Alexander Bublik’s Racquet – Player Profile

Updated 11 January, 2026
An exciting player that many people have their eyes on is Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan. Let’s look a bit closer at his biography, stats and also, what racquet does Bublik use?

Top 10 Player

Just having broken into the top 10 of the ATP rankings (January 2026) for the first time, Alexander (Sasha) Bublik first came into the spotlight when he faced Andy Murray in Wimbledon in 2017. Bublik had said some comments to the press (the Daily Mail) that angered a lot of tennis fans. Such as when he said that watching the likes of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal bores him: ‘They’re rallying for, like, 45 shots, you’re sitting there thinking: “Can I quit tennis please?”‘

He apparently also said. “I never had idols in my life. I never watched anyone play. If you ask me how many titles Federer has won, I will not know.”

And: “Last year I was only doing trick shots. Even if I was playing against good guys, top 100 or whatever, I wasn’t interested. I would make 100 drop shots to try to win the match.”

Nick Kyrgios two years ago or so comes to mind. Or Bernard Tomic any year. But let’s disregard this as youthful spunk to rally tennis fans and stir up some controversy. It sounds pretty much like baloney any way. The question here is what racquet Bublik is using, because lately he has shown, this talent can play tennis, even against the best ones in the world.

Alexander Bublik’s racquet

Bublik has been all over the place with racquets. He started his career with a Wilson Six One 95 in a Wilson Pro Staff 97 paint job in the pic above, but much has happened in recent years. Firstly, he went to Yonex for a while and the Yonex Ezone 98. Yonex did not like him breaking so many racquets and they had a falling out, allegedly. Then he went to the HEAD Gravity Pro, but that did not quite work for him either, so it was a shorter period.

After that he became a Tecnifibre sponsored athlete and was using the Tecnifibre Tfight ISO 305 with the following specs:

Weight: 319 grams (add about 25g for strings and overgrip 344 approx)
Balance: 31.7 cm (should be about 32.5 cm with strings and overgrip)
Swing weight: 304 SW (add 30 pts with strings for 334 SW)

2025 changed everything?

But in 2025, he wanted more power and spin and bought a few Babolat Pure Aero 98, painted them black and according to recent interviews, he plays them lighter than stock (he started cutting some plastic off the grommet strip to reduce weight). We don’t know the full specifications, but what he said in the interview is that he uses it at 290 swing weight unstrung, which is very light for an ATP pro.

However, the tour is going lighter, so it does make some sense. He has also been rumored to create his own racquet in the Aero 98 style since he is not getting or does not want a Babolat sponsorship. Might be something from the rumor mill, but fascinating if true.

No matter what, his blacked-out Aero style racquets are working fine for him. Strung with Babolat RPM Blast 1.30, he has just won the Hong Kong Open to make his first entry inside the top ten players in the world.

We hope to learn more about Bublik’s racquet and specs in an near future.

Biography and Career

Alexander Bublik, the current Kazakhstani No. 1 player, was born born 17th June 1997 in Gatchina. He began playing tennis at a very early age and had some success on the junior tour where he reached a career-high ranking of no 19. On the ITF junior circuit he won six singles and five doubles titles.

Bublik turned professional in 2016 when he started as world no 964. The following year he debuted in Top 200, Top 150 and Top 100.

2018 was a tough year for Bublik, but in 2019 he managed to fight his way into the top 50 and reached two ATP Finals (Newport and Chengdu).

Alexander has during the years proven himself as a great doubles player and in 2020 he reached his first Grand Slam doubles semifinal, with Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin.

His first top 10 victory came against Gaël Monfils at the French Open in the same year.

2025, and the beginning of 2026 has been the best period in his career. In January 2026 he got into the top 10 for the first time ever following his title win at the Hong Kong Open.

Alexander Bublik has 9 ATP titles and has won over $10M in prize money.

Stats / Info

• Plays right-handed, with a two-handed backhand
• Currently ranked 10 in the world, that is also career high, achieved January 2026
• Height: 6’5″ or 196cm
• Favourite surface is hard and grass court
• Favorite shot: serve
• Coach: Artem Suprunov
• Notable win win: Beating Alexander Zverev in the 2022 Montpellier final for his first ATP title

Follow Alexander Bublik

Fans of Bublik can follow him on Instagram @bublik where he has 1.3M followers.

Below you can watch his famous “best shot that never counted” against Ben Shelton.