Alexander Bublik and Alexei Popyrin will fight against each other in the final of the Singapore Tennis Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 4 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and the relative 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 -> 1.727
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Bublik and Alexei Popyrin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Popyrin won 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in the Astana Challenger back in 2018.
Alexander Bublik
Ranked no. 46, Alexander reached the final after defeating Altug Celikbilek 6-2 6-2, Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 6-2 and Radu Albot 2-6 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal against Albot, The Kazakhstani recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Bublik scored 78 points vs Albot’s 74. The Kazakhstani was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bublik fired 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Alexander Bublik was very effective on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Bublik broke Albot twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Bublik has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (244-158). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bublik has a 68-37 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Bublik’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Antalya.
The Kazakhstani has a 9-3 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Singapore
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexei Popyrin
Ranked no. 114, Alexei got to the final after defeating Christopher Eubanks 7-65 7-65, Adrian Andreev 6-1 5-7 6-3, Matthew Ebden 6-4 7-67 and Marin Cilic 7-65 7-62.
In the semifinal, Alexei had a good straight sets win against Cilic (7-65 7-62). During the match Popyrin scored 96 points vs Cilic’s 85. Popyrin was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Popyrin fired 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (44/57) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Cilic once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Singapore.
The Australian has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2021, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bublik | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 103 |
| Pts | 203-161 | 345-312 |
| Total Points | 364 | 657 |
| Winners | 91 | 153 |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% |
Bublik played 3 matches while Popyrin competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Bublik conceded 1 set, while Alexei Popyrin surrendered 1 set. Bublik has played 2 set(s) less than Popyrin (7 vs 9). Therefore, Bublik played 43 games less than Popyrin. Bublik scored 91 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Alexei scored 153 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bublik | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 37 | 49 |
| Avg per match | 12.3 | 12.3 |
| 1st in | 117/197 | 200/321 |
| %1st in | 59% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 91/117 | 153/200 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 45/80 | 78/121 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 64% |
Bublik recorded 37 aces (12.3 per match). Popyrin fired 49 aces (12.3 per match). Bublik won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bublik | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/16 | 7/20 |
| % Converted | 56% | 35% |
| Conceded | 16 | 18 |
| Saved | 14 | 15 |
| % Saved | 88% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Bublik broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Alexander surrendered his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bublik | |||||
| R2 Celikbilek |
1/4 Nishioka |
1/2 Albot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 27 | 60 | |
| pts | 53-37 | 72-50 | 78-74 | 203-161 | |
| Total points | 90 | 122 | 152 | 364 | |
| Winners | 24 | 31 | 36 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% | 46% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 15 | 12 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 30/44 | 39/72 | 48/81 | 117/197 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 54% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 31/39 | 36/48 | 91/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 79% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 17/33 | 19/33 | 45/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 52% | 58% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/6 | 2/4 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 50% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 9/9 | 3/5 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 60% | 87% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Popyrin | ||||||
| R1 Eubanks |
R2 Andreev |
1/4 Ebden |
1/2 Cilic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-65 | 6-1 5-7 6-3 | 6-4 7-67 | 7-65 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 28 | 23 | 26 | 103 | |
| pts | 85-86 | 94-79 | 70-62 | 96-85 | 345-312 | |
| Total points | 171 | 173 | 132 | 181 | 657 | |
| Winners | 44 | 36 | 29 | 44 | 153 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 38% | 41% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 15 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 49 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 61/96 | 46/76 | 36/68 | 57/81 | 200/321 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 61% | 53% | 70% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 36/46 | 29/36 | 44/57 | 153/200 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 78% | 81% | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 19/30 | 23/32 | 15/24 | 78/121 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 63% | 72% | 63% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 4/10 | 1/1 | 1/7 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 100% | 14% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 67% | – | 75% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
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