The draw for the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle has delivered a host of intriguing first-round encounters, not least a 12th ATP Head2Head meeting between Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem.

Thiem leads Zverev 8-3 in the pair’s ATP Head2Head series and the Austrian wild card will hope to improve that record when he competes on grass for the first time since 2021 at the ATP 500. Thiem and the World No. 23 Zverev, who is a two-time finalist at Halle’s OWL Arena, are in the same quarter of the draw as second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who opens his campaign against Gregoire Barrere.

Fourth seed Jannik Sinner is also in the bottom half of the draw in Germany. The Italian will make his Halle debut against Richard Gasquet, with the winner set to take on whoever prevails in a big-hitting battle between Nick Kyrgios and Lorenzo Sonego.

Headlining the Halle field is Daniil Medvedev, who reached the championship match in 2022. The top seed looks to bounce back from early defeat in ‘s-Hertogenbosch last week in a first-round match against a qualifier or lucky loser. Should Medvedev advance to the second round, he could face a rematch of his 2022 semi-final against home favourite Oscar Otte.

Hubert Hurkacz delivered one of the performances of the 2022 grass season to down Medvedev in last year’s final in Halle. The Pole defends his crown as the sixth seed, and he will hope to make a fast start against a qualifier. Andrey Rublev is a potential quarter-final opponent for Hurkacz: The third seed is chasing his first tour-level title on grass at the OWL Arena, where he faces a tough opening test against the fast-rising Chinese star Wu Yibing.