Alexander Bublik and Alexei Popyrin will play each other in the quarter of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Bublik who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Bublik is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Bublik -> 1.63
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Alexei Popyrin

This will be the 3^rd time that Alexander Bublik and Alexei Popyrin clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Popyrin won 4-6 6-0 6-2 in the final in Singapore back in 2021.

Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs Alexander Bublik – Singapore 28-February-2021

Alexander Bublik

Ranked no. 21 (career-high), Bublik reached the quarter after defeating Marton Fucsovics 2-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Fucsovics, Alexander recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Bublik scored 83 points vs Fucsovics’s 82. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bublik managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Alexander Bublik lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bublik put 64% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Fucsovics 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Bublik has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (317-231). 4-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bublik has a compiled 125-95 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the year was conquering the title in Montpellier where he defeated Borna Coric in the final 5-7 6-2 6-3.

The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 9-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Alexei Popyrin

Ranked no. 46, the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Abedallah Shelbayh 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Hugo Grenier 7-6³ 6-7⁸ 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Popyrin defeated Grenier (7-6³ 6-7⁸ 6-1). During the match Popyrin scored 116 points vs Grenier’s 94. Alexei was extremely aggressive to blast 59 winners.

About the serving games, Popyrin blasted 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (59/75) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alexei broke Grenier 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Alexei has a composed 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bublik	Popyrin
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	6
Tot Games	27	61
Pts	83-82	208-179
Total Points	165	387
Winners	37	94
%Winners	45%	45%

Bublik played 1 match while Popyrin competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Bublik lost 1 set, while Alexei Popyrin lost 2 sets. Bublik has played 3 set(s) less than Popyrin (3 vs 6). Therefore, Bublik played 34 games less than Popyrin. Alexander scored 37 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Alexei fired 94 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bublik	Popyrin
Aces	5	24
Avg per match	5	12
1st in	55/86	126/192
%1st in	64%	66%
1st pts	37/55	94/126
%1st pts	67%	75%
2nd pts	14/31	39/66
%2nd pts	45%	59%

Bublik made 5 aces . Popyrin struck 24 aces (12 per match). Bublik won 67% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bublik	Popyrin
Won	4	6
Converted	4/11	6/13
% Converted	36%	46%
Conceded	7	10
Saved	3	7
% Saved	43%	70%
Times Broken	4	3

Bublik broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Popyrin broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Bublik
	R2 Fucsovics	Total
Score	2-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	83-82	83-82
Total points	165	165
Winners	37	37
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	55/86	55/86
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	37/55	37/55
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	14/31	14/31
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Popyrin
	R1 Shelbayh	R2 Grenier	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4	7-63 6-78 6-1
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	28	33	61
pts	92-85	116-94	208-179
Total points	177	210	387
Winners	35	59	94
%Winners	38%	51%	45%
SERVE
Aces	10	14	24
Double Faults	4	2	6
1st in	51/81	75/111	126/192
% 1st in	63%	68%	66%
1st pts	35/51	59/75	94/126
% 1st pts	69%	79%	75%
2nd pts	19/30	20/36	39/66
% 2nd pts	63%	56%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/9	3/4	6/13
Converted %	33%	75%	46%
Conceded	5	5	10
Saved	3/5	4/5	7
Saved %	60%	80%	140%
Times Broken	2	1	3

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