Alexander Bublik and Roman Safiullin will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on SHOW COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.75
Alexander Bublik -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Roman Safiullin
There is no head to head record between Alexander Bublik and Roman Safiullin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alexander Bublik
24 - 22win/loss
34
17
LWLLLLWLLL | 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. 27, Bublik will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 4-6 6-1 7-6(4) to Cobolli in the 1st round on the 26th of September.
The Kazakhstani has a composed 24-22 win-loss record in 2024, 10-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Montpellier where he beat Borna Coric in the final 5-7 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Alexander has an overall 350-260 record. He has a positive 133-104 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
Roman Safiullin
23 - 25win/loss
60
36
LWWWWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-28 | 18-14 | 5-8 | 6-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-12 | 6-2 | 4-5 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 61, the Russian reached the 2nd round after defeating Beibit Zhukayev 7-6(0) 6-4.
In the 1st round, Roman had a good straight sets win against Zhukayev (7-60 6-4). During the match Safiullin scored 73 points vs Zhukayev’s 59. Safiullin was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Safiullin made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Roman Safiullin was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (36/45) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Roman broke Zhukayev twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Cary Challenger where he beat Mattia Bellucci in the final 1-6 7-5 7-5.
The Russian has an aggregate 23-25 win-loss record in 2024, 16-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (7-66 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Juncheng ShangShang (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-67 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jakub MensikMensik – Andrey RublevRublev (6-77 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-63 7-69) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maximo Gonzalez/Andres MolteniGonzalez/Andres Molteni – Karen Khachanov/Andrey RublevKhachanov/Andrey Rublev (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-65 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-72 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Arthur FilsFils (7-64 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ben SheltonShelton – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Kei NishikoriNishikori (7-66 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yibing WuWu – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tommy PaulPaul – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tomas MachacMachac – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-6 7-63 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – David GoffinGoffin (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
