Andrey Rublev and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will square off in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.25
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 3.96
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
This will be the 2nd time that Andrey Rublev and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Rublev won 7-5 6-1 3-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in at the French Open back in 2020.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – French Open 01-October-2020
Andrey Rublev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-22 | 26-11 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 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. 6, Andrey reached the 2nd round after defeating Filip Krajinovic 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Andrey had a good straight sets win against Krajinovic (7-5 6-2). During the match, Rublev scored 74 points vs Krajinovic’s 54. Andrey was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rublev managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Andrey Rublev was extremely efficient on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Krajinovic 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Rublev has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (368-210). 6-4 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rublev has a compiled 143-77 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Andrey has an overall 6-5 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-22 | 13-12 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-28 | 18-11 | 9-8 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-26 | 7-9 | 11-8 | 0-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 4-6 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-13 | 5-5 | 5-5 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, Alejandro got to the 2nd round after defeating Malek Jaziri 6-2 6-0.
In the 1st round, Davidovich Fokina had a good straight sets win against Jaziri (6-2 6-0). During the match Davidovich Fokina scored 53 points vs Jaziri’s 23. Alejandro was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Davidovich Fokina bagged 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was very efficient on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Jaziri 5 times.
Davidovich Fokina has a composed 7-5 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 14 |
| Pts | 74-54 | 53-23 |
| Total Points | 128 | 76 |
| Winners | 26 | 22 |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% |
Both Rublev and Davidovich Fokina played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rublev and Davidovich Fokina have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rublev played 6 games more than Davidovich Fokina. The Russian scored 26 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Alejandro struck 22 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 5 |
| 1st in | 29/56 | 26/39 |
| %1st in | 52% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 22/26 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 8/13 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 62% |
Rublev managed to score 8 aces . Davidovich Fokina scored 5 aces . Rublev won 90% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Davidovich Fokina won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/5 |
| % Converted | 67% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Rublev broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Rublev surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Davidovich Fokina broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Alejandro was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Rublev | |||
| R1 Krajinovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 74-54 | 74-54 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/56 | 29/56 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 26/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Davidovich Fokina | |||
| R1 Jaziri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 53-23 | 53-23 | |
| Total points | 76 | 76 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 22/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLWLLL Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Borna CoricCoric – Daniel EvansEvans (2-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Ilya Ivashka/Andrey RublevIvashka/Andrey Rublev – Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek (7-63 2-6 10-8) – See score progression
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Maxime CressyCressy (7-64 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 3-6 7-61) – See score progression
- Nikola Mektic/Mate PavicMektic/Mate Pavic – Rohan Bopanna/Matthew EbdenBopanna/Matthew Ebden (7-5 4-6 10-7) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri Heliovaara – Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (3-6 6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 5-7 7-63) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Borna CoricCoric (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander BublikBublik (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Mikael YmerYmer (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
