Andrey Rublev and Jiri Vesely will square off in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.333
Jiri Vesely -> 3.55

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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Jiri Vesely

There is no head to head record between Andrey Rublev and Jiri Vesely since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Andrey Rublev

Ranked no. 7, Andrey reached the final after defeating Daniel Evans 6-4 7-5, Soon-Woo Kwon 4-6 6-0 6-3, Mackenzie Mcdonald 2-6 6-3 6-1 and Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 7-5 7-6⁵.

In the semifinal against Hurkacz, Andrey recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-6⁵).During the match, Rublev scored less points (3) than Hurkacz. In fact, the world no. 7 won 96 points vs Hurkacz’s. That means that Rublev was more focused during the important points. Rublev was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rublev made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Andrey Rublev was very effective on serve to win 79% (49/62) of his 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Hurkacz once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Andrey has lost 3 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Rublev has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (341-192). 6-1 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Rublev has a composed 129-68 record in the last years on hard.

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

Rublev has an aggregate 13-2 win-loss record in 2022, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Jiri Vesely

Ranked no. 123, Vesely reached the final after defeating Hady Habib 6-1 5-7 6-3, Alexei Popyrin 7-6⁴ 6-7⁶ 6-2, Marin Cilic 6-4 7-6³, Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 6-4, Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-6⁴ and Denis Shapovalov 6-7⁷ 7-6² 7-6³.

In the semifinal against Shapovalov, Jiri recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁷ 7-6² 7-6³). During the match Vesely scored 124 points vs Shapovalov’s 115. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 63 winners.

Talking about serving, Vesely recorded 19 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Jiri Vesely lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Vesely put 65% of his first serves in, winning 82% (63/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. Vesely broke Shapovalov twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Czech started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Czech’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Dubai.

The Czech has a composed 11-6 win-loss record in 2022, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2016, 2017 and 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rublev	Vesely
Match played	4	6
Tot Set	11	15
Tot Games	105	165
Pts	335-291	536-456
Total Points	626	992
Winners	147	253
%Winners	44%	47%

Rublev played 4 matches while Vesely competed in 6 matches. Vesely started his run from the qualifications while Rublev had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Andrey Rublev surrendered 3 sets, while Jiri Vesely dropped 3 sets. Rublev has played 4 set(s) less than Vesely (11 vs 15). Therefore, Rublev played 60 games less than Vesely. Andrey scored 147 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Jiri blasted 253 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rublev	Vesely
Aces	35	84
Avg per match	8.8	14
1st in	183/292	304/467
%1st in	63%	65%
1st pts	147/183	253/304
%1st pts	80%	83%
2nd pts	59/109	87/163
%2nd pts	54%	53%

Rublev recorded 35 aces (8.8 per match). Vesely managed to score 84 aces (14 per match). Rublev won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Vesely won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rublev	Vesely
Won	14	17
Converted	14/39	17/54
% Converted	36%	31%
Conceded	15	17
Saved	8	10
% Saved	53%	59%
Times Broken	7	7

Andrey broke his opponents 14 times with a 36% conversion rate. Rublev surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. Jiri broke his opponents 17 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.

Rublev
	R1 Evans	R2 Kwon	1/4 Mcdonald	1/2 Hurkacz	Total
Score	6-4 7-5	4-6 6-0 6-3	2-6 6-3 6-1	3-6 7-5 7-65
Tot Set	2	3	3	3	11
Tot Games	22	25	24	34	105
pts	73-57	86-68	80-67	96-99	335-291
Total points	130	154	147	195	626
Winners	27	38	33	49	147
%Winners	37%	44%	41%	51%	44%
SERVE
Aces	8	15	3	9	35
Double Faults	1	2	2	2	7
1st in	35/57	41/70	45/73	62/92	183/292
% 1st in	61%	59%	62%	67%	63%
1st pts	27/35	38/41	33/45	49/62	147/183
% 1st pts	77%	93%	73%	79%	80%
2nd pts	13/22	14/29	12/28	20/30	59/109
% 2nd pts	59%	48%	43%	67%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	4	5	1	14
Converted	4/11	4/15	5/6	1/7	14/39
Converted %	36%	27%	83%	14%	36%
Conceded	4	3	6	2	15
Saved	2/4	2/3	3/6	1/2	8
Saved %	50%	67%	50%	50%	54%
Times Broken	2	1	3	1	7

Vesely
	Q1 Habib	Q3 Popyrin	R1 Cilic	R2 Bautista-Agut	1/4 Djokovic	1/2 Shapovalov	Total
Score	6-1 5-7 6-3	7-64 6-76 6-2	6-4 7-63	6-2 6-4	6-4 7-64	6-77 7-62 7-63
Tot Set	3	3	2	2	2	3	15
Tot Games	28	34	23	18	23	39	165
pts	92-63	105-98	77-67	64-42	74-71	124-115	536-456
Total points	155	203	144	106	145	239	992
Winners	42	51	35	28	34	63	253
%Winners	46%	49%	45%	44%	46%	51%	47%
SERVE
Aces	24	15	7	10	9	19	84
Double Faults	5	10	2	1	3	7	28
1st in	44/65	62/97	41/67	31/45	49/74	77/119	304/467
% 1st in	68%	64%	61%	69%	66%	65%	65%
1st pts	42/44	51/62	35/41	28/31	34/49	63/77	253/304
% 1st pts	95%	82%	85%	90%	69%	82%	83%
2nd pts	12/21	17/35	14/26	9/14	14/25	21/42	87/163
% 2nd pts	57%	49%	54%	64%	56%	50%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	3	2	3	3	2	17
Converted	4/9	3/12	2/12	3/4	3/8	2/9	17/54
Converted %	44%	25%	17%	75%	38%	22%	31%
Conceded	1	1	5	1	5	4	17
Saved	0/1	0/1	4/5	1/1	3/5	2/4	10
Saved %	0%	0%	80%	100%	60%	50%	73%
Times Broken	1	1	1	0	2	2	7

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