Alexander Bublik is 1 wins away to conquer the title in Dubai. The Kazakhstani has defeated Tomas Machac 2-6 6-3 7-65, Tallon Griekspoor 7-68 7-62 and Jiri Lehecka 6-4 4-1 ret. to reach the semifinal where he will face Andrey Rublev.

Draw prediction with head to head records

This is Alexander Bublik’s projected draw andhislikely opponents in Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Alexander has a unfavourable record (2-4) against the likely opponents.

R1 – Tomas Machac (65) – 2-6 6-3 7-65
R2 – Tallon Griekspoor (28) – 7-68 7-62
1/4 – Jiri Lehecka (36) – 6-4 4-1 ret.
1/2 – Andrey Rublev (5) – H2H 2-4
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1/2 – Andrey Rublev’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 4-2 for Andrey Rublev

43 - 26win/loss in 2025

Rank
8
High
5
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
2019 54-27 28-14 8-5 16-5 2-3 0-0
2018 21-24 10-12 2-3 9-9 0-0 0-0
2017 48-33 19-11 11-11 12-9 6-2 0-0

Andrey Rublev has a 14-3 win-loss record in 2024, 12-2 on hard. In the last 12 years, Andrey has a 177-88 record on hard (Click here

to see full career record). The Russian won 7 of his last 10 matches.

His most significant achievement of this season was conquering the tournament in Hong Kong where he beat Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 6-4 6-4.

Last year in Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Rublev was defeated by Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-2 6-2.

H2H Alexander Bublik vs. Andrey Rublev

This match would represent the 7th time that Alexander Bublik and Andrey Rublev square off. The head to head is 4-2 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard in major tournaments.