Alexander Bublik

Alexander Bublik
Александр Бублик

Bublik at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Alexander Stanislavovich Bublik
Country (sports)	Russia (2013–2016) Kazakhstan (2016–)
Residence	Gatchina, Russia
Born	(1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 Gatchina, Russia
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Stanislav Bublik
Prize money	$1,427,151
Singles
Career record	31–31
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 47 (24 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 51 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2017)
French Open	2R (2019)
Wimbledon	1R (2017, 2019)
US Open	3R (2019)
Doubles
Career record	7–13 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 3 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 96 (3 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 100 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2020)
Wimbledon	2R (2019)
US Open	1R (2019)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

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 serving. He has achieved a career high ranking of No. 47 in the ATP rankings as of 24 February 2020.

Career

Bublik started playing tennis at the age of 4 and is coached by his father Stanislav Bublik.

On the junior tour, Bublik has a career high ranking of No. 19.

Bublik has won four ITF singles titles and three ITF doubles titles.

2016: Futures titles and first ATP wins

Bublik began 2016 ranked #964 in the world. He won his first Futures title in Doha in April 2016, followed by titles in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Sweden.

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 #1 seed and world #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 Carreno Busta.

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

By the end of the year, Bublik's ranking had skyrocketed 759 places to #205.

2017: Two Challenger titles and Top 100 breakthrough

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

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

At Wimbledon, Bublik received a spot in the main draw as a lucky loser. He was defeated by world #1 Andy Murray in his first Wimbledon appearance.

Bublik won his second Challenger title in Aptos. In September, after making the semi-finals of a Challenger tournament in Istanbul, Bublik broke into the top 100 for the first time, reaching a career-high ranking of #95.

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.

2019: Two ATP Finals, Top 50 debut

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

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. 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.

At the tournament in Newport, Bublik reached his first ATP 250 final, where he was defeated by the #1 seed John Isner.

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.

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 Carreno Busta. The result helped him to reach a new career-high of #48 in November.

International competition

Bublik represents the Kazakhstan Davis Cup team and has a W/L record of 3–2 in Davis Cup competition. 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.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 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 (0–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (0–1) 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)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 11 (10–1)

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 (3–4)

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#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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 2020 Australian Open.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	2R	Q2	Q1	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	Q3	Q1	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	1R	Q2	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	Q1	A	3R		0 / 1	2–1	67%
Win–Loss	1–2	0–0	3–3	0–1	0 / 6	4–6	40%

External links

• Alexander Bublik at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alexander Bublik at the Davis Cup