Alexei Popyrin and Arthur Fils will fight against each other in the quarter of the Roanne Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on COURT PIERRE TROISGROS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.57
Arthur Fils -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Arthur Fils
This will be the 2nd time that Alexei Popyrin and Arthur Fils face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Popyrin won 7-6(6) 6-2 in the qualifications in Paris back in 2021.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-19 | 17-7 | 4-8 | 2-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-16 | 3-4 | 5-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 131, Popyrin got to the quarter after beating Alexey Vatutin 6-2 6-0 and Alibek Kachmazov 7-5 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Alexei had a good straight sets win against Kachmazov (7-5 6-1). During the match, Popyrin scored 56 points vs Kachmazov’s 44. Alexei was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popyrin made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alexei broke Kachmazov 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Popyrin hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 62% of the points he played.
Popyrin has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (206-161). 2-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popyrin has a compiled33-28 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.
Alexei has an overall 23-30 win-loss record in 2022, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roanne Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Arthur Fils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-24 | 15-9 | 14-10 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 5-4 | 13-8 | 21-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 23-15 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-26 | 3-2 | 29-17 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 260 (career-high), the French player reached the quarter after defeating Adrian Andreev 4-6 6-4 7-61 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 4-6 7-63 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Kuzmanov, Fils recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-63 6-3). During the match Fils scored 98 points vs Kuzmanov’s 90. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Fils fired 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Arthur Fils lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Fils put 72% of his first serves in, winning 76% (47/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Kuzmanov 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The French player has an aggregate 41-25 win-loss record in 2022, 18-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roanne Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popyrin | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 65 |
| Pts | 112-69 | 205-191 |
| Total Points | 181 | 396 |
| Winners | 42 | 95 |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% |
Both Popyrin and Fils played 2 matches. At the moment, Arthur Fils surrendered 2 sets while Alexei Popyrin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Popyrin has played 2 set(s) less than Fils (4 vs 6). Therefore, Popyrin played 32 games less than Fils. The Australian scored 42 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Fils made 95 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popyrin | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 8 |
| 1st in | 51/83 | 125/187 |
| %1st in | 61% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 42/51 | 95/125 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 29/62 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 47% |
Popyrin blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Fils recorded 16 aces (8 per match). Popyrin won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Fils won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popyrin | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 7 |
| Converted | 10/15 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 67% | 47% |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Alexei broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Alexei dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Fils conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popyrin | ||||
| R1 Vatutin |
R2 Kachmazov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 19 | 33 | |
| pts | 56-25 | 56-44 | 112-69 | |
| Total points | 81 | 100 | 181 | |
| Winners | 19 | 23 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 22/35 | 29/48 | 51/83 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 23/29 | 42/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 79% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 10/19 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 53% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/6 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 83% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fils | ||||
| R1 Andreev |
R2 Kuzmanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 7-61 | 4-6 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 32 | 65 | |
| pts | 107-101 | 98-90 | 205-191 | |
| Total points | 208 | 188 | 396 | |
| Winners | 48 | 47 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 48% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 63/101 | 62/86 | 125/187 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 72% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 48/63 | 47/62 | 95/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 12/24 | 29/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 50% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/6 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 0/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 0% | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
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