
Roberto Bautista Agut and Alexander Bublik will square off in the 2nd round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on COURT A. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roberto Bautista Agut who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roberto Bautista Agut is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Bautista Agut -> 1.49
Alexander Bublik -> 2.7
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Alexander Bublik
This will be the 2nd time that Roberto Bautista Agut and Alexander Bublik play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bublik (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Bublik won 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in Moscow back in 2016.
Roberto Bautista Agut
Ranked no. 13, Bautista-Agut got to the 2nd round after defeating Reilly Opelka 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Opelka, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Bautista-Agut scored 97 points vs Opelka’s 81. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bautista-Agut recorded 6 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Roberto Bautista Agut was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (46/57) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Opelka twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).
Bautista-Agut has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (370-201). 2-3 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Bautista-Agut has a 159-80 record in the last years on hard.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Montpellier.
The Spaniard has a 5-5 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2019. See his history.
Alexander Bublik
Ranked no. 44, Bublik got to the 2nd round after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (6-4 6-2). During the match Bublik scored 68 points vs Ramanathan’s 50. Bublik was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Bublik bagged 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Bublik conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Bublik put 61% of his first serves in, winning 86% (31/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Bublik broke Ramanathan 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Alexander’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Antalya and Singapore.
The Kazakhstani has a 11-5 win-loss record in 2021, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bautista-Agut | Bublik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 18 |
| Pts | 97-81 | 68-50 |
| Total Points | 178 | 118 |
| Winners | 46 | 31 |
| %Winners | 47% | 46% |
Both Bautista-Agut and Bublik played 1 match. At the moment, Roberto Bautista Agut surrendered 1 set while Alexander Bublik hasn’t conceded a set so far. Bautista-Agut has played 1 set more than Bublik (3 vs 2). Therefore, Bautista-Agut played 11 games more than Bublik. The Spaniard scored 46 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Bublik recorded 31 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bautista-Agut | Bublik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7 |
| 1st in | 57/82 | 36/59 |
| %1st in | 70% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 46/57 | 31/36 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 11/23 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 48% |
Bautista-Agut made 6 aces . Bublik blasted 7 aces . Bautista-Agut won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Bublik won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bautista-Agut | Bublik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/11 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 18% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Roberto broke his opponent twice with a 18% conversion rate. The Spaniard lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Bublik broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Bautista-Agut | |||
| R1 Opelka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 97-81 | 97-81 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 57/82 | 57/82 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 46/57 | 46/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 2/11 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 18% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bublik | |||
| R1 Ramanathan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-50 | 68-50 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 36/59 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 31/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWLWWL Tennis Scores in Doha
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (7-63 6-76 7-5) – See score progression
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Norbert GombosGombos (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Jeremy ChardyChardy (6-4 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – John MillmanMillman (2-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Mubarak Shannan ZayidShannan Zayid (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (7-6(3) 6-7(6) 7-5) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Norbert GombosGombos (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel EvansEvans – Roger FedererFederer (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction










