Mikael Ymer and Alexei Popyrin will play each other in the 2nd round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikael Ymer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikael Ymer is the pick to win this match.
Mikael Ymer -> 1.55
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Mikael Ymer vs. Alexei Popyrin
There is no head to head record between Mikael Ymer and Alexei Popyrin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Mikael Ymer
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2023 | 24-18 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 31-25 | 9-6 | 3-8 | 17-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2021 | 27-24 | 9-5 | 10-7 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
2020 | 12-11 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2019 | 54-20 | 13-4 | 20-7 | 17-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 57 (career-high), Mikael got to the 2nd round after defeating Radu Albot 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round, Mikael had a good straight sets win against Albot (6-1 7-5). During the match, Ymer scored 69 points vs Albot’s 54. Mikael was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ymer recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mikael Ymer lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the 2nd serve. Mikael broke Albot 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Ymer has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (271-158). 6-5 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ymer has a composed 59-35 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Mikael’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Neuve Challenger.
The Swede has an aggregate 17-9 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Alexei Popyrin
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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. 101, the Australian got to the 2nd round after beating Oscar Otte 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Otte (6-4 6-3). During the match Popyrin scored 65 points vs Otte’s 46. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Popyrin bagged 6 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexei Popyrin was pretty effective on serve to win 91% (21/23) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Otte 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Popyrin has an overall 11-7 win-loss record in 2023, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Ymer | Popyrin |
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Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 |
Pts | 69-54 | 65-46 |
Total Points | 123 | 111 |
Winners | 26 | 21 |
%Winners | 38% | 32% |
Both Ymer and Popyrin played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ymer and Popyrin have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (19). The Swede scored 26 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Alexei scored 21 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Ymer | Popyrin |
---|---|---|
Aces | 2 | 6 |
Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
1st in | 38/63 | 23/47 |
%1st in | 60% | 49% |
1st pts | 26/38 | 21/23 |
%1st pts | 68% | 91% |
2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/24 |
%2nd pts | 64% | 67% |
Ymer struck 2 aces . Popyrin bagged 6 aces . Ymer won 68% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 91% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Ymer | Popyrin |
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Won | 4 | 3 |
Converted | 4/6 | 3/6 |
% Converted | 67% | 50% |
Conceded | 2 | 0 |
Saved | 1 | 0 |
% Saved | 50% | 0% |
Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Ymer broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Ymer surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Alexei was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
Ymer | |||
R1 Albot |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
pts | 69-54 | 69-54 | |
Total points | 123 | 123 | |
Winners | 26 | 26 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 2 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 38/63 | 38/63 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
1st pts | 26/38 | 26/38 | |
% 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/25 | |
% 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Popyrin | |||
R1 Otte |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
pts | 65-46 | 65-46 | |
Total points | 111 | 111 | |
Winners | 21 | 21 | |
%Winners | 32% | 32% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 6 | 6 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 23/47 | 23/47 | |
% 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
1st pts | 21/23 | 21/23 | |
% 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
% 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pavel KotovKotov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-74 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Emilio NavaNava (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-65 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Oscar OtteOtte (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury – Nicolas Barrientos/Ariel BeharBarrientos/Ariel Behar (3-6 6-2 10-4) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Denis KudlaKudla (7-69 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Rafael Matos/David Vega HernandezMatos/David Vega Hernandez (4-6 6-2 10-1) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (6-3 3-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pavel KotovKotov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikael YmerYmer – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction