Andrey Rublev and Feliciano Lopez will play each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3 pm on Margaret Court Arena. Here 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.063
Feliciano Lopez -> 11
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Feliciano Lopez
There is no head to head record between Andrey Rublev and Feliciano Lopez since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Andrey Rublev
Ranked no. 8 (career high), Andrey reached the 3rd round after beating Yannick Hanfmann 6-3 6-3 6-4 and Thiago Moura Monteiro 6-4 6-4 7-68.
In the 2nd round, Rublev had a good straight sets win against Moura Monteiro (6-4 6-4 7-68). During the match Rublev scored 109 points vs Moura Monteiro’s 94. Andrey was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rublev struck 16 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Andrey Rublev was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (49/59) of his 1st serve and 74% (25/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Moura Monteiro twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Andrey hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Rublev has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (296-171). 6-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Rublev has a 111-60 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Rublev has a 6-0 win-loss record in 2021, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Rublev capitulated in the 4th round to Alexander Zverev.
Feliciano Lopez
Ranked no. 65, Feliciano got to the 3rd round after defeating Li Tu 6-71 6-4 7-64 6-4 and Lorenzo Sonego 5-7 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Feliciano had a tough win against Sonego to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (5-7 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-4). During the match Lopez scored 149 points vs Sonego’s 146. Lopez was pretty aggressive to blast 75 winners.
Talking about serving, Lopez blasted 16 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Feliciano Lopez was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (75/94) of his 1st serve and 57% (34/60) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Feliciano was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sonego 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lopez has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Spaniard has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Spaniard lost in the 1st round to Roberto Bautista Agut.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Lopez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 98 |
| Pts | 209-178 | 283-272 |
| Total Points | 387 | 555 |
| Winners | 90 | 129 |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% |
Both Rublev and Lopez played 2 matches. At the moment, Feliciano Lopez lost 3 sets while Andrey Rublev hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Rublev has played 3 set(s) less than Lopez (6 vs 9). Therefore, Rublev played 37 games less than Lopez. The Russian scored 90 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Feliciano made 129 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Lopez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 33 | 37 |
| Avg per match | 16.5 | 18.5 |
| 1st in | 111/170 | 156/284 |
| %1st in | 65% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 90/111 | 129/156 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 37/59 | 75/128 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 59% |
Rublev recorded 33 aces (16.5 per match). Lopez recorded 37 aces (18.5 per match). Rublev won 81% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Lopez won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Lopez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/22 | 7/9 |
| % Converted | 32% | 78% |
| Conceded | 8 | 15 |
| Saved | 7 | 11 |
| % Saved | 88% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Rublev broke his opponents 7 times with a 32% conversion rate. Andrey lost his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Lopez conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rublev | ||||
| R1 Hanfmann |
R2 Moura Monteiro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 33 | 61 | |
| pts | 100-84 | 109-94 | 209-178 | |
| Total points | 184 | 203 | 387 | |
| Winners | 41 | 49 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 17 | 16 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/77 | 59/93 | 111/170 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 41/52 | 49/59 | 90/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 83% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 25/34 | 37/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 74% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 2/9 | 7/22 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 22% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lopez | ||||
| R1 Tu |
R2 Sonego |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 6-4 7-64 6-4 | 5-7 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 46 | 52 | 98 | |
| pts | 134-126 | 149-146 | 283-272 | |
| Total points | 260 | 295 | 555 | |
| Winners | 54 | 75 | 129 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 50% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 21 | 16 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 62/130 | 94/154 | 156/284 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 61% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 54/62 | 75/94 | 129/156 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 80% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 41/68 | 34/60 | 75/128 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 57% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/3 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 9/11 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 82% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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