Andrey Rublev and Sebastian Korda will square off in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.363
Sebastian Korda -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Sebastian Korda
This will be the 4th time that Andrey Rublev and Sebastian Korda square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Rublev won 6-2 7-6(6) 6-4 in the 3rd round in at the Australian Open back in January 2024.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs Sebastian Korda – Australian Open 19-January-2024
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. 5 (career-high), the Russian reached the quarter after beating Zhizhen Zhang 6-74 6-2 6-4 and Arthur Cazaux 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Rublev had a good straight sets win against Cazaux (6-4 6-4). During the match, Rublev scored 61 points vs Cazaux’s 50. Rublev was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rublev scored 7 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Andrey Rublev was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Cazaux twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rublev has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Rublev has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (403-223). 11-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rublev has an aggregate 164-84 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Hong Kong where he beat Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 6-4 6-4.
Andrey has a compiled 13-3 win-loss record in 2024, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Sebastian Korda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-19 | 17-9 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-16 | 18-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 13-9 | 8-6 | 12-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 12-8 | 6-5 | 13-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-10 | 6-4 | 6-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 7-1 |
Ranked no. 33, Korda got to the quarter after beating Pavel Kotov 6-0 6-2 and Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-1 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Van De Zandschulp (6-1 6-0). During the match Korda scored 49 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 20. Sebastian was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Korda struck 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sebastian Korda conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 66% of his first serves in, win 88% (22/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Van De Zandschulp 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sebastian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 69% of the points he played.
Korda’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
Korda has a composed 8-5 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 27 |
| Pts | 157-132 | 104-46 |
| Total Points | 289 | 150 |
| Winners | 84 | 44 |
| %Winners | 54% | 42% |
Both Rublev and Korda played 2 matches. At the moment, Andrey Rublev surrendered 1 set while Sebastian Korda hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rublev has played 1 set more than Korda (5 vs 4). Therefore, Rublev played 24 games more than Korda. Rublev scored 84 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Korda blasted 44 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 12.5 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 102/141 | 53/77 |
| %1st in | 72% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 84/102 | 44/53 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 11/24 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 46% |
Rublev made 25 aces (12.5 per match). Korda blasted 17 aces (8.5 per match). Rublev won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Korda won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 11 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 11/14 |
| % Converted | 56% | 79% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Rublev broke his opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Rublev pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. The American broke his opponents 11 times with a 79% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rublev | ||||
| R1 Zhang | R2 Cazaux | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 20 | 51 | |
| pts | 96-82 | 61-50 | 157-132 | |
| Total points | 178 | 111 | 289 | |
| Winners | 53 | 31 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 51% | 54% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 18 | 7 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 64/88 | 38/53 | 102/141 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 53/64 | 31/38 | 84/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 9/15 | 22/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 60% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 2/6 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Korda | ||||
| R1 Kotov | R2 Van De Zandschulp | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 13 | 27 | |
| pts | 55-26 | 49-20 | 104-46 | |
| Total points | 81 | 69 | 150 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/39 | 25/38 | 53/77 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 66% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/25 | 44/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 88% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 6/13 | 11/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/5 | 11/14 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 79% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek – Lloyd Glasspool/Jean-Julien RojerGlasspool/Jean-Julien Rojer (6-75 6-3 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Andrey RublevRublev (0-3) – H2H and prediction