H2H, PREDICTION Andrej Martin vs Dmitry Popko | Almaty 1 Challenger odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Almaty 1 Challenger. Martin and Popko will clash against each other in the quarter of the Almaty 1 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

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Prediction and head to head Andrej Martin vs. Dmitry Popko

Andrej Martin and Dmitry Popko will clash against each other in the quarter of the Almaty 1 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrej Martin who should win in 2 sets.

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Andrej Martin -> 1.4
Dmitry Popko -> 2.95

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Prediction and head to head Andrej Martin vs. Dmitry Popko

This will be the 3rd time that Andrej Martin and Dmitry Popko play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Martin (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Martin won 6-3 6-0 in the semifinal in the L’Aquila Challenger back in 2019.

Andrej Martin

Ranked no. 108, Andrej reached the quarter after beating Beibit Zhukayev 6-2 6-1 and Brayden Schnur 6-2 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Martin had a good straight sets win against Schnur (6-2 6-2). During the match, Martin scored 58 points vs Schnur’s 37. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Martin blasted 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Andrej Martin lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Martin put 52% of his first serves in, winning 84% (21/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Andrej broke Schnur 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Andrej started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 62% of the points he played.

Martin has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (352-257). 17-13 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Martin has an overall 303-185 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Martin’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Concepcion Challenger and Belgrade.

The Slovakian has a compiled 17-16 win-loss record in 2021, 17-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Almaty 1 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.

Martin
Almaty 1 Challenger
Martin's Record

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 195, Popko got to the quarter after defeating Vladyslav Orlov 6-2 6-3 and Filip Cristian Jianu 7-5 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Popko had a good straight sets win against Cristian Jianu (7-5 6-3). During the match Popko scored 75 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 60. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Popko struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dmitry broke Cristian Jianu 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Popko started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Popko has a composed 9-15 win-loss record in 2021, 5-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Popko
Almaty 1 Challenger
Popko's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Martin
D.Popko
2h:19
2h:19
Time on court​
3h:19
3h:19
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
1h:52
1h:52
2
2
Match played
2
2
31
31
Games Played​
38
38
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
117
117
Total points​
140
140
58.5
58.5
Avg point​
70
70
38
38
Winners
42
42
19
19
Avg Winners​
21
21
32%
32%
Ratio winners
30%
30%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
5
5
2.5
2.5
Avg Aces
2.5
2.5
7
7
Double Faults
5
5
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
38/46
38/46
1st won total​
42/59
42/59
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
20/37
20/37
2nd won total​
35/62
35/62
54%
54%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
11/19
11/19
BP won
9/21
9/21
5.5/9.5
5.5/9.5
Avg BP won
4.5/10.5
4.5/10.5
!
58%
58%
Won
43%
43%
5
5
Conceded
12
12
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
6
6
2
2
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
3
3
Saved
8
8
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Martin Popko
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 31 38
Pts 117-71 140-106
Total Points 188 246
Winners 38 42
%Winners 32% 30%

Both Martin and Popko played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Martin and Popko have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Martin played 7 games less than Popko. The Slovakian scored 38 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani scored 42 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Serve Martin Popko
Aces 5 5
Avg per match 2.5 2.5
1st in 46/83 59/121
%1st in 55% 49%
1st pts 38/46 42/59
%1st pts 83% 71%
2nd pts 20/37 35/62
%2nd pts 54% 56%

Martin recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Popko made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Martin won 83% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Martin Popko
Won 11 9
Converted 11/19 9/21
% Converted 58% 43%
Conceded 5 12
Saved 3 8
% Saved 60% 67%
Times Broken 2 4

Andrej broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Andrej surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Dmitry broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Popko conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Martin
R1
Zhukayev		 R2
Schnur		 Total
Score 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 15 16 31
pts 59-34 58-37 117-71
Total points 93 95 188
Winners 17 21 38
%Winners 29% 36% 32%
SERVE
Aces 2 3 5
Double Faults 1 6 7
1st in 21/35 25/48 46/83
% 1st in 60% 52% 55%
1st pts 17/21 21/25 38/46
% 1st pts 81% 84% 83%
2nd pts 9/14 11/23 20/37
% 2nd pts 64% 48% 54%
Breaks
Won 6 5 11
Converted 6/10 5/9 11/19
Converted % 60% 56% 58%
Conceded 2 3 5
Saved 1/2 2/3 3
Saved % 50% 67% 59%
Times Broken 1 1 2
Popko
R1
Orlov		 R2
Cristian		 Total
Score 6-2 6-3 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 17 21 38
pts 65-46 75-60 140-106
Total points 111 135 246
Winners 19 23 42
%Winners 29% 31% 30%
SERVE
Aces 3 2 5
Double Faults 3 2 5
1st in 29/57 30/64 59/121
% 1st in 51% 47% 49%
1st pts 19/29 23/30 42/59
% 1st pts 66% 77% 71%
2nd pts 14/28 21/34 35/62
% 2nd pts 50% 62% 56%
Breaks
Won 6 3 9
Converted 6/11 3/10 9/21
Converted % 55% 30% 43%
Conceded 9 3 12
Saved 6/9 2/3 8
Saved % 67% 67% 67%
Times Broken 3 1 4

Head 2 Head

Andrej Martin
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 12Chall
  • 13Minor
Dmitry Popko
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 1Chall
  • 25Minor

Andrej
Martin

2:1

Dmitry
Popko

Rank

506

High

93

2Clay1

Rank

174

High

162

Win Loss
Martin
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Popko
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2024 2023 2022
35 - 11
64 - 31
1-1
Hard
7-2
34-8
Clay
57-26
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