Andrey Rublev has enjoyed a successful career so far, having won 17 tour-level titles at the age of 27.
Rublev won his first crown at Umag in 2017, and since then has emerged triumphant at a tournament in every year bar 2018.
The former world number five has racked up two Masters 1000 titles, and despite Rublev struggling at majors, has made the quarter-final of a Grand Slam 10 times.
It hasn’t been all plain sailing for the Russian, however, who recently explained the true struggles of life on the ATP Tour, and the mental toll it takes on players.
Andrey Rublev explains the struggles of life as a professional tennis player
In a documentary made by the ATP Tour, Rublev said: “Tennis is like my life. There is nothing more important than tennis, so every time I was going on court, and things were not going my way, the feeling is like you’re dying.
“And of course what do you do, you’re at the peak of your stress, you try to do everything to save your life.
“You’re winning titles, but inside, you’re surviving. You’re lying inside the bed, you cannot even rest because it’s non-stop, non-stop.
“I still love it, I still want to achieve as best as I can, but in a healthy way, not in a struggle way.”
The story of Andrey Rublev’s 2025 season on the ATP Tour
Rublev began his 2025 campaign at the Hong Kong Open, where he lost in his opening match to Fabian Marozsan.
At the Australian Open, he suffered another first-round exit, losing to rising Brazilian star Joao Fonseca in straight sets.
He won his first and only title of the season so far when he defeated Jack Draper in the final of the Qatar Open over three sets.
Since then, Rublev has struggled to make it out of the opening two rounds of every tournament he has played in, with the exception of the Hamburg Open and the French Open, where he made the final and fourth round, respectively.
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