Emil Ruusuvuori and Dmitry Popko will fight against each other in the qualifications of the St. Petersburg Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emil Ruusuvuori who should win in 2 sets.
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 1.177
Dmitry Popko -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Dmitry Popko
This will be the 2nd time that Emil Ruusuvuori and Dmitry Popko face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Popko won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in the Shymkent Challenger back in 2019.
Emil Ruusuvuori
Ranked no. 75, the Finn got to the qualifications after defeating Gilles Simon 6-0 6-3.
In the qualifications, Emil had a good straight sets win against Simon (6-0 6-3). During the match, Ruusuvuori scored 69 points vs Simon’s 43. Emil was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruusuvuori fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Emil Ruusuvuori was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Finn broke Simon 4 times after converting 21% of his break points (4/19).
Ruusuvuori has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (189-97). 5-4 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruusuvuori has an overall74-25 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The Finn’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Atlanta and Salem.
The Finn has an overall 29-24 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in St. Petersburg
The Finn has never competed in this tournament before.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 163 (career-high), Popko reached the qualifications after beating Benjamin Bonzi 4-6 7-64 6-2.
In the qualifications against Bonzi, Dmitry recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-64 6-2). During the match Popko scored 107 points vs Bonzi’s 93. The Kazakhstani was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Popko managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 51% of his first serves in, winning 76% (41/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (23/51) on the 2nd serve. Popko broke Bonzi 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in the Lisbon Challenger where he defeated Andrea Pellegrino in the final 6-2 6-4.
Dmitry has a compiled 34-31 win-loss record in 2021, 7-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruusuvuori | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 |
| Pts | 69-43 | 107-93 |
| Total Points | 112 | 200 |
| Winners | 23 | 41 |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% |
Both Ruusuvuori and Popko played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Dmitry Popko conceded 1 set while Emil Ruusuvuori hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ruusuvuori has played 1 set(s) less than Popko (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ruusuvuori played 16 games less than Popko. Ruusuvuori scored 23 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Dmitry recorded 41 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruusuvuori | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 9 |
| 1st in | 27/40 | 54/105 |
| %1st in | 68% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 41/54 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 23/51 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 45% |
Ruusuvuori fired 3 aces . Popko made 9 aces . Ruusuvuori won 85% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruusuvuori | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/19 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 21% | 55% |
| Conceded | 0 | 13 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Ruusuvuori broke his opponent 4 times with a 21% conversion rate. Emil quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Popko broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Popko conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruusuvuori | |||
| Q1 Simon | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 69-43 | 69-43 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/40 | 27/40 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/19 | 4/19 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Popko | |||
| Q1 Bonzi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 107-93 | 107-93 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 54/105 | 54/105 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 41/54 | 41/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/51 | 23/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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