

What Time Will Felix Auger-Aliassime Play Against Andrey Rublev?
Auger-Aliassime and Rublev are on the Day 5 Schedule at Qatar Exxonmobil Open 2025 on Friday 21 February 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Head to head, Andrey Rublev leads Felix Auger-Aliassime 5-1. They have faced each other in several tournaments, including Umag, Adelaide, Rotterdam, Marseille, and ATP Masters 1000 Madrid. In Umag on clay, Rublev defeated Auger-Aliassime 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3. In Adelaide on hard court, Rublev won against Auger-Aliassime 7-6(5) 6-7(7) 6-4. However, in Rotterdam on hard court, Auger-Aliassime emerged victorious, beating Rublev 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2. In Marseille on hard court, Rublev won the match 7-5 7-6(4). In another match in Rotterdam on hard court, Rublev won 3-6 7-6(6) 7-5. At the ATP Masters 1000 Madrid on clay, Rublev defeated Auger-Aliassime 4-6 7-5 7-5.
Felix Auger-Aliassime, 24 years old, currently ranks 23rd in the world, with a career-high of No. 6. In 2025, he has a record of 12-3, with two titles. In 2022, Auger-Aliassime had a breakout season, achieving a career-high ranking and earning 60 wins. During this season, he had a 16-match win streak with three titles consecutively. He also won the Rotterdam title, breaking his 0-8 record in singles finals. Additionally, he reached the quarterfinals in three consecutive Grand Slam tournaments and won the ATP Cup, Laver Cup, and Davis Cup. Auger-Aliassime led the ATP Tour in hard-court and indoor wins in 2022, including victories over No. 1 players like Alcaraz, Djokovic, Murray, and Nadal. Notably, he became the first Canadian men’s singles semifinalist at the 2021 US Open and the first Canadian ATP Masters 1000 finalist on clay at the 2024 Madrid tournament.
Auger-Aliassime aims to reach his 18th ATP Tour final, with a current record of 7-10. In 2025, he seeks his third final of the year, having won titles in Adelaide and Montpellier. Auger-Aliassime has a 20-40 record against top 10 players, including a win over No. 8 Medvedev in the quarterfinals with a retirement. He aims to achieve multiple top 10 wins in one event for the third time in his career.
In recent years, only a few players have reached three or more finals in the first two months of the season. These players include Cameron Norrie, Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, and Marin Cilic.
Elina Svitolina
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah
Suzan Lamens
Luciano Darderi
Ben Shelton
Jessika Ponchet
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Jelena Ostapenko
Iga Swiatek
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Jessica Pegula
Fabian Marozsan
Zizou Bergs
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Arthur Fils
Alexander Zverev
Tallon Griekspoor
Cori Gauff
Jasmine Paolini
Moyuka Uchijima
Olga Danilovic
Aryna Sabalenka
Elise Mertens
Carlos Alcaraz
Alex De Minaur
Holger Rune
Casper Ruud
Andrey Rublev, 27 years old, currently ranks 10th in the world, with a career-high of No. 5. He broke into the top 20 in January 2020, the top 10 in October 2020, and the top 5 in September 2021. Rublev achieved his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the 2023 Monte-Carlo tournament, where he rallied from a set down in both the semifinals and the final. He also won his second title at the 2024 Madrid tournament, defeating two-time defending champion Alcaraz. Rublev has defeated top-ranked players such as Nadal, Medvedev, Sinner, and Djokovic, securing 11 ATP Tour titles, including the 2022 Belgrade tournament. He led the tour with five titles in 2020 and had a remarkable winning streak at ATP 500 events.
Rublev has reached the quarterfinals of Grand Slam tournaments ten times and reached the semifinals of the 2022 Nitto ATP Finals. He also won a gold medal in the All-ROC mixed doubles final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with Pavlyuchenkova. Rublev has been successful in team events, winning titles at the ATP Cup, Laver Cup, and Davis Cup.
In the Doha tournament, Rublev is the only former champion remaining. He aims to reach his 27th ATP Tour final and his first since the ATP Masters 1000 Montreal in August. He has previously reached the final in Doha, losing to Monfils in 2018 and defeating Moutet in 2020. By reaching the semifinals in this tournament, Rublev moved up to No. 9 on the PIF ATP Live Rankings.
The Doha Final has seen several players with multiple appearances in the past. These players include Andy Murray, Gael Monfils, Roberto Bautista Agut, Nikolay Davydenko, Roger Federer, Ivan Ljubicic, and Rafael Nadal. Each player has reached the final multiple times, with some winning the title.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Auger-Aliassime will win.
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