Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Bublik will square off in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.20
Alexander Bublik -> 4.33
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alexander Bublik
This will be the 2nd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Bublik square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tsitsipas won 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in Marseille back in February 2020.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Stefanos Tsitsipas – Marseille 22-February-2020
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 6, Stefanos reached the semifinal after beating Pablo Carreno-Busta 7-61 6-1.
In the 1st round, Tsitsipas had a good straight sets win against Carreno-Busta (7-61 6-1). During the match Tsitsipas scored 79 points vs Carreno-Busta’s 54. The Greek was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Tsitsipas blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Stefanos Tsitsipas was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Greek broke Carreno-Busta 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Tsitsipas has a unfavourable win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 38% of his matches (318-193). 3-3 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tsitsipas has a 260-126 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Marseille where he beat Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 6-3 6-4.
Stefanos has a 8-4 win-loss record in 2020, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
The Greek had to surrender in the final 6-4 6-4 to Roger Federer.
Alexander Bublik
Ranked no. 47 (career high), Alexander got to the semifinal after beating Hubert Hurkacz 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Hurkacz (6-2 7-5). During the match Bublik scored 73 points vs Hurkacz’s 53. Bublik was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Bublik blasted 6 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Alexander Bublik was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Hurkacz 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Bublik has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (373-243). 3-3 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Bublik has a 160-116 record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in Marseille.
Bublik has a 8-6 win-loss record in 2020, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Last year in Dubai
Bublik didn’t play in Dubai in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Bublik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 |
| Pts | 79-54 | 73-53 |
| Total Points | 133 | 126 |
| Winners | 23 | 27 |
| %Winners | 29% | 37% |
Both Tsitsipas and Bublik played 1 matche. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tsitsipas and Bublik have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (20). Tsitsipas scored 23 winners (29% on total points). On the other side, Bublik blasted 27 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Bublik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 30/55 | 33/59 |
| %1st in | 55% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 27/33 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 14/26 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 54% |
Tsitsipas blasted 4 aces . Bublik blasted 6 aces . Tsitsipas won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Bublik won 82% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Bublik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 36% | 44% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Greek broke his opponent 4 times with 36% conversion rate. The Greek conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponent 4 times with 44% conversion rate. Bublik conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | |||
| R1 Carreno-Busta | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 79-54 | 79-54 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/55 | 30/55 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 17/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
| Bublik | |||
| R1 Hurkacz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 73-53 | 73-53 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 33/59 | 33/59 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Dennis NovakNovak – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Benoit PairePaire – Marin CilicCilic (2-6 7-5 7-61) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Fabio FogniniFognini (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Joao SousaSousa (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Richard BerankisBerankis (5-7 7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Yen-Hsun LuLu (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-62 6-1) – See score progression
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (4-6 6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Benoit PairePaire (7-2) – See H2H details
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – See H2H details
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (11-2) – See H2H details
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-2) – See H2H details
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Daniel EvansEvans (1-1) – See H2H details
- Dennis NovakNovak – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
- Alexander BublikBublik – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – See H2H details
- Andrey RublevRublev – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (1-2) – See H2H details