Alexander Bublik

Alexander Stanislavovich Bublik (Russian: Александр Станиславович Бублик; born 17 June 1997) is a Russian-born tennis player who represents Kazakhstan. Bublik is known for his powerful serving. He has achieved a career-high ranking of No. 47 in the ATP rankings as of 24 February 2020.

Alexander Bublik
Александр Бублик
Full nameAlexander Stanislavovich Bublik
Country (sports) Russia (2013–2016)
 Kazakhstan (2016–)
ResidenceSestroretsk, Russia
Born (1997-06-17) 17 June 1997
Gatchina, Russia
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachStanislav Bublik
Prize money$1,427,151
Singles
Career record40–42 (48.8%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 45 (18 January 2021)
Current rankingNo. 45 (18 January 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2017)
French Open2R (2019, 2020)
Wimbledon1R (2017, 2019)
US Open3R (2019)
Doubles
Career record7–13 (35.0%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
3 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 96 (3 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 100 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2020)
French Open1R (2020)
Wimbledon2R (2019)
US Open1R (2019)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Career

Bublik started playing tennis at the age of 4 and is coached by his father Stanislav Bublik. On the junior tour, Bublik had a career-high ranking of No. 19. Bublik has won four ITF singles titles and three ITF doubles titles.

He has said that he hates tennis and only plays for the money.[1]

2016: Futures titles and first ATP wins

Bublik began 2016 ranked No. 964 in the world. He won his first Futures title in Doha in April 2016, followed by titles in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Sweden.[2]

Bublik made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2016 St. Petersburg Open, where he received wildcards into both the singles and doubles main draw.

Bublik qualified for the Kremlin Cup, where he notched the biggest win of his career, upsetting the top seed and world No. 13 Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets in the round of 16. He then lost a tight three-set match to the eventual champion Pablo Carreño Busta.[3]

In November 2016, Bublik announced that he would represent Kazakhstan.[4]

By the end of the year, Bublik's ranking had skyrocketed 759 places to No. 205.

2017: Two Challenger titles and top-100 breakthrough

After qualifying for the Australian Open, Bublik defeated 16th-seeded Lucas Pouille in his first Grand Slam match.[5]

In February, Bublik won his first Challenger title at the Morelos Open, defeating Nicolas Jarry in the final.[6]

At Wimbledon, Bublik received a spot in the main draw as a lucky loser. He was defeated by world No. 1 Andy Murray in his first Wimbledon appearance.[7]

Bublik won his second Challenger title in Aptos.[8] In September, after making the semifinals of a Challenger tournament in Istanbul,[9] Bublik broke into the top 100 for the first time, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 95.[10]

2018

Bublik struggled for much of the 2018 season, seeing his ranking drop into the 200s. However, he prevailed in his last event of the year, winning eight matches to capture the title in Bratislava.[11]

2019: Two ATP Finals, Top 50 debut

Bublik was successful early on in 2019, winning his fourth Challenger title in Budapest,[12] followed shortly by another title at Pau.[13]

Bublik earned his first Masters 1000 win in Miami, winning two qualifying matches and defeating Tennys Sandgren in a third-set tiebreak.

His next tournament was in Monterrey, where he again defeated Sandgren in a third-set tiebreak en route to his sixth Challenger title.[14] This win propelled Bublik back into the top 100.

Bublik won his first Roland Garros main-draw match over Rudolf Molleker, before losing a close four-set contest to eventual finalist Dominic Thiem.[15]

At the tournament in Newport, Bublik reached his first ATP 250 final, where he was defeated by the top seed John Isner.[16]

Bublik had a successful US Open campaign, where he won two consecutive five-set matches. He came back from two sets to love down against Thomas Fabbiano to reach his first Grand Slam third round.[17]

Bublik reached his second ATP 250 final of the season in Chengdu, where he defeated top-30 players Taylor Fritz and Grigor Dimitrov, before losing the final in a third-set tiebreak to Pablo Carreño Busta.[18] The result helped him to reach a new career-high of No. 48 in November.[19]

International competition

Bublik has been selected to the Kazakhstan Davis Cup team and has a win/loss record of 4–1 in singles and 1–1 in doubles in Davis Cup competition.[20] He made his debut at the 2019 Davis Cup Qualifying Round against João Sousa of Portugal.

