Andrey Rublev and Alexander Bublik will play each other in the semifinal of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 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 -> 1.28
Alexander Bublik -> 3.7
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Alexander Bublik
This will be the 7th time that Andrey Rublev and Alexander Bublik face off. The head to head is 4-2 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Rublev won 7-5 6-3 6-7(6) 6-7(5) 6-4 in the 4th round in at the Wimbledon back in 2023.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs Alexander Bublik – Wimbledon 09-July-2023
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), Rublev got to the semifinal after defeating Zhizhen Zhang 6-74 6-2 6-4, Arthur Cazaux 6-4 6-4 and Sebastian Korda 6-4 4-3 ret..
In the quarter against Korda, the Russian had a free pass after Korda retired on a 6-4 4-3 . scoreline.
Rublev has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (404-223). 12-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rublev has a composed 165-84 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Hong Kong where he overcame Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 6-4 6-4.
Andrey has a composed 14-3 win-loss record in 2024, 12-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
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. 23, Bublik reached the semifinal after beating Tomas Machac 2-6 6-3 7-65, Tallon Griekspoor 7-68 7-62 and Jiri Lehecka 6-4 4-1 ret..
In the quarter against Lehecka, Alexander had a free pass after Lehecka retired on a 6-4 4-1 . scoreline.
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.
Alexander has a composed 12-4 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020, 2021 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Bublik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 68 | 71 |
| Pts | 210-179 | 225-202 |
| Total Points | 389 | 427 |
| Winners | 101 | 99 |
| %Winners | 48% | 44% |
Both Rublev and Bublik played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Andrey Rublev lost 1 set, while Alexander Bublik dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Rublev and Bublik have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Rublev played 3 games less than Bublik. Andrey scored 101 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander blasted 99 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Bublik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 27 | 35 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 11.7 |
| 1st in | 125/189 | 128/211 |
| %1st in | 66% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 101/125 | 99/128 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 36/64 | 48/83 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 58% |
Rublev made 27 aces (9 per match). Bublik scored 35 aces (11.7 per match). Rublev won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Bublik won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Bublik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/12 | 8/18 |
| % Converted | 67% | 44% |
| Conceded | 6 | 13 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 83% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Rublev broke his opponents 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Andrey conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rublev | |||||
| R1 Zhang |
R2 Cazaux |
1/4 Korda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 4-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 20 | 17 | 68 | |
| pts | 96-82 | 61-50 | 53-47 | 210-179 | |
| Total points | 178 | 111 | 100 | 389 | |
| Winners | 53 | 31 | 17 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 51% | 32% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 18 | 7 | 2 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 64/88 | 38/53 | 23/48 | 125/189 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 72% | 48% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 53/64 | 31/38 | 17/23 | 101/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 82% | 74% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 9/15 | 14/25 | 36/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 60% | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 2/6 | 3/3 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 100% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 75% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bublik | |||||
| R1 Machac |
R2 Griekspoor |
1/4 Lehecka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 7-65 | 7-68 7-62 | 6-4 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 26 | 15 | 71 | |
| pts | 90-82 | 87-83 | 48-37 | 225-202 | |
| Total points | 172 | 170 | 85 | 427 | |
| Winners | 39 | 38 | 22 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 22 | 6 | 35 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 49/87 | 48/85 | 31/39 | 128/211 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | 79% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 39/49 | 38/48 | 22/31 | 99/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 79% | 71% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 23/37 | 5/8 | 48/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 62% | 63% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 1/2 | 4/10 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 40% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 0% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLLWLLL Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Alexander BublikBublik – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-4 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 4-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Tallon Griekspoor/Jan-Lennard StruffGriekspoor/Jan-Lennard Struff – Nicolas Mahut/Edouard Roger-VasselinMahut/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek – Lloyd Glasspool/Jean-Julien RojerGlasspool/Jean-Julien Rojer (6-75 6-3 10-5) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-4 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 4-3 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alexander BublikBublik – Andrey RublevRublev (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-1) – H2H and prediction
