Jaume Antoni Munar Clar and Dmitry Popko will face off in the 2nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on LIMAK COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jaume Antoni Munar Clar who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jaume Antoni Munar Clar is the pick to win this match.
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar -> 1.45
Dmitry Popko -> 2.67
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Prediction and head to head Jaume Antoni Munar Clar vs. Dmitry Popko
There is no head to head record between Jaume Antoni Munar Clar and Dmitry Popko since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
Ranked no. 108, Jaume got to the 2nd round after defeating Elias Ymer 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Ymer (6-3 6-3). During the match Antoni Munar Clar scored 70 points vs Ymer’s 58. Antoni Munar Clar was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Antoni Munar Clar was unable to score even 1 ace in the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Jaume Antoni Munar Clar lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Antoni Munar Clar put 55% of his first serves in, winning 65% (26/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Ymer 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Antoni Munar Clar has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (249-161). 6-6 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Antoni Munar Clar has a 46-35 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Lisbon Challenger.
Jaume has a 18-14 win-loss record in 2020, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
Jaume didn’t play in the Istanbul Challenger in 2019.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 173, the Kazakhstani reached the 2nd round after defeating Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-2 7-63.
In the 1st round, Popko had a good straight sets win against Ferreira Silva (6-2 7-63). During the match Popko scored 81 points vs Ferreira Silva’s 70. Popko was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Popko recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 53% of his first serves in, winning 58% (22/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Ferreira Silva 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Dmitry’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in the Bangkok Challenger and the Prague II Challenger.
Popko has a 19-16 win-loss record in 2020, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
Dmitry didn’t compete in the Istanbul Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Antoni Munar Clar | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 |
| Pts | 70-58 | 81-70 |
| Total Points | 128 | 151 |
| Winners | 26 | 22 |
| %Winners | 37% | 27% |
Both Antoni Munar Clar and Popko played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Antoni Munar Clar and Popko have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Antoni Munar Clar played 3 games less than Popko. Jaume scored 26 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Popko blasted 22 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Antoni Munar Clar | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 40/73 | 38/72 |
| %1st in | 55% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 26/40 | 22/38 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 22/34 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 65% |
Antoni Munar Clar didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Popko recorded 4 aces . Antoni Munar Clar won 65% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 58% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Antoni Munar Clar | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/14 |
| % Converted | 83% | 29% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 71% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Jaume broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Antoni Munar Clar dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Popko conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Antoni Munar Clar | |||
| R1 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 70-58 | 70-58 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/73 | 40/73 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 26/40 | 26/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 16/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Popko | |||
| R1 Ferreira Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 81-70 | 81-70 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/72 | 38/72 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 22/38 | 22/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 22/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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