Andrey Rublev and Alexander Bublik will face off in the 3rd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.4
Alexander Bublik -> 2.95

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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Alexander Bublik

This will be the 9th time that Andrey Rublev and Alexander Bublik square off. The head to head is 5-3 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Rublev won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Doha back in February 2025.

Highlights Andrey Rublev vs Alexander Bublik – Doha 18-February-2025

Andrey Rublev

Andrey Rublev

11 - 10win/loss

Hard
5-5
I Hard
4-2
Clay
2-3
Rank
17
High
5
WWLLLWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-11 5-5 4-4 4-2 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 8, the Russian reached the 3rd round after beating Unknown Player bye and Gael Monfils w/o.

In the 2nd round, Andrey defeated Monfils (w/o). During the match, Rublev and Monfils scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 8 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Rublev was not very aggressive to strike just winners.

Talking about the service games, Rublev couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Andrey Rublev conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.

Rublev has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (416-231). 2-2 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rublev has a compiled 98-59 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Doha where he defeated Jack Draper in the final 7-5 5-7 6-1.

Andrey has an overall 11-9 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Madrid
Rublev's Record

Alexander Bublik

Alexander Bublik

12 - 12win/loss

Hard
5-7
I Hard
2-3
Clay
5-2
Rank
51
High
17
LWWWWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 18-15 5-7 11-5 2-3 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 75, Bublik reached the 3rd round after beating Alex Michelsen 7-6(2) 7-6(4) and Alexei Popyrin 6-4 7-6(4).

In the 2nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Popyrin (6-4 7-64). During the match Bublik scored 83 points vs Popyrin’s 78. Alexander was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Bublik fired 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Alexander Bublik was very effective on serve to win 81% (34/42) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bublik broke Popyrin twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Kazakhstani hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Alexander’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Phoenix Challenger.

The Kazakhstani has an overall 11-12 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.

Madrid
Bublik's Record

Tennis Scores in Madrid

  • Frances TiafoeTiafoeLuciano DarderiDarderi (7-5 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
  • Jacob FearnleyFearnleyTomas MachacMachac (1-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
  • Grigor DimitrovDimitrovNicolas JarryJarry (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Lorenzo MusettiMusettiTomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
  • Karen KhachanovKhachanovReilly OpelkaOpelka (7-63 7-64) – See score progression
  • Tommy PaulPaulJoao FonsecaFonseca (7-67 7-63) – See score progression
  • Gabriel DialloDialloKamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
  • Matteo ArnaldiArnaldiNovak DjokovicDjokovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Damir DzumhurDzumhurSebastian BaezBaez (1-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
  • Matteo BerrettiniBerrettiniMarcos GironGiron (6-73 7-66 6-1) – See score progression
  • Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipasJan-Lennard StruffStruff (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
  • Alexandre MullerMullerUgo HumbertHumbert (6-2 6-73 7-65) – See score progression
  • Alex De MinaurDe MinaurLorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
  • Cameron NorrieNorrieJiri LeheckaLehecka (2-6 6-4 6-0) – See score progression
  • Denis ShapovalovShapovalovKei NishikoriNishikori (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
  • Jack DraperDraperTallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich FokinaNuno BorgesBorges (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
  • Brandon NakashimaNakashimaSebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
  • Taylor FritzFritzChristopher O ConnellO Connell (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
  • Jakub MensikMensikEthan QuinnQuinn (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
  • Daniil MedvedevMedvedevLaslo DjereDjere (w/o) – See score progression
  • Alexander ZverevZverevRoberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
  • Casper RuudRuudArthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Ben SheltonSheltonMariano NavoneNavone (4-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
  • Francisco ComesanaComesanaArthur FilsFils (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
  • Flavio CobolliCobolliHolger RuneRune (6-2 ret.) – See score progression
  • Francisco CerundoloCerundoloHarold MayotMayot (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Sebastian KordaKordaFederico CinaCina (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
  • Andrey RublevRublevGael MonfilsMonfils (w/o) – See score progression
  • Benjamin BonziBonziHubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
  • Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel CerundoloFelix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
  • Alexander BublikBublikAlexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
  • Jack DraperDraperTallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Karen KhachanovKhachanovReilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6(3) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
  • Tommy PaulPaulJoao FonsecaFonseca (7-6(7) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
  • Frances TiafoeTiafoeLuciano DarderiDarderi (7-5 3-1 ret.) – See score progression

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