Alexander Bublik and Francisco Cerundolo will face off in the 2^nd round of the Erste Bank Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on #GLAUBANDICH COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Bublik who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Bublik is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Bublik -> 1.66
Francisco Cerundolo -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Francisco Cerundolo

This will be the 2^nd time that Alexander Bublik and Francisco Cerundolo play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Cerundolo won 7-6(1) 6-3 6-2 in the 1^st round in at the Australian Open back in January 2025.

Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs Alexander Bublik – Australian Open 14-January-2025

Alexander Bublik

Ranked no. 16 (career-high), Alexander got to the 2^nd round after beating Alejandro Tabilo 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Tabilo (6-4 6-4). During the match, Bublik scored 60 points vs Tabilo’s 50. Alexander was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bublik blasted 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alexander Bublik was very effective on serve to win 91% (31/34) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Tabilo twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Bublik has winning record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (364-263). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bublik has an aggregate 102-60 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Turin Challenger where he overcame Bu Yunchaokete in the final 6-3 6-3 and in Halle where he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-3 7-6(4) and in Gstaad where he overcame Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the final 6-4 4-6 6-3 and in Kitzbuhel where he overcame Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-4 6-3 and in Hangzhou where he defeated Valentin Royer in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(4).

Alexander has an overall 43-21 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Vienna

Francisco Cerundolo

Ranked no. 21, Cerundolo reached the 2^nd

round after defeating Alex Michelsen 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Michelsen (6-3 6-1). During the match Cerundolo scored 61 points vs Michelsen’s 40. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Cerundolo couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Francisco Cerundolo was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Michelsen 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Cerundolo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Buenos Aires.

Francisco has a composed 36-22 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bublik	Cerundolo
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	16
Pts	60-50	61-40
Total Points	110	101
Winners	31	24
%Winners	52%	39%

Both Bublik and Cerundolo played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bublik and Cerundolo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bublik played 4 games more than Cerundolo. The Kazakhstani scored 31 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Francisco fired 24 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bublik	Cerundolo
Aces	12	0
Avg per match	12	0
1st in	34/54	30/50
%1st in	63%	60%
1st pts	31/34	24/30
%1st pts	91%	80%
2nd pts	11/20	11/20
%2nd pts	55%	55%

Bublik blasted 12 aces . Cerundolo didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bublik won 91% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Cerundolo won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bublik	Cerundolo
Won	2	4
Converted	2/5	4/6
% Converted	40%	67%
Conceded	1	3
Saved	1	3
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Bublik broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Alexander pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Cerundolo broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Francisco was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Bublik
	R1 Tabilo	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	60-50	60-50
Total points	110	110
Winners	31	31
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	12	12
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	34/54	34/54
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	31/34	31/34
% 1st pts	91%	91%
2nd pts	11/20	11/20
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Cerundolo
	R1 Michelsen	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	61-40	61-40
Total points	101	101
Winners	24	24
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	30/50	30/50
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	24/30	24/30
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	11/20	11/20
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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