Grigor Dimitrov and Alexei Popyrin will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Murray River Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3 pm on Court 3. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.38
Alexei Popyrin -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alexei Popyrin
There is no head to head record between Grigor Dimitrov and Alexei Popyrin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Grigor Dimitrov
Ranked no. 19, the Bulgarian reached the 3rd round after defeating Andrew Harris 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Dimitrov had a good straight sets win against Harris (6-3 6-3). During the match Dimitrov scored 63 points vs Harris’s 46. Grigor was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dimitrov made 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Grigor Dimitrov was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Bulgarian broke Harris 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Dimitrov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (312-186). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dimitrov has a 139-88 match record in the last years on hard.
The Bulgarian has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Grigor had to surrender in the 2nd round to Tommy Paul.
Alexei Popyrin
Ranked no. 114, Alexei got to the 3rd round after defeating Borna Gojo 6-78 7-62 7-67 and Tommy Paul 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Alexei had a good straight sets win against Paul (6-4 6-3). During the match Popyrin scored 60 points vs Paul’s 49. Popyrin was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Popyrin scored 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexei Popyrin lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Popyrin put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Popyrin broke Paul 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexei has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Alexei has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Alexei lost in the 3rd round to Daniil Medvedev.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dimitrov | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 58 |
| Pts | 63-46 | 191-177 |
| Total Points | 109 | 368 |
| Winners | 24 | 99 |
| %Winners | 38% | 52% |
Dimitrov played 1 match while Popyrin competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Alexei Popyrin lost 1 set while Grigor Dimitrov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Dimitrov has played 3 set(s) less than Popyrin (2 vs 5). Therefore, Dimitrov played 40 games less than Popyrin. Dimitrov scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian blasted 99 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dimitrov | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 11.5 |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 128/192 |
| %1st in | 57% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 99/128 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 35/64 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 55% |
Dimitrov struck 8 aces . Popyrin made 23 aces (11.5 per match). Dimitrov won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dimitrov | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/17 |
| % Converted | 50% | 29% |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 80% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Grigor broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. Popyrin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dimitrov | |||
| R2 Harris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 63-46 | 63-46 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 30/53 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Popyrin | ||||
| R1 Gojo |
R2 Paul |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-78 7-62 7-67 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 19 | 58 | |
| pts | 131-128 | 60-49 | 191-177 | |
| Total points | 259 | 109 | 368 | |
| Winners | 73 | 26 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 43% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 16 | 7 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 90/135 | 38/57 | 128/192 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 73/90 | 26/38 | 99/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 68% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/45 | 12/19 | 35/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 63% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 3/8 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 38% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 125% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLWLWLW Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Casper RuudRuud (5-7 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tommy PaulPaul (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Harry BourchierBourchier (6-2 7-67) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-4 6-77 7-5) – See score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Andrew HarrisHarris (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Pedro SousaSousa (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Federico CoriaCoria (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Gilles SimonSimon (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Alex BoltBolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Richard BerankisBerankis (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
