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

Andrey Rublev

14 - 3win/loss

Hard
12-2
I Hard
2-1
Rank
6
High
5
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-9 13-5 8-3 2-1 0-0 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
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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

Dubai
Rublev's Record

Alexander Bublik

Alexander Bublik

12 - 4win/loss

Hard
7-3
I Hard
5-1
Rank
17
High
17
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 18-11 9-6 4-4 5-1 0-0 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
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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

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Dubai
Bublik's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Rublev
A.Bublik
4h:16
4h:16
Time on court​
4h:43
4h:43
1h:08
1h:08
Last match​
!
0h:58
0h:58
3
3
Match played
3
3
68
68
Games Played​
71
71
8
8
Set played​​
8
8
210
210
Total points​
225
225
70
70
Avg point​
75
75
101
101
Winners
99
99
33.7
33.7
Avg Winners​
33
33
48%
48%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
27
27
Aces
35
35
9
9
Avg Aces
!
11.7
11.7
2
2
Double Faults
10
10
0.7
0.7
Avg Double Faults
3.3
3.3
101/125
101/125
1st won total​
99/128
99/128
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
36/64
36/64
2nd won total​
48/83
48/83
56%
56%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
8/12
8/12
BP won
8/18
8/18
2.7/4
2.7/4
Avg BP won
2.7/6
2.7/6
!
67%
67%
Won
44%
44%
6
6
Conceded
13
13
2
2
Avg Conceded
4.3
4.3
1
1
Broken
6
6
!
0.3
0.3
Avg Broken
2
2
5
5
Saved
7
7
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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

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

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