Andrey Rublev and Hubert Hurkacz will square off in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3 pm on Grand Stand Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrey Rublev who should win in 2 sets.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.222
Hubert Hurkacz -> 4.5
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Hubert Hurkacz
There is no head to head record between Andrey Rublev and Hubert Hurkacz since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Andrey Rublev
Ranked no. 12 (career high), Andrey got to the 2nd round after beating Facundo Bagnis 6-4 6-4
.In the 1st round, Rublev had a good straight sets win against Bagnis (6-4 6-4). During the match Rublev scored 73 points vs Bagnis’s 59. Rublev was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rublev managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Andrey Rublev was quite effective on serve to win 74% (29/39) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Rublev broke Bagnis 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Rublev has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (271-168). 1-0 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rublev has a 69-47 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Doha where he beat Corentin Moutet in the final 6-2 7-6(3) and in Adelaide where he defeated Lloyd Harris in the final 6-3 6-0.
Andrey has a 20-5 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Rublev didn’t compete in Rome in 2019.
Hubert Hurkacz
Ranked no. 31, the Pole reached the 2nd round after beating Daniel Evans 6-3 3-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Pole defeated Evans (6-3 3-6 7-5). During the match Hurkacz scored 95 points vs Evans’s 86. Hurkacz was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Hurkacz recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Hubert Hurkacz lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hurkacz put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. Hubert broke Evans 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Hubert’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Auckland.
Hubert has a 11-8 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
The Pole had to surrender in the qualifications to Miomir Kecmanovic.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Hurkacz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 |
| Pts | 73-59 | 95-86 |
| Total Points | 132 | 181 |
| Winners | 29 | 36 |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% |
Both Rublev and Hurkacz played 1 match. At the moment, Hubert Hurkacz conceded 1 set while Andrey Rublev hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rublev has played 1 set(s) less than Hurkacz (2 vs 3). Therefore, Rublev played 10 games less than Hurkacz. The Russian scored 29 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Hubert struck 36 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Hurkacz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 52/87 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 36/52 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 17/35 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 49% |
Rublev struck 7 aces . Hurkacz blasted 2 aces . Rublev won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Hurkacz won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Hurkacz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 36% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 29% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
The Russian broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Rublev lost his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Pole broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Pole conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rublev | |||
| R1 Bagnis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 73-59 | 73-59 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 39/62 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 29/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Hurkacz | |||
| R1 Evans | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 95-86 | 95-86 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/87 | 52/87 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 36/52 | 36/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/35 | 17/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Federico CoriaCoria (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-1 6-79 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Borna CoricCoric (7-62 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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