The 21st century
Kazakhstan · born Gatchina, Russia, 1997 · right-handed · twice Halle champion
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Halle titles, 2023 and 2025
48
Aces against Frances Tiafoe, Wimbledon 2026
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Best Wimbledon result, 2023 and 2026
21
Aces in the 2023 Halle final
Born in Gatchina, Russia, on 17 June 1997, Bublik began playing at four, coached by his father, and switched to Kazakhstan in November 2016, citing better support from its federation. He led the ATP Tour in aces in 2021, the year he reached the French Open doubles final with Andrey Golubev, and has played Davis Cup for Kazakhstan since 2019. In 2025 he became the first Kazakh man to reach a major singles quarter-final, at the French Open, and won four titles. His ninth, in Hong Kong in January 2026, took him to No. 10, the first Kazakh man in the top 10. At Wimbledon in 2026, seeded 10th, he came through five-set matches against Thanasi Kokkinakis and Frances Tiafoe to equal his best result before Taylor Fritz beat him 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the fourth round.
| Wimbledon singles | Fourth round 2023 and 2026; third round 2021, 2022 and 2024. Debut in 2017, losing to Andy Murray 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 |
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| Halle titles | 2023, beat Andrey Rublev 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 with 21 aces; 2025, beat Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 after beating the world No. 1, Jannik Sinner, in the second round |
| Grass finals lost | Two, both before his first Halle title in 2023 |
| Wimbledon 2023 | Fourth round, lost to Andrey Rublev |
| Wimbledon 2026 | Seeded 10th. Beat Tiafoe 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 with 48 aces, saving nine set points in the third-set tiebreak; lost to Fritz 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 on No. 1 Court |
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| 2023 | Men's singles | |
| 2025 | Men's singles | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"There are always special matches that stick in your head forever. I think this will be a very special one for me."
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Wimbledon 2017
At 20, in his first Wimbledon, Bublik drew the defending champion and world No. 1, Andy Murray. During a rain delay the two discussed the match while it was still going on, something Murray said he could not remember doing in more than 600 matches. Murray won 6-1, 6-4, 6-2, and Bublik thanked him afterwards on Instagram.
Source: TennisheadHalle 2023
He arrived in Halle having lost both his previous grass-court finals and left with the title, beating Andrey Rublev in 95 minutes with 21 aces and 42 winners. The win lifted him 22 places to a career-high No. 26. "I've been struggling for half a year and now having this a reward, I don't take it for granted," he said.
Source: ATP TourHalle 2025
After beating Jannik Sinner in the second round, he met Daniil Medvedev in the final, a player he had lost to six times. He won 6-3, 7-6 in 81 minutes and spoke to him on court: "Daniil, I've been cursed to play you forever and never won a set in my life, but today I'm happy to get through."
Source: theScoreRoland Garros 2026
Asked about the underarm serve before the French Open, he refused to dress it up. "I use it when I feel like it," he said. "To me, it's not a tactical weapon." Anyone who thought otherwise, he added, probably did not understand much about tennis, and most of the time the shot simply gave the opponent the point.
Source: Punto de BreakWimbledon 2026
His third-round match with Frances Tiafoe lasted more than four hours. Bublik saved nine set points in a third-set tiebreak he won 13-11, served an underarm ace late in the fourth set and finished with his 48th ace on match point to win 6-3 in the fifth.
Source: Tennis NowL'Équipe 2020
In 2020 he told L'Équipe that money was what kept him playing and that he would stop at once without it. Two years later he said his view had changed: he loved playing and had realised it was what he wanted to do as a child. In 2023 he was named a reserve in a professional online rapid chess league.
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