H2H, PREDICTION Dmitry Popko vs Ergi Kirkin | Kyiv Challenger odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Ergi Kirkin

Dmitry Popko and Ergi Kirkin will clash against each other in the quarter of the Kyiv Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on COURT 12. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.4
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.95

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Ergi Kirkin

There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Ergi Kirkin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 193, Popko got to the quarter after defeating Alessandro Bega 6-4 0-6 6-2 and Francesco Forti 7-5 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Forti (7-5 6-2). During the match, Popko scored 67 points vs Forti’s 49. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about the service games, Popko wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (17/24) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Kazakhstani broke Forti 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dmitry started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Popko has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (356-199). 21-17 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popko has a compiled215-104 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

Dmitry’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Prague 2 Challenger.

Popko has an aggregate 25-26 win-loss record in 2021, 21-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kyiv Challenger

Popko has never competed in this tournament before.

Popko
Kyiv Challenger
Popko's Record

Ergi Kirkin

Ranked no. 347 (career-high), the Turk reached the quarter after defeating Clement Tabur 6-4 7-65 and Sergiy Stakhovsky 4-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 2nd round against Stakhovsky, The Turk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Kirkin scored 83 points vs Stakhovsky’s 73. Kirkin was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Kirkin made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ergi Kirkin was very effective on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kirkin broke Stakhovsky 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kirkin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Turk’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Vejle,M15 Parnu and M25 Ueberlingen.

Kirkin has a composed 33-19 win-loss record in 2021, 27-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Kirkin
Kyiv Challenger
Kirkin's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Popko
E.Kirkin
3h:20
3h:20
Time on court​
3h:52
3h:52
1h:32
1h:32
Last match​
1h:55
1h:55
2
2
Match played
2
2
44
44
Games Played​
50
50
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
139
139
Total points​
166
166
69.5
69.5
Avg point​
83
83
40
40
Winners
55
55
20
20
Avg Winners​
27.5
27.5
29%
29%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
5
5
2.5
2.5
Avg Aces
2.5
2.5
6
6
Double Faults
5
5
3
3
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
40/61
40/61
1st won total​
55/83
55/83
66%
66%
1st won %
66%
66%
30/64
30/64
2nd won total​
47/72
47/72
47%
47%
2nd won %
!
65%
65%
-- Break Points --
12/21
12/21
BP won
7/14
7/14
6/10.5
6/10.5
Avg BP won
3.5/7
3.5/7
!
57%
57%
Won
50%
50%
14
14
Conceded
7
7
7
7
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
9
9
Broken
4
4
!
4.5
4.5
Avg Broken
2
2
5
5
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Popko Kirkin
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 44 50
Pts 139-124 166-146
Total Points 263 312
Winners 40 55
%Winners 29% 33%

Both Popko and Kirkin played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dmitry Popko lost 1 set, while Ergi Kirkin conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Popko and Kirkin have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Popko played 6 games less than Kirkin. Dmitry scored 40 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk bagged 55 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Popko Kirkin
Aces 5 5
Avg per match 2.5 2.5
1st in 61/125 83/155
%1st in 49% 54%
1st pts 40/61 55/83
%1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 30/64 47/72
%2nd pts 47% 65%

Popko recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kirkin managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Popko won 66% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kirkin won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Popko Kirkin
Won 12 7
Converted 12/21 7/14
% Converted 57% 50%
Conceded 14 7
Saved 5 3
% Saved 36% 43%
Times Broken 9 4

Dmitry broke his opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 36% of the break points that he conceded. Ergi broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

Popko
R1
Bega
R2
Forti
Total
Score 6-4 0-6 6-2 7-5 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 24 20 44
pts 72-75 67-49 139-124
Total points 147 116 263
Winners 23 17 40
%Winners 32% 25% 29%
SERVE
Aces 5 0 5
Double Faults 3 3 6
1st in 37/74 24/51 61/125
% 1st in 50% 47% 49%
1st pts 23/37 17/24 40/61
% 1st pts 62% 71% 66%
2nd pts 15/37 15/27 30/64
% 2nd pts 41% 56% 47%
Breaks
Won 6 6 12
Converted 6/10 6/11 12/21
Converted % 60% 55% 57%
Conceded 10 4 14
Saved 4/10 1/4 5
Saved % 40% 25% 33%
Times Broken 6 3 9
Kirkin
R1
Tabur
R2
Stakhovsky
Total
Score 6-4 7-65 4-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 23 27 50
pts 83-73 83-73 166-146
Total points 156 156 312
Winners 23 32 55
%Winners 28% 39% 33%
SERVE
Aces 1 4 5
Double Faults 3 2 5
1st in 38/74 45/81 83/155
% 1st in 51% 56% 54%
1st pts 23/38 32/45 55/83
% 1st pts 61% 71% 66%
2nd pts 25/36 22/36 47/72
% 2nd pts 69% 61% 65%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/9 4/5 7/14
Converted % 33% 80% 50%
Conceded 4 3 7
Saved 2/4 1/3 3
Saved % 50% 33% 42%
Times Broken 2 2 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Popko
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Kirkin
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2024 2023 2022
64 - 31
49 - 29
7-2
Hard
18-5
0-3
I Hard
2-5
57-26
Clay
29-19
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