Feliciano Lopez and Alexei Popyrin will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Mercedes Cup for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.82
Feliciano Lopez -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Feliciano Lopez vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 2nd time that Feliciano Lopez and Alexei Popyrin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Popyrin won 6-4 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Miami back in March 2021.
Feliciano Lopez
Ranked no. 62, the Spaniard will start his run in Stuttgart after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-3 7-6(4) 6-2 to Coria in the 1st round on the 1st of June.
Feliciano has a compiled 4-9 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
Talking about his overall career, Lopez has an overall 552-496 record. He has a positive 86-44 record on grass.
Previously in Stuttgart
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2017. See his history.
Alexei Popyrin
Ranked no. 63, Alexei will start his run in Stuttgart after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-3 6-2 7-6(3) to Nadal in the 1st round on the 1st of June.
Popyrin has a composed 19-10 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Singapore where he defeated Alexander Bublik in the final 4-6 6-0 6-2.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 170-115 record. He has a positive 6-3 record on grass.
Head 2 Head
LLLLLWLWLW Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Marin CilicCilic – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Dustin BrownBrown (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Gilles SimonSimon (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Feliciano LopezLopez – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – James DuckworthDuckworth (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Guido PellaPella – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – John MillmanMillman (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Radu AlbotAlbot – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
