

What Time Will Alexander Bublik Play Against Aleksandar Kovacevic?
Bublik and Kovacevic are on the Day 5 Schedule at Open Occitanie 2025 on Friday 31 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?
Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan is 27 years old and currently ranked World No. 39. He achieved his career-high ranking of No. 17 in May 2024 after winning his first ATP Tour title in Montpellier. In that tournament, he became the first ATP Tour champion since 1990 to come back from a set down in every match. Bublik has a career record of 153-152 and has won four titles. In 2023, he defeated five Top 25 players, including No. 9 Sinner and No. 7 Rublev, to win his biggest ATP Tour title in Halle. He also had a significant win in 2022 when he beat No. 3 A. Zverev in the Montpellier final to claim his first ATP Tour title. Bublik has been a runner-up in several tournaments and had a personal-best of 35 wins in 2021. He has also had success in doubles, reaching the final of the 2021 Roland Garros and the semifinals of the 2020 Australian Open.
Bublik, who won the Montpellier title last year, is seeking his 18th ATP Tour semifinal. He has a record of 11-6 in semifinals and aims to earn his 100th tour-level win on hard courts in his career, currently standing at 99-101.
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Aleksandar Kovacevic from the USA is 26 years old and currently ranked World No. 102. He broke into the Top 100 in January 2024 and achieved a career-high ranking of No. 72 in September 2024. Kovacevic made an impressive ATP Tour debut in 2022, reaching the semifinals of the Seoul tournament as a lucky loser and defeating higher-ranked players such as McDonald and Norrie. He also reached the quarterfinals of the 2023 Los Cabos, marking his second ATP Tour QF. Kovacevic has had success in Challenger events, winning titles in Cleveland, Waco, Shenzhen, and Temuco in 2023. He had a significant victory over Wu Yibing in the Cleveland final and recently won the 2025 Oeiras-2 title. In Grand Slam events, Kovacevic made his debut at the 2023 Roland Garros and faced eventual champion Djokovic in the first round. He earned his first Grand Slam win at the 2024 Australian Open by defeating Tabilo. Kovacevic played college tennis at the University of Illinois for five years, where he was a two-time All-American and graduated in 2021 with a finance degree.
Kovacevic aims to reach his second ATP Tour semifinal and secure his first Top 40 win since defeating No. 32 Thompson in the 2022 Acapulco first round. He recently climbed 13 spots to No. 89 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings and could reach No. 83 with a quarterfinal win. He would be the second American semifinalist after Cressy in 2023.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Bublik will win.
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