Andrey Rublev and Kevin Anderson will square off in the semifinal of the Erste Bank Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on Center 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 Andrey Rublev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.29
Kevin Anderson -> 3.9

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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Kevin Anderson

This will be the 3rd time that Andrey Rublev and Kevin Anderson face off. The head to head is 1-1

for Rublev and Anderson (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Anderson won 7-61 6-75 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2015.

Andrey Rublev

Ranked no. 8 (career high), Rublev reached the 1st round after beating Norbert Gombos 6-3 6-2, Jannik Sinner 2-1 ret. and Dominic Thiem 7-65 6-2.

In the quarter, Andrey had a good straight sets win against Thiem (7-65 6-2). During the match Rublev scored 77 points vs Thiem’s 62. Andrey was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rublev bagged 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Andrey Rublev was extremely effective on serve to win 90% (35/39) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Andrey broke Thiem twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rublev hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Rublev has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (288-170). 10-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Rublev has a 86-48 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Doha where he beat Corentin Moutet in the final 6-2 7-6(3) and in Adelaide where he beat Lloyd Harris in the final 6-3 6-0 and in Hamburg where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-4 3-6 7-5 and in St. Petersburg where he beat Borna Coric in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.

The Russian has a 37-7 win-loss record in 2020, 10-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Vienna

The Russian lost in the quarter to Matteo Berrettini.

Kevin Anderson

Ranked no. 111, Anderson got to the 1st round after defeating Dennis Novak 6-72 6-4 7-66, Pablo Carreno-Busta 7-5 6-1 and Daniil Medvedev 6-4 7-65.

In the quarter, Kevin had a good straight sets win against Medvedev (6-4 7-65). During the match Anderson scored 71 points vs Medvedev’s 63. Anderson was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Anderson blasted 9 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Kevin Anderson was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The South African broke Medvedev once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Anderson has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Anderson has a 9-8 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Vienna

Kevin didn’t play in Vienna in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rublev Anderson
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 4 7
Tot Games 38 78
Pts 136-100 254-217
Total Points 236 471
Winners 61 115
%Winners 45% 45%

Rublev played 2 matches while Anderson competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Kevin Anderson dropped 1 set while Andrey Rublev hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rublev has played 3 set(s) less than Anderson (4 vs 7). Therefore, Rublev played 40 games less than Anderson. Rublev scored 61 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Anderson struck 115 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rublev Anderson
Aces 22 41
Avg per match 11 13.7
1st in 71/110 135/222
%1st in 65% 61%
1st pts 61/71 115/135
%1st pts 86% 85%
2nd pts 25/39 48/87
%2nd pts 64% 55%

Rublev managed to score 22 aces (11 per match). Anderson blasted 41 aces (13.7 per match). Rublev won 86% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Anderson won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rublev Anderson
Won 5 7
Converted 5/10 7/24
% Converted 50% 29%
Conceded 2 5
Saved 2 3
% Saved 100% 60%
Times Broken 0 2

Andrey broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rublev quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. The South African broke his opponents 7 times with a 29% conversion rate. Kevin conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Rublev
R1
Gombos		 R2
Sinner		 1/4
Thiem		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2 2-1 ret. 7-65 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 17 3 21 41
pts 59-38 9-6 77-62 145-106
Total points 97 15 139 251
Winners 26 3 35 64
%Winners 44% 33% 45% 44%
SERVE
Aces 11 2 11 24
Double Faults 0 0 2 2
1st in 32/47 3/4 39/63 74/114
% 1st in 68% 75% 62% 65%
1st pts 26/32 3/3 35/39 64/74
% 1st pts 81% 100% 90% 86%
2nd pts 11/15 1/1 14/24 26/40
% 2nd pts 73% 100% 58% 65%
Breaks
Won 3 1 2 6
Converted 3/4 1/1 2/6 6/11
Converted % 75% 100% 33% 55%
Conceded 0 0 2 2
Saved 0/0 0/0 2/2 2
Saved % – – 100% 33%
Times Broken 0 0 0 0
Anderson
R1
Novak		 R2
Carreno-Busta		 1/4
Medvedev		 Total
Score 6-72 6-4 7-66 7-5 6-1 6-4 7-65
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 36 19 23 78
pts 113-108 70-46 71-63 254-217
Total points 221 116 134 471
Winners 53 28 34 115
%Winners 47% 40% 48% 45%
SERVE
Aces 18 14 9 41
Double Faults 7 3 0 10
1st in 63/103 31/57 41/62 135/222
% 1st in 61% 54% 66% 61%
1st pts 53/63 28/31 34/41 115/135
% 1st pts 84% 90% 83% 85%
2nd pts 20/40 14/26 14/21 48/87
% 2nd pts 50% 54% 67% 55%
Breaks
Won 2 4 1 7
Converted 2/9 4/8 1/7 7/24
Converted % 22% 50% 14% 29%
Conceded 1 3 1 5
Saved 0/1 2/3 1/1 3
Saved % 0% 67% 100% 56%
Times Broken 1 1 0 2

Tennis Scores in Vienna

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