Alexander Bublik


Alexander Stanislavovich Bublik 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)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–12019 Hall of Fame Open – Singles|Hall of Fame Open, USA250 SeriesGrass John Isner6–7, 3–6
Loss0—22019 Chengdu Open – Singles|Chengdu Open, China250 SeriesHard Pablo Carreño Busta7–6, 4–6, 6–7

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 11 (10–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Qatar F2, DohaFuturesHard Benjamin Bonzi7–6, 7–6
Loss1–1Qatar F3, DohaFuturesHard Tak Khunn Wang0–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win2–1Russia F1, MoscowFuturesClay Filip Horanský6–3, 7–6
Win3–1Russia F8, Saint PetersburgFuturesHard Alexander Vasilenko6–3, 7–5
Win4–1Sweden F5, FalunFuturesHard Edward Corrie6–4, 6–4
Win5–12017 Morelos Open – Singles|Morelos, MexicoChallengerHard Nicolás Jarry7–6, 6–4
Win6–12017 Nordic Naturals Challenger – Singles|Aptos, USAChallengerHard Liam Broady6–2, 6–3
Win7–12018 Slovak Open – Singles|Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard Lukáš Rosol6–4, 6–4
Win8–12019 Hungarian Challenger Open – Singles|Budapest, HungaryChallengerHard Roberto Marcora6–0, 6–3
Win9–12019 Teréga Open Pau–Pyrénées – Singles|Pau, FranceChallengerHard Norbert Gombos5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win10–12019 Monterrey Challenger – Singles|Monterrey, MexicoChallengerHard Emilio Gómez6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 7 (3–4)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Russia F6, KazanFuturesClay Roman Safiullin Andrei Levine
Anton Zaitcev		1–6, 3–6
Win1–1Russia F10, VsevolozhskFuturesClay Richard Muzaev Vladimir Ivanov
Andrei Vasilevski		6–3, 3–6,
Win2–1Estonia F4, TallinnFuturesHard Evgeny Tyurnev Iván Arenas-Gualda
Jorge Hernando Ruano		6–4, 6–7,
Loss2–2Russia F7, VsevolozhskFuturesClay Richard Muzaev Denys Molchanov
Yaraslav Shyla		2–6, 6–7
Win3–2Turkey F43, AntalyaFuturesHard Darko Jandrić Tuna Altuna
Cem İlkel		3–6, 6–4,
Loss3–3Germany F2, KaarstFuturesCarpet Hubert Hurkacz Danylo Kalenichenko
Denis Kapric		7–6, 4–6,
Loss3–42018 Jinan International Open – Men's Doubles|Jinan, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Alexander Pavlioutchenkov Hsieh Cheng-peng
Yang Tsung-hua		6–7, 6–4,

Performance timelines

Singles

Current through the 2020 Australian Open.