

What Time Will Alexander Bublik Play Against Miomir Kecmanovic?
Bublik and Kecmanovic are on the Day 2 Schedule at Adelaide International 2025 on Tuesday 7 January 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?
[6] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) and Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) have faced each other three times before, with Kecmanovic leading the head-to-head 2-1. They first met in 2021 at the Astana tournament in Kazakhstan, where Bublik was defeated by Kecmanovic in a hard-fought match with a final score of 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. The second encounter took place at the ATP Masters 1000 Madrid in Spain the following year, this time on clay. Kecmanovic emerged victorious once again, winning the match with a score of 6-4, 7-5. Their latest meeting occurred at Roland Garros in France, also on clay, where Kecmanovic secured another win, defeating Bublik 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-1.
Alexander Bublik is 27 years old and is currently ranked No. 33 in the world. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 17 in May 2024. Bublik has a career record of 152 wins and 150 losses, along with four titles. One of his notable achievements was becoming the first ATP Tour champion to win every match after losing the first set en route to his fourth title in Montpellier. He achieved this in 2024 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 17 as a result. Bublik has defeated five Top 25 players in consecutive matches, including No. 9 Sinner in the quarterfinals and No. 7 Rublev in the final, securing his biggest ATP Tour title at the 2023 Halle tournament. He also earned his first ATP Tour title in the 2022 Montpellier final by defeating No. 3 A. Zverev. Bublik has reached the runner-up position in several tournaments, including 2019 Newport, 2019 Chengdu, 2021 Antalya, 2021 Singapore, 2022 Newport, 2022 Metz, and 2024 Dubai. His best performance in 2021 was achieving 35 wins and reaching the ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinals in Miami and Madrid. In doubles, Bublik reached the 2021 Roland Garros final with his countryman Golubev and the 2020 Australian Open semifinals with his compatriot Kukushkin.
The match between Bublik and Kecmanovic will take place at the War Memorial Drive in Adelaide, Australia, from January 6th to 11th, 2025. It is worth noting that Bublik struggled on hard courts after a seemingly promising start to the 2024 season, where he won the Montpellier title by defeating Coric and reached the Dubai final, losing to Humbert. Despite this setback, Bublik aims to secure his 10th consecutive ATP Tour match win since 2016 in this upcoming match.
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Miomir Kecmanovic, who hails from Serbia, is 25 years old and currently holds the No. 55 spot in the world rankings. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 27 in January 2023. Kecmanovic claimed his first ATP Tour title at the 2020 Kitzbuhel tournament, propelling him into the top 40. In 2022, he achieved his highest number of wins in a single year, totaling 38 victories. Kecmanovic reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, the third round of Roland Garros, and the third round of Wimbledon that year. He has also made it to the quarterfinals of ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, such as Indian Wells in 2019 as a lucky loser, and Indian Wells and Miami in 2022. A significant moment in his career came in 2019 when he defeated Ruud and Davidovich Fokina to secure a spot in the semifinals of the Next Gen ATP Finals, where he eventually lost to the champion, Sinner. Kecmanovic’s Junior Orange Bowl victory over Tsitsipas in a third-set tiebreak in 2015 and his subsequent rise to the top-ranked junior player in the world in 2016 are additional highlights of his career. In 2024, Kecmanovic earned 15 wins on hard courts, including reaching the quarterfinals in Acapulco and Stockholm. In the previous year’s Adelaide tournament, Kecmanovic had a close match against eventual finalist Draper, where he held two match points but ultimately lost after a grueling 3 hours and 40 minutes with a final score of 7-5, 6-7(9), 6-7(7).
In summary, Bublik and Kecmanovic have a history of competitive matches, with Kecmanovic leading 2-1 in their head-to-head encounters. Bublik aims to regain his winning form after struggling on hard courts in the latter part of the 2024 season. Meanwhile, Kecmanovic, who has a solid track record on hard courts, looks to continue his winning momentum from the previous year in order to advance in the Adelaide tournament.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Bublik will win.
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