Alexander Bublik and Roman Safiullin will face off in the 2^nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:30 pm on COURT 4. 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

Ranked no. 27, the Kazakhstani 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 1^st round on the 26^th 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 1^st round in 2019. See his history.

Roman Safiullin

Ranked no. 61, Safiullin reached the 2^nd round after beating Beibit Zhukayev 7-6(0) 6-4.

In the 1^st 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 extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Safiullin blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Roman Safiullin was pretty effective 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. Safiullin broke Zhukayev twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Cary Challenger where he defeated Mattia Bellucci in the final 1-6 7-5 7-5.

The Russian has a compiled 23-25 win-loss record in 2024, 16-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2023. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Jakub MensikMensik – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Pavel KotovKotov (6-7⁶ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-6⁹ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-4 6-7⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-6² 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Billy HarrisHarris (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-6⁰ 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Hugo GastonGaston (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Marcos GironGiron – Li TuTu (6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-6⁵ 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Mariano NavoneNavone (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-5 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yibing WuWu – Sumit NagalNagal (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Daniel EvansEvans (6-2 4-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 1-6 6-0) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Luca NardiNardi (4-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Juncheng ShangShang – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marcos GironGiron – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – (0-1) – 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
• Tommy PaulPaul – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yibing WuWu – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – David GoffinGoffin (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – (1-0) – H2H and prediction