Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Dmitry Popko will play each other in the quarter of the Orlando Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.78
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs. Dmitry Popko
There is no head to head record between Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Dmitry Popko since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Ranked no. 137, the Indian reached the quarter after defeating Sadio Doumbia 6-3 7-5 and Tung-Lin Wu 5-7 7-5 2-0 ret..
In the 2nd round against Wu, The Indian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 2-0 ret.). During the match Gunneswaran scored 90 points vs Wu’s 85. Prajnesh was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gunneswaran scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 7 double faults. Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gunneswaran put 54% of his first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (16/38) on the 2nd serve. The Indian broke Wu 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Gunneswaran has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (253-147). 10-7 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gunneswaran has a 174-83 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Prajnesh’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Cary Challenger.
Gunneswaran has a 15-14 win-loss record in 2020, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Orlando Challenger
The Indian didn’t compete in the Orlando Challenger in 2019.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 172, Popko reached the quarter after beating Noah Rubin 6-1 6-2 and Zachary Svajda 7-5 1-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Popko defeated Svajda (7-5 1-6 7-5). During the match Popko scored 97 points vs Svajda’s 96. Popko was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Popko blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 63% of his first serves in, winning 74% (45/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. Dmitry broke Svajda 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Popko has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Dmitry’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in the Bangkok Challenger and the Prague II Challenger.
Dmitry has a 24-20 win-loss record in 2020, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gunneswaran | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 46 |
| Pts | 0-0 | 162-143 |
| Total Points | 0 | 305 |
| Winners | 0 | 71 |
| %Winners | NAN% | 44% |
Gunneswaran played 1 match while Popko competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Dmitry Popko lost 1 set while Prajnesh Gunneswaran hasn’t lost a set so far. Gunneswaran has played 3 set(s) less than Popko (2 vs 5). Therefore, Gunneswaran played 25 games less than Popko. Gunneswaran scored 0 winners (NAN% of the total points). On the other side, Dmitry recorded 71 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gunneswaran | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 0/0 | 98/155 |
| %1st in | NAN% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | 71/98 |
| %1st pts | NAN% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | 25/57 |
| %2nd pts | NAN% | 44% |
Gunneswaran didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Popko fired 6 aces (3 per match). Gunneswaran won NAN% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win NAN% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gunneswaran | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 10 |
| Converted | 0/0 | 10/20 |
| % Converted | NAN% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 18 |
| Saved | 0 | 13 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Gunneswaran hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Prajnesh pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points without even conceding a single break point. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Dmitry conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gunneswaran | ||||
| R1 Doumbia |
R2 Wu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 5-7 7-5 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 26 | 47 | |
| pts | – | 90-85 | 90-85 | |
| Total points | 0 | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | ||
| %Winners | NAN% | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | ||
| 1st in | / | 45/83 | 45/83 | |
| % 1st in | NAN% | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | / | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st pts | NAN% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 16/38 | 16/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | NAN% | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | ||
| Converted | / | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | NAN% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 60% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | ||
| Popko | ||||
| R1 Rubin |
R2 Svajda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 7-5 1-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 | 46 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 97-96 | 162-143 | |
| Total points | 112 | 193 | 305 | |
| Winners | 26 | 45 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 61/97 | 98/155 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 45/61 | 71/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 74% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 16/36 | 25/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 4/9 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 44% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 6/10 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 60% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
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