Andrey Rublev and Dominic Thiem will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Gijon Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. 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 -> 1.39
Dominic Thiem -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Dominic Thiem
This will be the 6th time that Andrey Rublev and Dominic Thiem play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Rublev won 6-2 7-5 in the R in Nitto atp finals back in 2020.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs Dominic Thiem – Nitto atp finals 19-November-2020
Andrey Rublev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 41-10 | 17-4 | 10-2 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9, Andrey reached the semifinal after defeating Ilya Ivashka 6-3 5-7 6-4 and Tommy Paul 7-5 6-3.
In the quarter, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Paul (7-5 6-3). During the match, Rublev scored 71 points vs Paul’s 55. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rublev scored 4 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Andrey Rublev was extremely efficient on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Paul 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Rublev has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (373-206). 12-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rublev has an overall 114-59 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Marseille where he beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final 7-5 7-6(4) and in Dubai where he defeated Jiri Vesely in the final 6-3 6-4 and in Belgrade where he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final 6-2 6-7(4) 6-0.
Rublev has a composed 45-16 win-loss record in 2022, 12-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Gijon
Andrey has never competed in this tournament before.
Dominic Thiem
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-14 | 2-3 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-30 | 1-5 | 18-15 | 8-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-19 | 2-2 | 8-11 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-9 | 5-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-9 | 14-4 | 6-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 165, Thiem got to the semifinal after defeating Joao Sousa 6-2 6-0, Marcos Giron 3-6 6-4 6-0 and Francisco Cerundolo 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Thiem had a good straight sets win against Cerundolo (6-4 6-3). During the match Thiem scored 64 points vs Cerundolo’s 52. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Thiem blasted 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dominic Thiem lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Thiem put 74% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Thiem broke Cerundolo 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dominic has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Austrian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Rennes Challenger.
Thiem has an aggregate 19-16 win-loss record in 2022, 9-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 58 |
| Pts | 189-145 | 208-157 |
| Total Points | 334 | 365 |
| Winners | 73 | 75 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Rublev played 2 matches while Thiem competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Andrey Rublev surrendered 1 set, while Dominic Thiem conceded 1 set. Rublev has played 2 set(s) less than Thiem (5 vs 7). Therefore, Rublev played 6 games less than Thiem. Andrey scored 73 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Thiem made 75 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 89/146 | 109/159 |
| %1st in | 61% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 73/89 | 75/109 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 35/57 | 26/50 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 52% |
Rublev scored 14 aces (7 per match). Thiem made 3 aces (1 per match). Rublev won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Thiem won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 17 |
| Converted | 6/23 | 17/31 |
| % Converted | 26% | 55% |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
The Russian broke his opponents 6 times with a 26% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Dominic broke his opponents 17 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rublev | ||||
| R2 Ivashka |
1/4 Paul |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 21 | 52 | |
| pts | 118-90 | 71-55 | 189-145 | |
| Total points | 208 | 126 | 334 | |
| Winners | 42 | 31 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/86 | 37/60 | 89/146 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 42/52 | 31/37 | 73/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 84% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/34 | 12/23 | 35/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 52% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 3/9 | 6/23 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 33% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 0% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Thiem | |||||
| R1 Sousa |
R2 Giron |
1/4 Cerundolo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 3-6 6-4 6-0 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 25 | 19 | 58 | |
| pts | 53-23 | 91-82 | 64-52 | 208-157 | |
| Total points | 76 | 173 | 116 | 365 | |
| Winners | 19 | 28 | 28 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 31% | 44% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 46/70 | 40/54 | 109/159 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | 74% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 28/46 | 28/40 | 75/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 61% | 70% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 11/24 | 6/14 | 26/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 46% | 43% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 7/15 | 5/9 | 17/31 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 47% | 56% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/7 | 1/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 43% | 33% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLWLWL Tennis Scores in Gijon
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-6 6-3 7-616) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Andy MurrayMurray (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Tommy PaulPaul (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Andy MurrayMurray (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrey RublevRublev – Dominic ThiemThiem (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