Bublik participated in the 2019 Davis Cup Finals. In his first match, he narrowly lost to Robin Haase of the Netherlands, but he teamed up with Mikhail Kukushkin to win the deciding doubles match. In his second singles match, he defeated Dan Evans of Great Britain, but lost his doubles match with Kukushkin.[21]

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–3)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0—1 Jul 2019 Hall of Fame Open, USA 250 Series Grass John Isner 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss 0—2 Sep 2019 Chengdu Open, China 250 Series Hard Pablo Carreño Busta 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 0–3 Jan 2021 Antalya Open, Turkey 250 Series Hard Alex de Minaur 0–2 ret.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 11 (10 titles, 1 runner-up)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (6–0)
ITF Futures Tour (4–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (9–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2016 Qatar F2, Doha Futures Hard Benjamin Bonzi 7–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7)
Loss 1–1 Apr 2016 Qatar F3, Doha Futures Hard Tak Khunn Wang 0–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 2–1 Jun 2016 Russia F1, Moscow Futures Clay Filip Horanský 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 3–1 Sep 2016 Russia F8, Saint Petersburg Futures Hard (i) Alexander Vasilenko 6–3, 7–5
Win 4–1 Oct 2016 Sweden F5, Falun Futures Hard (i) Edward Corrie 6–4, 6–4
Win 5–1 Feb 2017 Morelos, Mexico Challenger Hard Nicolás Jarry 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 6–1 Aug 2017 Aptos, USA Challenger Hard Liam Broady 6–2, 6–3
Win 7–1 Nov 2018 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i) Lukáš Rosol 6–4, 6–4
Win 8–1 Feb 2019 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Hard (i) Roberto Marcora 6–0, 6–3
Win 9–1 Mar 2019 Pau, France Challenger Hard (i) Norbert Gombos 5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win 10–1 Apr 2019 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard Emilio Gómez 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runners-up)
Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF Futures Tour (3–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2014 Russia F6, Kazan Futures Clay Roman Safiullin Andrei Levine
Anton Zaitcev		 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2014 Russia F10, Vsevolozhsk Futures Clay Richard Muzaev Vladimir Ivanov
Andrei Vasilevski		 6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Win 2–1 Nov 2014 Estonia F4, Tallinn Futures Hard (i) Evgeny Tyurnev Iván Arenas-Gualda
Jorge Hernando Ruano		 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–1]
Loss 2–2 Sep 2015 Russia F7, Vsevolozhsk Futures Clay Richard Muzaev Denys Molchanov
Yaraslav Shyla		 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 3–2 Nov 2015 Turkey F43, Antalya Futures Hard Darko Jandrić Tuna Altuna
Cem İlkel		 3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 3–3 Jan 2016 Germany F2, Kaarst Futures Carpet (i) Hubert Hurkacz Danylo Kalenichenko
Denis Kapric		 7–6(7–2), 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 3–4 Aug 2018 Jinan, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Alexander Pavlioutchenkov Hsieh Cheng-peng
Yang Tsung-hua		 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [5–10]

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2021 Great Ocean Road Open.

Tournament201620172018201920202021SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R Q2 Q1 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open A Q3 Q1 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Wimbledon A 1R Q2 1R NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A Q1 A 3R 1R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–Loss 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–3 1–3 0–0 0 / 8 5–8 38%
National Representation
Summer Olympics A Not Held P0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Davis Cup A A A PO P 0 / 1 4–1 80%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0 / 1 4–1 80%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A Q2 Q2 A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A Q1 A 2R NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A Q1 NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Shanghai Masters A A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris Masters A A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 0–0 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Career Statistics
201620172018201920202021Career
Tournaments 2 3 4 14 16 2 41
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–3
Win–Loss 2–2 3–3 1–4 15–15 14–16 5–2 40–42
Win % 50% 50% 20% 0% 47% 71% 48.78%
Year-End Ranking 205 117 162 56 50 $1,689,308

Doubles performance timeline
Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A A SF 4–1
French Open A A A A 1R 0–0
Wimbledon A A A 2R NH 1–1
US Open A A A 1R A 0–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 4–1 0–0 5–3

Record against other players

Record against top-10 players

Bublik's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface

:* As of 17 October 2020'

Top-10 wins
  • He has a 2–5 (28.6%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season20172018201920202021Total
Wins000112
# Player Rank Event Surface Round Score AB Rank
2020
1. Gaël Monfils 9 French Open, Paris, France Clay 1R 6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 49
2021
2. Matteo Berrettini 10 Antalya, Turkey Hard QF 7–6(8–6), 6–4 49
:* As of 11 January 2021'

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