Hubert Hurkacz and Alexander Bublik will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Astana Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.5
Alexander Bublik -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Alexander Bublik
This will be the 4th time that Hubert Hurkacz and Alexander Bublik clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Hurkacz won 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Dubai back in February 2022.
Hubert Hurkacz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 15-13 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 10, Hubert got to the 2nd round after beating Francisco Cerundolo 6-2 7-62.
In the 1st round, Hurkacz had a good straight sets win against Cerundolo (6-2 7-62). During the match, Hurkacz scored 68 points vs Cerundolo’s 53. The Pole was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hurkacz fired 11 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Hubert Hurkacz was quite effective on serve to win 80% (36/45) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hurkacz broke Cerundolo twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Hurkacz has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (302-186). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hurkacz has an overall41-42 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Halle where he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-1 6-4.
The Pole has a compiled 36-17 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Astana
The Pole has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Bublik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-25 | 10-11 | 5-6 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-30 | 3-12 | 7-9 | 9-7 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-27 | 5-8 | 2-6 | 17-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 14-12 | 4-6 | 10-8 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-6 | 4-5 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 43, Alexander reached the 2nd round after beating Tallon Griekspoor 6-0 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Kazakhstani defeated Griekspoor (6-0 4-6 6-3). During the match Bublik scored 83 points vs Griekspoor’s 60. Alexander was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Bublik recorded 15 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Alexander Bublik was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Bublik broke Griekspoor 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Montpellier where he beat Alexander Zverev in the final 6-4 6-3.
The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 29-23 win-loss record in 2022, 13-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Astana
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hurkacz | Bublik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 25 |
| Pts | 68-53 | 83-60 |
| Total Points | 121 | 143 |
| Winners | 36 | 34 |
| %Winners | 53% | 41% |
Both Hurkacz and Bublik played 1 match. At the moment, Alexander Bublik conceded 1 set while Hubert Hurkacz hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hurkacz has played 1 set(s) less than Bublik (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hurkacz played 4 games less than Bublik. Hurkacz scored 36 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani recorded 34 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hurkacz | Bublik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 15 |
| 1st in | 45/58 | 41/68 |
| %1st in | 78% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 36/45 | 34/41 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 15/27 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 56% |
Hurkacz scored 11 aces . Bublik blasted 15 aces . Hurkacz won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Bublik won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hurkacz | Bublik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 56% |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Hurkacz broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Pole very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Alexander broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hurkacz | |||
| R1 Cerundolo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 68-53 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 45/58 | 45/58 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 36/45 | 36/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bublik | |||
| R1 Griekspoor |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 83-60 | 83-60 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 41/68 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 34/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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