Alexander Bublik and Arthur Fils will clash against each other in the final of the European Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Fils who should win in 3 sets.
Arthur Fils -> 1.71
Alexander Bublik -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Arthur Fils
There is no head to head record between Alexander Bublik and Arthur Fils since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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. 36, Alexander reached the final after beating Gregoire Barrere 6-4 6-2, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4 4-6 6-2 and Maximilian Marterer 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Marterer (6-4 6-4). During the match, Bublik scored 72 points vs Marterer’s 60. Bublik was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bublik bagged 12 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Alexander Bublik conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Bublik put 62% of his first serves in, winning 92% (35/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Marterer twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bublik has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Bublik has good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (323-235). 6-4 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bublik has a compiled 98-57 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Halle where he beat Andrey Rublev in the final 6-3 3-6 6-3.
Bublik has a compiled 25-27 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Antwerp
Bublik has never competed in this tournament before.
Arthur Fils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-26 | 15-9 | 14-10 | 6-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 5-4 | 13-8 | 21-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 23-15 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-26 | 3-2 | 29-17 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 38 (career-high), Fils reached the final after beating Mark Lajal 7-64 7-62, Juan Pablo Varillas 6-0 6-3 and Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-65 7-64.
In the semifinal, The French player had a good straight sets win against Tsitsipas (7-65 7-64). During the match Fils scored 87 points vs Tsitsipas’s 84. The French player was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Fils recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Arthur Fils was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (41/56) of his 1st serve and 62% (23/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Tsitsipas once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Fils hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Oeiras 2 Challenger where he overcame Joris De Loore in the final 6-1 7-6(4) and in Lyon where he defeated Francisco Cerundolo in the final 6-3 7-5.
Fils has an aggregate 39-20 win-loss record in 2023, 17-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bublik | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 67 |
| Pts | 207-170 | 225-196 |
| Total Points | 377 | 421 |
| Winners | 100 | 110 |
| %Winners | 48% | 49% |
Both Bublik and Fils played 3 matches. At the moment, Alexander Bublik dropped 1 set while Arthur Fils hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bublik has played 1 set more than Fils (7 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Bublik played 1 game less than Fils. Bublik scored 100 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Arthur scored 110 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bublik | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 31 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 10.3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 111/185 | 138/230 |
| %1st in | 60% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 100/111 | 110/138 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 34/74 | 52/92 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 57% |
Bublik managed to score 31 aces (10.3 per match). Fils managed to score 24 aces (8 per match). Bublik won 90% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Fils won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bublik | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 5 |
| Converted | 9/14 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 64% | 56% |
| Conceded | 11 | 19 |
| Saved | 9 | 18 |
| % Saved | 82% | 95% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani dropped his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Fils conceded his serve once and he saved 95% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bublik | |||||
| R2 Barrere | 1/4 Mpetshi | 1/2 Marterer | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 28 | 20 | 66 | |
| pts | 59-43 | 76-67 | 72-60 | 207-170 | |
| Total points | 102 | 143 | 132 | 377 | |
| Winners | 26 | 39 | 35 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 51% | 49% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 8 | 12 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |
| 1st in | 30/52 | 43/72 | 38/61 | 111/185 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 60% | 62% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 39/43 | 35/38 | 100/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 91% | 92% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 13/29 | 9/23 | 34/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 45% | 39% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/6 | 2/5 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 67% | 40% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/3 | 5/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 100% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fils | |||||
| R2 Lajal | 1/4 Pablo Patino-Samudio | 1/2 Tsitsipas | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-62 | 6-0 6-3 | 7-65 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 15 | 26 | 67 | |
| pts | 86-83 | 52-29 | 87-84 | 225-196 | |
| Total points | 169 | 81 | 171 | 421 | |
| Winners | 45 | 24 | 41 | 110 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 46% | 47% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 9 | 9 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 52/94 | 30/43 | 56/93 | 138/230 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 70% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 45/52 | 24/30 | 41/56 | 110/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 80% | 73% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/42 | 10/13 | 23/37 | 52/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 77% | 62% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 0/1 | 4/4 | 1/4 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 100% | 25% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 9 | 19 | |
| Saved | 8/8 | 2/2 | 8/9 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 89% | 96% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |