Dmitry Popko and Hernan Casanova will square off in the 2nd round of the Santos Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on QUADRA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.72
Hernan Casanova -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Hernan Casanova
This will be the 2nd time that Dmitry Popko and Hernan Casanova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Popko won 6-2 4-0 ret. in the semifinal in M15 Antalya back in 2019.
Dmitry Popko
43 - 11win/loss
176
162
LLLWWLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64-32 | 7-2 | 57-28 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-20 | 1-1 | 38-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-30 | 11-11 | 7-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-34 | 0-4 | 27-19 | 7-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-23 | 13-8 | 15-10 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 223, Dmitry got to the 2nd round after beating Guido Ivan Justo 6-0 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Ivan Justo (6-0 7-5). During the match, Popko scored 67 points vs Ivan Justo’s 48. Popko was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popko blasted 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 44% of his first serves in, winning 81% (22/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (14/35) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Ivan Justo 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Popko has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (411-228). 38-10 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popko has a composed 275-131 match record in the last years on clay.
Dmitry’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Buenos Aires Challenger,M15 Sunrise,M15 Palm Coast,M25 Naples,M25 Recife and M25 Feira de Santana.
Popko has a compiled 43-10 win-loss record in 2024, 38-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santos Challenger
The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.
Hernan Casanova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 27-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-27 | 0-2 | 29-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-32 | 3-3 | 42-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 346, Casanova got to the 2nd round after beating Aziz Ouakaa 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Ouakaa (6-2 7-5). During the match Casanova scored 75 points vs Ouakaa’s 60. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Casanova couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Hernan Casanova lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Casanova put 75% of his first serves in, winning 57% (31/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Casanova broke Ouakaa 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Hernan’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger.
The Argentine has a compiled 20-13 win-loss record in 2024, 20-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Casanova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 |
| Pts | 67-48 | 75-60 |
| Total Points | 115 | 135 |
| Winners | 22 | 31 |
| %Winners | 33% | 41% |
Both Popko and Casanova played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Popko and Casanova have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Popko played 2 games less than Casanova. Popko scored 22 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Hernan recorded 31 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Casanova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 0 |
| 1st in | 27/62 | 54/72 |
| %1st in | 44% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 31/54 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 57% |
| 2nd pts | 14/35 | 9/18 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 50% |
Popko managed to score 7 aces . Casanova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Popko won 81% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Casanova won 57% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Casanova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 75% | 86% |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 |
| Saved | 8 | 7 |
| % Saved | 80% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Popko broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Popko dropped his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Casanova broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Hernan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||
| R1 Ivan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 67-48 | 67-48 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 27/62 | 27/62 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 22/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/35 | 14/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Casanova | |||
| R1 Ouakaa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 75-60 | 75-60 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 54/72 | 54/72 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 31/54 | 31/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLWWLL Tennis Scores in Santos Challenger
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara – Facundo MenaMena (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Luis Queiroz MiguelQueiroz Miguel (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Valerio AboianAboian (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Ignacio CarouCarou (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Leonardo AboianAboian – Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis (6-3 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Alejo Lorenzo Lingua LavallenLorenzo Lingua Lavallen – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Karue SellSell (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi (2-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Hady HabibHabib – Igor GimenezGimenez (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Jose PereiraPereira (5-7 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Nicolas ZanellatoZanellato (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Wilson LeiteLeite (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Jose PereiraPereira (5-7 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejo Lorenzo Lingua LavallenLorenzo Lingua Lavallen – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hady HabibHabib – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leonardo AboianAboian – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejo Lorenzo Lingua LavallenLorenzo Lingua Lavallen – Renzo OlivoOlivo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
