H2H, PREDICTION Alexei Popyrin vs Lucas Pouille | Monte-Carlo odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Lucas Pouille

Alexei Popyrin and Lucas Pouille will face off in the 2nd round of the Monte-Carlo for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 9. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.8
Lucas Pouille -> 2.06

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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Lucas Pouille

This will be the 2nd time that Alexei Popyrin and Lucas Pouille fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pouille (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Pouille won 7-6(3) 6-3 6-7(10) 4-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in at the Australian Open back in 2019.

Alexei Popyrin

Ranked no. 83, Popyrin reached the 2nd round after beating Romain Arneodo 6-2 6-4, Yannick Hanfmann 3-6 7-5 6-4 and Pablo Andujar 0-6 6-2 7-63.

In the 1st round against Andujar, Popyrin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-2 7-63). During the match Popyrin scored 91 points vs Andujar’s 87. Alexei was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Popyrin made 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 52% (24/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Popyrin broke Andujar 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Popyrin has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (175-114). 3-0 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Popyrin has a 52-33 match record in the last 6 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Singapore where he beat Alexander Bublik in the final 4-6 6-0 6-2.

Alexei has a 14-4 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.

Popyrin
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Popyrin's Record

Lucas Pouille

Ranked no. 86, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Guido Pella 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round, Lucas had a good straight sets win against Pella (6-3 6-4). During the match Pouille scored 73 points vs Pella’s 60. Pouille was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Pouille scored 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Lucas Pouille lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pouille put 54% of his first serves in, winning 80% (32/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (10/34) on the 2nd serve. Pouille broke Pella 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Pouille has a 4-6 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Pouille
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Pouille's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Popyrin
L.Pouille
!
4h:43
4h:43
Time on court​
1h:24
1h:24
1h:57
1h:57
Last match​
1h:24
1h:24
!
3
3
Match played
1
1
76
76
Games Played​
19
19
8
8
Set played​​
2
2
240
240
Total points​
73
73
80
80
Avg point​
73
73
93
93
Winners
32
32
31
31
Avg Winners​
32
32
39%
39%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
6
6
6.7
6.7
Avg Aces
6
6
9
9
Double Faults
6
6
3
3
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
93/126
93/126
1st won total​
32/40
32/40
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
57/107
57/107
2nd won total​
10/34
10/34
53%
53%
2nd won %
!
29%
29%
-- Break Points --
10/17
10/17
BP won
5/12
5/12
3.3/5.7
3.3/5.7
Avg BP won
5/12
5/12
!
59%
59%
Won
42%
42%
23
23
Conceded
8
8
7.7
7.7
Avg Conceded
8
8
8
8
Broken
3
3
2.7
2.7
Avg Broken
3
3
15
15
Saved
5
5
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Popyrin Pouille
Match played 3 1
Tot Set 8 2
Tot Games 76 19
Pts 240-216 73-60
Total Points 456 133
Winners 93 32
%Winners 39% 44%

Popyrin played 3 matches while Pouille competed in 1 match. Popyrin started his run from the qualifications while Pouille had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alexei Popyrin surrendered 2 sets while Lucas Pouille hasn’t lost a set so far. Popyrin has played 6 sets more than Pouille (8 vs 2). Therefore, Popyrin played 57 games more than Pouille. Popyrin scored 93 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Pouille bagged 32 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Popyrin Pouille
Aces 20 6
Avg per match 6.7 6
1st in 126/233 40/74
%1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 93/126 32/40
%1st pts 74% 80%
2nd pts 57/107 10/34
%2nd pts 53% 29%

Popyrin scored 20 aces (6.7 per match). Pouille bagged 6 aces . Popyrin won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Pouille won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 29% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Popyrin Pouille
Won 10 5
Converted 10/17 5/12
% Converted 59% 42%
Conceded 23 8
Saved 15 5
% Saved 65% 63%
Times Broken 8 3

Popyrin broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. Popyrin surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Lucas broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Popyrin
Q1
Arneodo		 Q3
Hanfmann		 R1
Andujar		 Total
Score 6-2 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-4 0-6 6-2 7-63
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 18 31 27 76
pts 66-47 83-82 91-87 240-216
Total points 113 165 178 456
Winners 27 37 29 93
%Winners 41% 45% 32% 39%
SERVE
Aces 8 5 7 20
Double Faults 2 2 5 9
1st in 34/57 51/89 41/87 126/233
% 1st in 60% 57% 47% 54%
1st pts 27/34 37/51 29/41 93/126
% 1st pts 79% 73% 71% 74%
2nd pts 12/23 21/38 24/46 57/107
% 2nd pts 52% 55% 52% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 3 3 10
Converted 4/4 3/5 3/8 10/17
Converted % 100% 60% 38% 59%
Conceded 4 8 11 23
Saved 3/4 5/8 7/11 15
Saved % 75% 63% 64% 67%
Times Broken 1 3 4 8
Pouille
R1
Pella		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 73-60 73-60
Total points 133 133
Winners 32 32
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 40/74 40/74
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 32/40 32/40
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 10/34 10/34
% 2nd pts 29% 29%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/12 5/12
Converted % 42% 42%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 5/8 5
Saved % 63% 21%
Times Broken 3 3

Head 2 Head

Alexei Popyrin
  • 0Slam
  • 3Main
  • 2Chall
  • 1Minor
Lucas Pouille
  • 0Slam
  • 5Main
  • 3Chall
  • 4Minor

Alexei
Popyrin

0:2

Lucas
Pouille

Rank

40

High

19

0Hard1

0Clay1

Rank

190

High

10

Win Loss
Popyrin
LWLWLWWWLL
Pouille
LWWWWLLLW
2025 2024 2023
17 - 20
5 - 4
7-10
Hard
1-2
0-1
I Hard
4-2
9-6
Clay
0-0
1-3
Grass
0-0

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