Andrey Rublev and Taylor Harry Fritz will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.25
Taylor Harry Fritz -> 4.15
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Taylor Harry Fritz
This will be the 3rd time that Andrey Rublev and Taylor Harry Fritz fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Rublev won 4-2 1-4 3-4(4) 4-3(2) 4-2 in the R in Milan back in 2018.
Andrey Rublev
Ranked no. 8 (career high), Rublev reached the 3rd round after beating Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Rublev had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (6-4 6-4). During the match Rublev scored 66 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 52. Andrey was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rublev struck 6 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Andrey Rublev was very effective on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Ruusuvuori twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Rublev has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (290-170). 9-2 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rublev has a 108-60 record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Rotterdam where he overcame Marton Fucsovics in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Andrey has a 14-2 win-loss record in 2021, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See his history.
Taylor Harry Fritz
Ranked no. 30, Taylor reached the 3rd round after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 4-6 6-3 7-64.
In the 2nd round against Basilashvili, Fritz recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-64). During the match Fritz scored 101 points vs Basilashvili’s 98. Fritz was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Fritz submerged his opponent with 26 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Taylor Harry Fritz was quite effective on serve to win 83% (49/59) of his 1st serve and 52% (26/50) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Fritz was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Basilashvili once.
Fritz’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Doha.
Fritz has a 7-3 win-loss record in 2021, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 32 |
| Pts | 66-52 | 101-98 |
| Total Points | 118 | 199 |
| Winners | 27 | 49 |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% |
Both Rublev and Fritz played 1 match. At the moment, Taylor Harry Fritz dropped 1 set while Andrey Rublev hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rublev has played 1 set(s) less than Fritz (2 vs 3). Therefore, Rublev played 12 games less than Fritz. The Russian scored 27 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Taylor recorded 49 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 26 |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 59/109 |
| %1st in | 65% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 49/59 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 26/50 |
| %2nd pts | 76% | 52% |
Rublev struck 6 aces . Fritz bagged 26 aces . Rublev won 84% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 76% of the points. On the other side, Fritz won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 1/1 |
| % Converted | 29% | 100% |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Russian broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The Russian pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The American broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Fritz conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rublev | |||
| R2 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-52 | 66-52 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 32/49 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 27/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 13/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 76% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Fritz | |||
| R2 Basilashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 101-98 | 101-98 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 26 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 59/109 | 59/109 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 49/59 | 49/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/50 | 26/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Matthew EbdenEbden (4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alexander BublikBublik (2-6 7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Aljaz BedeneBedene – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-75 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (4-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 3-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Malek JaziriJaziri (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (4-6 6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aljaz BedeneBedene – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Dusan LajovicLajovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Andrey RublevRublev (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
