Alexei Popyrin and Matthew Ebden will face off in the quarter of the Singapore Tennis Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.42
Matthew Ebden -> 3.06
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Matthew Ebden
This will be the 2nd time that Alexei Popyrin and Matthew Ebden play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Popyrin won 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 1st round in Basel back in 2018.
Alexei Popyrin
Ranked no. 114, Alexei got to the quarter after beating Christopher Eubanks 7-65 7-65 and Adrian Andreev 6-1 5-7 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Alexei defeated Andreev (6-1 5-7 6-3). During the match Popyrin scored 94 points vs Andreev’s 79. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popyrin recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (36/46) of his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alexei broke Andreev 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Popyrin has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Popyrin has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (166-112). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popyrin has a 23-19 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Alexei has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Singapore
Popyrin has never competed in this tournament before.
Matthew Ebden
Ranked no. 316, the Australian got to the quarter after beating Yuki Bhambri 6-3 7-63 and John Millman 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Ebden had a good straight sets win against Millman (6-4 6-1). During the match Ebden scored 64 points vs Millman’s 48. Ebden was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Ebden recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Matthew Ebden was quite effective on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ebden broke Millman 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Australian has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popyrin | Ebden |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 39 |
| Pts | 179-165 | 140-109 |
| Total Points | 344 | 249 |
| Winners | 80 | 58 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
Both Popyrin and Ebden played 2 matches. At the moment, Alexei Popyrin surrendered 1 set while Matthew Ebden hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Popyrin has played 1 set more than Ebden (5 vs 4). Therefore, Popyrin played 15 games more than Ebden. Alexei scored 80 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Matthew fired 58 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popyrin | Ebden |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 3 |
| 1st in | 107/172 | 78/113 |
| %1st in | 62% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 80/107 | 58/78 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 40/65 | 22/35 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 63% |
Popyrin scored 20 aces (10 per match). Ebden fired 6 aces (3 per match). Popyrin won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Ebden won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popyrin | Ebden |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 7/9 |
| % Converted | 42% | 78% |
| Conceded | 14 | 4 |
| Saved | 12 | 3 |
| % Saved | 86% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Popyrin broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Popyrin surrendered his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Matthew broke his opponents 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popyrin | ||||
| R1 Eubanks |
R2 Andreev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-65 | 6-1 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 28 | 54 | |
| pts | 85-86 | 94-79 | 179-165 | |
| Total points | 171 | 173 | 344 | |
| Winners | 44 | 36 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 38% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 61/96 | 46/76 | 107/172 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 61% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 36/46 | 80/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 19/30 | 40/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 63% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 4/10 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 3 | 14 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 2/3 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 67% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ebden | ||||
| R1 Bhambri |
R2 Millman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-63 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 39 | |
| pts | 76-61 | 64-48 | 140-109 | |
| Total points | 137 | 112 | 249 | |
| Winners | 37 | 21 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 33% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/63 | 28/50 | 78/113 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 56% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 21/28 | 58/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 75% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 14/22 | 22/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 64% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/6 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 67% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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