Alexander Bublik and Tommy Paul will play each other in the 2nd round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 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.
Alexander Bublik -> 1.66
Tommy Paul -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Tommy Paul
This will be the 4th time that Alexander Bublik and Tommy Paul fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Paul (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Paul won 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Hamburg back in 2020.
Highlights Tommy Paul vs Alexander Bublik – Hamburg 20-September-2020
Alexander Bublik
Ranked no. 43 (career high), the Kazakhstani reached the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Zverev 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Zverev (7-5 6-3). During the match Bublik scored 65 points vs Zverev’s 56. Alexander was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bublik recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Bublik lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bublik put 54% of his first serves in, winning 85% (29/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Zverev 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Bublik has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (245-159). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bublik has a 69-38 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Alexander’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Antalya and Singapore.
Alexander has a 10-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rotterdam
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.
Tommy Paul
Ranked no. 56, Paul got to the 2nd round after defeating Lorenzo Sonego 6-4 7-67.
In the 1st round, Paul had a good straight sets win against Sonego (6-4 7-67). During the match Paul scored 84 points vs Sonego’s 78. Tommy was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Paul struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tommy Paul lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 70% of his first serves in, winning 67% (41/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Sonego 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Paul has a 4-3 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rotterdam
Tommy has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bublik | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 23 |
| Pts | 65-56 | 84-78 |
| Total Points | 121 | 162 |
| Winners | 29 | 41 |
| %Winners | 45% | 49% |
Both Bublik and Paul played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bublik and Paul have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bublik played 2 games less than Paul. Bublik scored 29 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Paul struck 41 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bublik | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 34/63 | 61/87 |
| %1st in | 54% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 41/61 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 14/26 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 54% |
Bublik blasted 5 aces . Paul fired 4 aces . Bublik won 85% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 67% of the 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 | Bublik | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 44% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Alexander surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Tommy broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Tommy conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bublik | |||
| R1 Zverev | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 65-56 | 65-56 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/63 | 34/63 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Paul | |||
| R1 Sonego | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 84-78 | 84-78 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 61/87 | 61/87 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 41/61 | 41/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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- Andrey RublevRublev – Andy MurrayMurray (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- David GoffinGoffin – Jeremy ChardyChardy (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Borna CoricCoric (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Tommy PaulPaul (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-5) – H2H and prediction