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.
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.
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).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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 | |
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