The sixth seed is chasing a seventh Beijing title and a 102nd tour-level crown. The fifth seed wants a first trophy in the Chinese capital and a second of the season after winning Rotterdam in February. Djokovic leads the head-to-head 3-1, including their last meeting at Wimbledon last year.
Djokovic reached the final when Daniil Medvedev was defaulted in the semi-final, trailing 7-5, 5-3, after a ball struck a spectator. De Minaur advanced when Hubert Hurkacz retired with an adductor injury. The Serb is 33-0 in Beijing before the final and into his first ATP 500 championship match since Astana in 2022.
The men’s doubles final is not before 16:00 local time (09:00 WAT): Sander Arends and David Pel against second seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool.
Tuesday order of play (WAT)
| Time (WAT) | Match |
|---|---|
| 04:00 | WTA: Daria Snigur v Mirra Andreeva |
| Followed by | WTA: Linda Noskova v Ekaterina Alexandrova |
| Not before 09:00 | Doubles final: Arends/Pel v Cash/Glasspool |
| Not before 12:00 | Singles final: Djokovic v De Minaur |
The China Open is an ATP 500 on hard courts, running from 30 September to 6 October, with a prize fund of about $4.09 million. A Djokovic win would extend a perfect Beijing record. A De Minaur win would be the first break in that run.