Andrey Rublev and Botic Van De Zandschulp will square off in the quarter of the St. Petersburg Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.27
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp
This will be the 2nd time that Andrey Rublev and Botic Van De Zandschulp clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Van De Zandschulp (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Van De Zandschulp won 1-6 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in Rotterdam back in 2017.
Andrey Rublev
Ranked no. 6, the Russian got to the quarter after defeating Ilya Ivashka 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Andrey had a good straight sets win against Ivashka (6-4 6-4). During the match, Rublev scored 73 points vs Ivashka’s 57. Rublev was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rublev scored 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Andrey Rublev was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Ivashka twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Rublev has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (323-185). 7-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rublev has an aggregate97-52 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Rotterdam where he beat Marton Fucsovics in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Andrey has an overall 48-18 win-loss record in 2021, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in St. Petersburg
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2020. See his history.
Botic Van De Zandschulp
Ranked no. 69, Botic reached the quarter after beating Marc Polmans 6-6 ret., Evgeny Donskoy 5-7 6-3 6-2, Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2 6-2 and Sebastian Korda 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Korda (6-2 7-5). During the match Van De Zandschulp scored 70 points vs Korda’s 53. Botic was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Van De Zandschulp scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Botic Van De Zandschulp was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Dutch broke Korda 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Botic started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Van De Zandschulp’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Amersfoort Challenger.
The Dutch has an overall 50-21 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in St. Petersburg
The Dutch has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Van De Zandschulp |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 77 |
| Pts | 73-57 | 277-218 |
| Total Points | 130 | 495 |
| Winners | 31 | 122 |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% |
Rublev played 1 match while Van De Zandschulp competed in 4 matches. Van De Zandschulp started his run from the qualifications while Rublev had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Botic Van De Zandschulp lost 1 set while Andrey Rublev hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rublev has played 7 set(s) less than Van De Zandschulp (2 vs 9). Therefore, Rublev played 57 games less than Van De Zandschulp. The Russian scored 31 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Botic bagged 122 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Van De Zandschulp |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4.8 |
| 1st in | 37/65 | 159/233 |
| %1st in | 57% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 122/159 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 38/74 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 51% |
Rublev scored 10 aces . Van De Zandschulp managed to score 19 aces (4.8 per match). Rublev won 84% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Van De Zandschulp won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Van De Zandschulp |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 14 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 14/28 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 16 |
| Saved | 7 | 12 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Russian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Andrey was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 7 break points. Botic broke his opponents 14 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rublev | |||
| R2 Ivashka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 73-57 | 73-57 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/65 | 37/65 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 31/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Van De Zandschulp | ||||||
| Q1 Polmans |
Q3 Donskoy |
R1 Nishioka |
R2 Korda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-6 ret. | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 29 | 16 | 20 | 77 | |
| pts | 46-45 | 99-77 | 62-43 | 70-53 | 277-218 | |
| Total points | 91 | 176 | 105 | 123 | 495 | |
| Winners | 20 | 46 | 26 | 30 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% | 42% | 43% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 52/78 | 35/51 | 40/56 | 159/233 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 69% | 71% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 20/32 | 46/52 | 26/35 | 30/40 | 122/159 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 88% | 74% | 75% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/16 | 13/26 | 7/16 | 12/16 | 38/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 50% | 44% | 75% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/6 | 5/11 | 3/6 | 14/28 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 67% | 45% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 5/6 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 83% | 50% | 100% | 300% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
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