Dmitry Popko and Jay Clarke will fight against each other in the quarter of the Verona Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. 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 Dmitry Popko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.6
Jay Clarke -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Jay Clarke
This will be the 2nd time that Dmitry Popko and Jay Clarke fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Clarke (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Clarke won 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in the Prague Challenger back in 2020.
Highlights Jay Clarke vs Dmitry Popko – Prague Challenger 16-August-2020
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 176, Popko got to the quarter after beating Orlando Luz 6-3 6-1 and Giulio Zeppieri 7-5 2-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Kazakhstani defeated Zeppieri (7-5 2-6 6-2). During the match, Popko scored 88 points vs Zeppieri’s 85. The Kazakhstani was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Popko wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 6 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 46% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Zeppieri 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dmitry started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Popko has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (354-197). 19-16 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Popko has a composed213-103 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Prague 2 Challenger.
The Kazakhstani has a composed 23-24 win-loss record in 2021, 19-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.
Jay Clarke
Ranked no. 219, Clarke got to the quarter after beating Nicolas Mejia 6-3 6-4 and Roberto Quiroz 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Clarke had a good straight sets win against Quiroz (6-4 6-4). During the match Clarke scored 69 points vs Quiroz’s 59. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Clarke scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jay Clarke lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Clarke put 67% of his first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Clarke broke Quiroz 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jay started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Jay’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Sultan 3 Challenger.
Jay has an overall 14-18 win-loss record in 2021, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Clarke |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 39 |
| Pts | 145-123 | 129-109 |
| Total Points | 268 | 238 |
| Winners | 54 | 49 |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% |
Both Popko and Clarke played 2 matches. At the moment, Dmitry Popko dropped 1 set while Jay Clarke hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Popko has played 1 set more than Clarke (5 vs 4). Therefore, Popko played 5 games more than Clarke. Popko scored 54 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Jay recorded 49 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Clarke |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 68/131 | 76/112 |
| %1st in | 52% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 54/68 | 49/76 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 32/63 | 19/36 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 53% |
Popko fired 4 aces (2 per match). Clarke recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Popko won 79% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Clarke won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Clarke |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/16 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 50% | 45% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 40% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Popko broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Popko dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Jay broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Clarke conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | ||||
| R1 Luz |
R2 Zeppieri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-5 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 28 | 44 | |
| pts | 57-38 | 88-85 | 145-123 | |
| Total points | 95 | 173 | 268 | |
| Winners | 24 | 30 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 38/83 | 68/131 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 46% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 30/38 | 54/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 22/45 | 32/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 49% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/10 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 40% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Clarke | ||||
| R1 Mejia |
R2 Quiroz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 60-50 | 69-59 | 129-109 | |
| Total points | 110 | 128 | 238 | |
| Winners | 22 | 27 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 43/64 | 76/112 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 67% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 27/43 | 49/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 63% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 12/21 | 19/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 57% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/10 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 60% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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