors that could trouble the Italian, yet most predictions call Musetti in four sets.
• Bublik arrives as a top‑24 seed after titles in Gstaad and Kitzbuhel and a Halle win, having skipped the hard‑court warm‑up swing, and projections lean Bublik in four.
• Cilic’s case rests on a 3–0 head‑to‑head against Bublik, his 2014 U.S. Open title, and a Wimbledon fourth‑round this summer, though this will be their first meeting on hard courts.