Dmitry Popko and Goncalo Oliveira will face off in the 2nd round of the Lisbon Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on ESTÁDIO CIF. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.26
Goncalo Oliveira -> 3.7
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Goncalo Oliveira
This will be the 2nd time that Dmitry Popko and Goncalo Oliveira square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 178, Dmitry got to the 2nd round after beating Joao Menezes 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Dmitry had a good straight sets win against Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes (6-3 6-4). During the match Popko scored 85 points vs Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes’s 73. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Popko scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 57% of his first serves in, winning 65% (26/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes 5 times after converting 29% of his break points (5/17).
Popko has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (320-165). 10-7 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popko has a 189-84 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Popko’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in the Bangkok Challenger and the Prague II Challenger.
Dmitry has a 17-15 win-loss record in 2020, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Lisbon Challenger
Popko didn’t compete in the Lisbon Challenger in 2019.
Goncalo Oliveira
Ranked no. 285, Goncalo got to the 2nd round after defeating Blaz Rola 1-6 7-62 7-5.
In the 1st round against Rola, Oliveira recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-62 7-5).-99) than Rola. In fact, the world no. 178 won 99 points vs Rola’s. That means that Oliveira was more focused during the important points. The Portuguese was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Oliveira blasted 3 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Goncalo Oliveira lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Oliveira put 69% of his first serves in, winning 66% (45/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Rola 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Goncalo has a 7-13 win-loss record in 2020, 3-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Lisbon Challenger
Goncalo didn’t play in the Lisbon Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Oliveira |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 32 |
| Pts | 85-73 | 99-102 |
| Total Points | 158 | 201 |
| Winners | 26 | 45 |
| %Winners | 31% | 45% |
Both Popko and Oliveira played 1 match. At the moment, Goncalo Oliveira dropped 1 set while Dmitry Popko hasn’t dropped a set so far. Popko has played 1 set(s) less than Oliveira (2 vs 3). Therefore, Popko played 13 games less than Oliveira. Popko scored 26 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese scored 45 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Oliveira |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 40/70 | 68/98 |
| %1st in | 57% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 26/40 | 45/68 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 17/30 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 57% |
Popko scored 1 ace . Oliveira also scored 3 aces . Popko won 65% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Oliveira won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Oliveira |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/17 | 3/12 |
| % Converted | 29% | 25% |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 57% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. Dmitry surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Oliveira broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Goncalo conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||
| R1 Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 85-73 | 85-73 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/70 | 40/70 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/40 | 26/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/17 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Oliveira | |||
| R1 Rola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-62 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 99-102 | 99-102 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 68/98 | 68/98 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 45/68 | 45/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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