Alexander Bublik and Denis Kudla will square off in the 1st round of the Mercedes Cup for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on MATCH COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Bublik who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Bublik is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Bublik -> 1.8
Denis Kudla -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Denis Kudla
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Bublik and Denis Kudla play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudla (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Kudla won 3-6 7-6(5) 6-1 in the 1st round in the Surbiton Challenger back in 2018.
Alexander Bublik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48-24 | 12-11 | 23-6 | 8-6 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-25 | 10-11 | 5-6 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-30 | 3-12 | 7-9 | 9-7 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-27 | 5-8 | 2-6 | 17-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 14-12 | 4-6 | 10-8 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 42, the Kazakhstani will start his run in Stuttgart after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 4-6 7-5 6-2 6-1 to Kecmanovic in the 2nd round on the 26th of May.
Alexander has an overall 13-13 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in in Montpellier where he beat Alexander Zverev in the final 6-4 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Bublik has an overall 278-194 record. He has a positive 21-17 record on grass.
Previously in Stuttgart
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017 and 2019. See his history.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 77, the American will start his run in Stuttgart after he played his last match in the Surbiton Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-3 to Thompson in the final on the 5th of June.
The American has a composed 20-16 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Denis’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Phoenix Challenger and the Surbiton Challenger.
In terms of his career, Kudla has an overall 448-335 record. He has a positive 80-47 record on grass.
Head 2 Head
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- Radu AlbotAlbot – Joao SousaSousa (6-2 7-67) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hubert Hurkacz/Mate PavicHurkacz/Mate Pavic – Dustin Brown/Evan KingBrown/Evan King (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Benoit PairePaire (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oscar OtteOtte – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-62 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Alexander BublikBublik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime CressyCressy – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
