Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov will square off in the quarter of the BNP Paribas Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.36
Grigor Dimitrov -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Grigor Dimitrov
This will be the 5th time that Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov face off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Rublev won 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in Beijing back in 2019.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs Grigor Dimitrov – Beijing 30-September-2019
Andrey Rublev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-19 | 26-10 | 11-6 | 2-1 | 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 |
| 2020 | 41-10 | 17-4 | 10-2 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7, the Russian got to the quarter after beating Dominik Koepfer 7-5 6-4, Frances Tiafoe 6-3 6-4 and Hubert Hurkacz 7-65 6-4.
In the 4th round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Hurkacz (7-65 6-4). During the match, Rublev scored 80 points vs Hurkacz’s 67. Andrey was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rublev bagged 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Andrey Rublev lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Rublev put 53% of his first serves in, winning 92% (33/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Andrey broke Hurkacz twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Andrey hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Rublev has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (345-192). 10-1 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rublev has an overall 133-68 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Marseille where he beat Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 7-5 7-6(4) and in in Dubai where he defeated Jiri Vesely in the final 6-3 6-4.
Rublev has an aggregate 17-2 win-loss record in 2022, 10-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Grigor Dimitrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-14 | 19-6 | 8-4 | 7-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-21 | 16-10 | 10-5 | 10-4 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-22 | 10-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 18-10 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-11 | 8-5 | 6-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 35, Grigor reached the quarter after beating Jordan Thompson 7-63 6-2, Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-4 and John Isner 6-3 7-66.
In the 4th round, Dimitrov had a good straight sets win against Isner (6-3 7-66). During the match Dimitrov scored 66 points vs Isner’s 60. Dimitrov was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Dimitrov blasted 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (39/49) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Bulgarian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Isner once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dimitrov hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Bulgarian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.
The Bulgarian has an aggregate 7-4 win-loss record in 2022, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 62 |
| Pts | 223-183 | 196-162 |
| Total Points | 406 | 358 |
| Winners | 92 | 93 |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% |
Both Rublev and Dimitrov played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rublev and Dimitrov have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Rublev played 2 games more than Dimitrov. The Russian scored 92 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Grigor struck 93 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 7.7 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 113/185 | 115/179 |
| %1st in | 61% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 92/113 | 93/115 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 38/72 | 40/64 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 63% |
Rublev bagged 23 aces (7.7 per match). Dimitrov managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Rublev won 81% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Dimitrov won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 6 |
| Converted | 9/24 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 38% | 67% |
| Conceded | 11 | 2 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 64% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Rublev broke his opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rublev | |||||
| R2 Koepfer |
R3 Tiafoe |
R4 Hurkacz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 | 23 | 64 | |
| pts | 80-70 | 63-46 | 80-67 | 223-183 | |
| Total points | 150 | 109 | 147 | 406 | |
| Winners | 31 | 28 | 33 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/65 | 34/52 | 36/68 | 113/185 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 65% | 53% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 28/34 | 33/36 | 92/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 82% | 92% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/18 | 16/32 | 38/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 61% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/4 | 2/8 | 9/24 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 75% | 25% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 50% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Dimitrov | |||||
| R2 Thompson |
R3 Bublik |
R4 Isner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 22 | 62 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 58-46 | 66-60 | 196-162 | |
| Total points | 128 | 104 | 126 | 358 | |
| Winners | 29 | 25 | 39 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 43% | 59% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 35/59 | 31/51 | 49/69 | 115/179 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 61% | 71% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 25/31 | 39/49 | 93/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 81% | 80% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 16/20 | 11/20 | 40/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 80% | 55% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 50% | 100% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 100% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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