Alex de Minaur vs Andrey Rublev Prediction: Alex wants revenge.

Alex de Minaur and Andrey Rublev are two popular names to make it to the Rotterdam Quarter Finals. Both players met at the 16th round of the Australian Open last month and Andrey Rublev won in 5 sets. Altogether both players have played 6 matches against each other in their careers and each player has won 3 matches of the six.

Alex de Minaur will hope to continue his excellent run in the Rotterdam tournament, where he won his 2 matches in straight sets. While Andrey Rublev on the other hand was handed a much tougher opponent in the previous round and he won in 3 sets. So he will feel confident coming Into this game against Alex de Minaur.

Alex de Minaur

Alex de Minaur is an Australian tennis player born on the 17th of February 1999. Alex is currently ranked 11th on the ATP ranking and he's achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 10 on 8 January 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 58 on 12 October 2020. Alex de Minaur has won seven ATP Tour singles titles and one in doubles. 

In the Grand Slam singles, he holds the following records: Australian Open - 4th round (2022, 2023, 2024), French Open -2nd round (2019, 2021, 2023), Wimbledon - 4th round (2022) and US Open - quarter Final (2020).

And in the Grand Slam doubles, he has the records: Australian Open - 1st round (2017, 2021), French Open - 2nd round (2020, 2021), Wimbledon - 2nd round (2021) and US Open - 2nd round (2019).

Alex de Minaur has won both games in the Rotterdam tournament. He defeated Sebastian Korda in straight sets in his first match and then defeated David Goffin in the second game, also in straight sets.

Andrey Rublev

Andrey Rublev is a Russian player born on the 20th of October 1997. He's currently ranked 5th on the ATP ranking. Rublev has won 15 ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters. He has also won four doubles titles, including an Olympic gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics and a Masters 1000 title at the 2023 Madrid Open.

In the Grand Slam singles, he has the following record: Australian Open - quarter final (2021, 2023, 2024), French Open - quarter final (2020, 2022), Wimbledon - quarter final (2023) and US Open - quarter final (2017, 2020, 2022, 2023).

And in the Grand Slam doubles, he has the following record: Australian Open - 2nd round (2019) and US Open - 3rd round (2017).

Andrey Rublev won his opening 2 games of the Rotterdam tournament. He defeated Zizou Bergs in the round of 32, in straight sets. Then he defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime in 3 sets in the 16th round. 

Head to Head

There's nothing to separate both players on the head-to-head record at the moment. They both played 6 times against each other and each player won 3 matches.

Alex de Minaur won the first 2 meetings at the ATP Washington in 2018 and ATP Next Gens Final Milan in 2018. Then Andrey Rublev won the third meeting at the ATP Monte Carlo in 2022. Alex de Minaur won the 4th meeting at the ATP Rotterdam in 2023 and Andrey Rublev won the last 2 meetings at both ATP Paris 2024 and Australian Open 2024.

Analysis and Predictions

Alex de Minaur and Andrey Rublev have been at each other's throats throughout their career. They are both very brilliant players at the moment and it's always difficult picking out a winner when these two meet each other. 

Andrey Rublev will hope to put his offensive forehand shot to good use while Alex de Minaur will hope to use his speed and agility in this game.

• Under 24.5 Games at 1.64 Odds
• Andrey Rublev to Win at 1.825 Odds
• Andrey Rublev to win at 1.72 Odds