Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev will clash against each other in the final of the ATP1000 Master in Monte-Carlo for the 8th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:30 pm on COURT RAINIER III. Here 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.99
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Andrey Rublev
This will be the 8th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev play each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Rublev (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Rublev won 6-3 7-6(2) in the semifinal in Rotterdam back in March 2021.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs Stefanos Tsitsipas – Rotterdam 06-March-2021
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 5 (career high), the Greek reached the final after defeating Aslan Karatsev 6-3 6-4, Christian Garin 6-3 6-4, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5 0-0 ret. and Daniel Evans 6-2 6-1.
In the semifinal, Tsitsipas had a good straight sets win against Evans (6-2 6-1). During the match Tsitsipas scored 61 points vs Evans’s 34. Stefanos was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Stefanos Tsitsipas was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (19/24) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tsitsipas broke Evans 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefanos started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 68% of his matches (298-141). 4-0 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tsitsipas has a 109-36 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Tsitsipas’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Acapulco.
Tsitsipas has a 21-5 win-loss record in 2021, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Andrey Rublev
Ranked no. 8 (career high), the Russian reached the final after beating Salvatore Caruso 6-3 6-2, Roberto Bautista Agut 7-62 5-7 6-3, Rafael Nadal 6-2 4-6 6-2 and Casper Ruud 6-3 7-5.
In the semifinal, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Ruud (6-3 7-5). During the match Rublev scored 63 points vs Ruud’s 50. Andrey was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Rublev made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Andrey Rublev lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Rublev put 54% of his first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Rublev was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ruud 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rublev started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in in Rotterdam where he beat Marton Fucsovics in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Andrey has a 24-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Rublev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 98 |
| Pts | 240-175 | 334-288 |
| Total Points | 415 | 622 |
| Winners | 82 | 131 |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% |
Both Tsitsipas and Rublev played 4 matches. At the moment, Andrey Rublev dropped 2 sets while Stefanos Tsitsipas hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tsitsipas has played 1 set(s) less than Rublev (9 vs 10). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 33 games less than Rublev. Stefanos scored 82 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Rublev bagged 131 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Rublev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 110/192 | 188/323 |
| %1st in | 57% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 82/110 | 131/188 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 53/82 | 62/135 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 46% |
Tsitsipas scored 10 aces (2.5 per match). Rublev fired 16 aces (4 per match). Tsitsipas won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Rublev won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Rublev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 21 |
| Converted | 12/23 | 21/37 |
| % Converted | 52% | 57% |
| Conceded | 7 | 28 |
| Saved | 4 | 15 |
| % Saved | 57% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 13 |
Tsitsipas broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Greek conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Andrey broke his opponents 21 times with a 57% conversion rate. Andrey conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | ||||||
| R2 Karatsev |
R3 Garin |
1/4 Davidovich Fokina |
1/2 Evans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 0-0 ret. | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 65 | |
| pts | 63-51 | 73-55 | 43-35 | 61-34 | 240-175 | |
| Total points | 114 | 128 | 78 | 95 | 415 | |
| Winners | 26 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 30% | 35% | 31% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/62 | 30/52 | 21/37 | 24/41 | 110/192 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 58% | 57% | 59% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 22/30 | 15/21 | 19/24 | 82/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 73% | 71% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 16/22 | 9/16 | 11/17 | 53/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 73% | 56% | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 5/11 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 60% | 100% | 45% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Rublev | ||||||
| R2 Caruso |
R3 Bautista-Agut |
1/4 Nadal |
1/2 Ruud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-62 5-7 6-3 | 6-2 4-6 6-2 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 34 | 26 | 21 | 98 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 109-107 | 99-87 | 63-50 | 334-288 | |
| Total points | 107 | 216 | 186 | 113 | 622 | |
| Winners | 27 | 40 | 39 | 25 | 131 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% | 39% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 59/107 | 60/98 | 33/61 | 188/323 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 55% | 61% | 54% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 40/59 | 39/60 | 25/33 | 131/188 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 68% | 65% | 76% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 21/48 | 16/38 | 12/28 | 62/135 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 44% | 42% | 43% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/12 | 7/15 | 5/5 | 21/37 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 50% | 47% | 100% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 28 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 3/9 | 8/12 | 0/3 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 67% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
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