Dmitry Popko and Nicolas Kicker will fight against each other in the quarter of the Poznan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Kicker who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Kicker is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.4
Dmitry Popko -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Nicolas Kicker
There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Nicolas Kicker since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 189, Dmitry reached the quarter after defeating Vit Kopriva 6-4 4-6 7-5 and Roberto Marcora 6-0 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Dmitry had a good straight sets win against Marcora (6-0 6-3). During the match, Popko scored 70 points vs Marcora’s 51. The Kazakhstani was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Popko struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Dmitry Popko was very effective on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Popko broke Marcora 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Popko has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (347-194). 12-13 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popko has a composed206-100 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Popko’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Almaty 1 Challenger.
The Kazakhstani has a composed 16-21 win-loss record in 2021, 12-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Poznan Challenger
The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Kicker
Ranked no. 314, Kicker got to the quarter after defeating Evan Furness 6-2 7-5 and Manuel Guinard 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Guinard (6-2 6-4). During the match Kicker scored 61 points vs Guinard’s 39. Nicolas was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Kicker managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nicolas Kicker was very effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nicolas broke Guinard 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kicker started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Nicolas’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Villa Maria,M25 Pensacola,M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Tulsa and the Tampere Challenger.
The Argentine has a composed 45-6 win-loss record in 2021, 31-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 38 |
| Pts | 178-159 | 138-100 |
| Total Points | 337 | 238 |
| Winners | 60 | 57 |
| %Winners | 34% | 41% |
Both Popko and Kicker played 2 matches. At the moment, Dmitry Popko dropped 1 set while Nicolas Kicker hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Popko has played 1 set more than Kicker (5 vs 4). Therefore, Popko played 9 games more than Kicker. Dmitry scored 60 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Kicker blasted 57 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 83/173 | 69/107 |
| %1st in | 48% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 60/83 | 57/69 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 44/90 | 19/38 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 50% |
Popko blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Kicker bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Popko won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Kicker won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/26 | 8/24 |
| % Converted | 35% | 33% |
| Conceded | 16 | 7 |
| Saved | 12 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Popko broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. Dmitry lost his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. Kicker conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | ||||
| R1 Kopriva |
R2 Marcora |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-5 | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 15 | 47 | |
| pts | 108-108 | 70-51 | 178-159 | |
| Total points | 216 | 121 | 337 | |
| Winners | 35 | 25 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 36% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 48/108 | 35/65 | 83/173 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 54% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 25/35 | 60/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 71% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/60 | 17/30 | 44/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 57% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/18 | 4/8 | 9/26 | |
| Converted % | 28% | 50% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Kicker | ||||
| R1 Furness |
R2 Guinard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 77-61 | 61-39 | 138-100 | |
| Total points | 138 | 100 | 238 | |
| Winners | 33 | 24 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 40/62 | 29/45 | 69/107 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 24/29 | 57/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 10/16 | 19/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 63% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/11 | 8/24 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 36% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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