Andrey Rublev and Hubert Hurkacz will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hubert Hurkacz is the pick to win this match.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.78
Andrey Rublev -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Hubert Hurkacz

This will be the 3rd time that Andrey Rublev and Hubert Hurkacz play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Hurkacz won 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Miami back in 2021.

Highlights Hubert Hurkacz vs Andrey Rublev – Miami 02-April-2021

Andrey Rublev

Andrey Rublev

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
16
High
5
LWWLLLLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-25 16-13 8-6 6-4 4-2 0-0
2024 43-26 26-11 11-6 6-7 0-2 0-0
2023 56-26 23-12 19-5 6-7 8-2 0-0
2022 51-20 19-7 14-6 18-6 0-1 0-0
2021 53-23 25-10 9-5 12-6 7-2 0-0

Ranked no. 7, Rublev got to the semifinal after beating Daniel Evans 6-4 7-5, Soon-Woo Kwon 4-6 6-0 6-3 and Mackenzie Mcdonald 2-6 6-3 6-1.

In the quarter against Mcdonald, Rublev recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-1). During the match, Rublev scored 80 points vs Mcdonald’s 67. Rublev was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rublev scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Andrey Rublev lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Rublev put 62% of his first serves in, winning 73% (33/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Andrey broke Mcdonald 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rublev has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Rublev has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (340-192). 5-1 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rublev has a compiled 128-68 match record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Marseille where he overcame Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 7-5 7-6(4).

The Russian has a composed 12-2 win-loss record in 2022, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Dubai
Rublev's Record

Hubert Hurkacz

Hubert Hurkacz

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
73
High
6
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 15-11 4-5 7-4 3-2 1-0 0-0
2024 40-19 17-10 14-4 4-3 5-2 0-0
2023 47-24 23-11 5-5 13-5 6-3 0-0
2022 41-21 18-9 9-4 9-6 5-2 0-0
2021 36-23 22-9 1-4 8-7 5-3 0-0

Ranked no. 11, the Pole reached the semifinal after defeating Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-1, Alex Molcan 6-3 6-2 and Jannik Sinner 6-3 6-3.

In the quarter, Hurkacz had a good straight sets win against Sinner (6-3 6-3). During the match Hurkacz scored 61 points vs Sinner’s 48. Hubert was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Hurkacz scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Hubert Hurkacz was very efficient on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Pole broke Sinner 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Hubert hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Hurkacz has a composed 8-3 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.

Dubai
Hurkacz's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Rublev
H.Hurkacz
5h:01
5h:01
Time on court​
3h:35
3h:35
1h:43
1h:43
Last match​
1h:24
1h:24
3
3
Match played
3
3
71
71
Games Played​
51
51
8
8
Set played​​
6
6
239
239
Total points​
184
184
79.7
79.7
Avg point​
61.3
61.3
98
98
Winners
74
74
32.7
32.7
Avg Winners​
24.7
24.7
41%
41%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
26
26
Aces
15
15
8.7
8.7
Avg Aces
5
5
5
5
Double Faults
6
6
1.7
1.7
Avg Double Faults
2
2
98/121
98/121
1st won total​
74/90
74/90
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
39/79
39/79
2nd won total​
33/60
33/60
49%
49%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
13/32
13/32
BP won
11/26
11/26
4.3/10.7
4.3/10.7
Avg BP won
3.7/8.7
3.7/8.7
41%
41%
Won
42%
42%
13
13
Conceded
6
6
4.3
4.3
Avg Conceded
2
2
6
6
Broken
0
0
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0
0
7
7
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rublev Hurkacz
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 6
Tot Games 71 51
Pts 239-192 184-137
Total Points 431 321
Winners 98 74
%Winners 41% 40%

Both Rublev and Hurkacz played 3 matches. At the moment, Andrey Rublev conceded 2 sets while Hubert Hurkacz hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rublev has played 2 sets more than Hurkacz (8 vs 6). Therefore, Rublev played 20 games more than Hurkacz. Rublev scored 98 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Hubert fired 74 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rublev Hurkacz
Aces 26 15
Avg per match 8.7 5
1st in 121/200 90/150
%1st in 61% 60%
1st pts 98/121 74/90
%1st pts 81% 82%
2nd pts 39/79 33/60
%2nd pts 49% 55%

Rublev fired 26 aces (8.7 per match). Hurkacz made 15 aces (5 per match). Rublev won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Hurkacz won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rublev Hurkacz
Won 13 11
Converted 13/32 11/26
% Converted 41% 42%
Conceded 13 6
Saved 7 6
% Saved 54% 100%
Times Broken 6 0

Rublev broke his opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Russian dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. Hubert broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. Hubert was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.

Rublev
R1
Evans
R2
Kwon
1/4
Mcdonald
Total
Score 6-4 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-3 2-6 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 22 25 24 71
pts 73-57 86-68 80-67 239-192
Total points 130 154 147 431
Winners 27 38 33 98
%Winners 37% 44% 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 8 15 3 26
Double Faults 1 2 2 5
1st in 35/57 41/70 45/73 121/200
% 1st in 61% 59% 62% 61%
1st pts 27/35 38/41 33/45 98/121
% 1st pts 77% 93% 73% 81%
2nd pts 13/22 14/29 12/28 39/79
% 2nd pts 59% 48% 43% 49%
Breaks
Won 4 4 5 13
Converted 4/11 4/15 5/6 13/32
Converted % 36% 27% 83% 41%
Conceded 4 3 6 13
Saved 2/4 2/3 3/6 7
Saved % 50% 67% 50% 56%
Times Broken 2 1 3 6
Hurkacz
R1
Bublik
R2
Molcan
1/4
Sinner
Total
Score 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 16 17 18 51
pts 60-42 63-47 61-48 184-137
Total points 102 110 109 321
Winners 22 29 23 74
%Winners 37% 46% 38% 40%
SERVE
Aces 3 6 6 15
Double Faults 1 3 2 6
1st in 29/46 33/55 28/49 90/150
% 1st in 63% 60% 57% 60%
1st pts 22/29 29/33 23/28 74/90
% 1st pts 76% 88% 82% 82%
2nd pts 11/17 9/22 13/21 33/60
% 2nd pts 65% 41% 62% 55%
Breaks
Won 4 4 3 11
Converted 4/9 4/9 3/8 11/26
Converted % 44% 44% 38% 42%
Conceded 0 6 0 6
Saved 0/0 6/6 0/0 6
Saved % 100% 33%
Times Broken 0 0 0 0

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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