Grigor Dimitrov and Alexander Bublik will fight against each other in the 2nd round of Wimbledon for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Court 12. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.76
Alexander Bublik -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alexander Bublik

This will be the 2nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Alexander Bublik play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bublik (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they played each other, Bublik won 5-7 7-6(9) 7-6(3)

in the quarter in Chengdu back in 2019.

Grigor Dimitrov

Ranked no. 21, the Bulgarian reached the 2nd round after beating Fernando Verdasco 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round against Verdasco, Dimitrov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4). During the match, Dimitrov scored 121 points vs Verdasco’s 111. Dimitrov was pretty aggressive to blast 60 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dimitrov scored 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Dimitrov put 65% of his first serves in, winning 82% (60/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Dimitrov broke Verdasco 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Dimitrov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (321-192). 1-0 on grass in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Dimitrov has an aggregate 30-18 record in the last years on grass.

Grigor has a compiled 12-9 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2014. See his history.

Wimbledon
Dimitrov's Record

Alexander Bublik

Ranked no. 38, Alexander got to the 2nd round after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4 6-2 6-1.

In the 1st round, Bublik had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (6-4 6-2 6-1). During the match Bublik scored 83 points vs Kukushkin’s 52. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Bublik made 16 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alexander Bublik was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 70% (21/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexander broke Kukushkin 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Antalya and Singapore.

Alexander has an overall 23-16 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Wimbledon
Bublik's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

G.Dimitrov
A.Bublik
!
2h:23
2h:23
Time on court​
1h:19
1h:19
!
2h:23
2h:23
Last match​
1h:19
1h:19
1
1
Match played
1
1
38
38
Games Played​
25
25
4
4
Set played​​
3
3
121
121
Total points​
83
83
121
121
Avg point​
83
83
60
60
Winners
27
27
60
60
Avg Winners​
27
27
50%
50%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
16
16
8
8
Avg Aces
!
16
16
8
8
Double Faults
5
5
!
8
8
Avg Double Faults
5
5
60/73
60/73
1st won total​
27/32
27/32
!
82%
82%
1st won %
!
84%
84%
19/39
19/39
2nd won total​
21/30
21/30
49%
49%
2nd won %
!
70%
70%
-- Break Points --
4/13
4/13
BP won
6/8
6/8
4/13
4/13
Avg BP won
6/8
6/8
31%
31%
Won
!
75%
75%
10
10
Conceded
0
0
10
10
Avg Conceded
0
0
2
2
Broken
0
0
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0
0
8
8
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Dimitrov Bublik
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 4 3
Tot Games 38 25
Pts 121-111 83-52
Total Points 232 135
Winners 60 27
%Winners 50% 33%

Both Dimitrov and Bublik played 1 match. At the moment, Grigor Dimitrov conceded 1 set while Alexander Bublik hasn’t lost a set so far. Dimitrov has played 1 set more than Bublik (4 vs 3). Therefore, Dimitrov played 13 games more than Bublik. Dimitrov scored 60 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander made 27 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Dimitrov Bublik
Aces 8 16
Avg per match 8 16
1st in 73/112 32/62
%1st in 65% 52%
1st pts 60/73 27/32
%1st pts 82% 84%
2nd pts 19/39 21/30
%2nd pts 49% 70%

Dimitrov scored 8 aces . Bublik made 16 aces . Dimitrov won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Bublik won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Dimitrov Bublik
Won 4 6
Converted 4/13 6/8
% Converted 31% 75%
Conceded 10 0
Saved 8 0
% Saved 80% NAN%
Times Broken 2 0

Dimitrov broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Grigor surrendered his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Bublik was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Dimitrov
R1
Verdasco		 Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 38 38
pts 121-111 121-111
Total points 232 232
Winners 60 60
%Winners 50% 50%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 8 8
1st in 73/112 73/112
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 60/73 60/73
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 19/39 19/39
% 2nd pts 49% 49%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/13 4/13
Converted % 31% 31%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 8/10 8
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 2 2
Bublik
R1
Kukushkin		 Total
Score 6-4 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 25 25
pts 83-52 83-52
Total points 135 135
Winners 27 27
%Winners 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 16 16
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 32/62 32/62
% 1st in 52% 52%
1st pts 27/32 27/32
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 21/30 21/30
% 2nd pts 70% 70%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/8 6/8
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores – Wimbledon

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