Jaume Antoni Munar Clar and Alexei Popyrin will face off in the quarter of the Bordeaux Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on COURT IDEAL GROUPE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jaume Antoni Munar Clar who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jaume Antoni Munar Clar is the pick to win this match.
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar -> 1.25
Alexei Popyrin -> 3.95
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Prediction and head to head Jaume Antoni Munar Clar vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 3rd time that Jaume Antoni Munar Clar and Alexei Popyrin fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Popyrin won 6-2 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 2nd round in at the Australian Open back in 2020.
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-19 | 2-5 | 16-12 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 1-7 | 26-19 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-29 | 14-10 | 27-12 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-27 | 1-4 | 36-19 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-17 | 6-7 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 94, Jaume Antoni got to the quarter after defeating Stefan Kozlov 6-2 6-3 and Elliot Benchetrit 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Munar Clar had a good straight sets win against Benchetrit (6-3 6-1). During the match, Munar Clar scored 60 points vs Benchetrit’s 44. Jaume Antoni was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Munar Clar scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jaume Antoni Munar Clar was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jaume Antoni broke Benchetrit 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Munar Clar has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (308-198). 14-6 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Munar Clar has an overall244-124 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Jaume Antoni’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Marbella Challenger.
Munar Clar has a composed 23-11 win-loss record in 2022, 14-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger
Jaume Antoni has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-11 | 7-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-16 | 3-4 | 5-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 127, Popyrin reached the quarter after defeating Kimmer Coppejans 7-64 6-3 and Carlos Taberner 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Alexei defeated Taberner (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match Popyrin scored 94 points vs Taberner’s 88. Alexei was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Popyrin struck 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alexei Popyrin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Popyrin put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (39/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Alexei broke Taberner 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexei has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Alexei has a composed 8-14 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Munar Clar | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 49 |
| Pts | 121-89 | 177-156 |
| Total Points | 210 | 333 |
| Winners | 50 | 73 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Both Munar Clar and Popyrin played 2 matches. At the moment, Alexei Popyrin lost 1 set while Jaume Antoni Munar Clar hasn’t dropped a set so far. Munar Clar has played 1 set(s) less than Popyrin (4 vs 5). Therefore, Munar Clar played 16 games less than Popyrin. Jaume Antoni scored 50 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Popyrin bagged 73 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Munar Clar | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 63/106 | 101/159 |
| %1st in | 59% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 50/63 | 73/101 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 21/43 | 28/58 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 48% |
Munar Clar made 3 aces (1.5 per match). Popyrin blasted 13 aces (6.5 per match). Munar Clar won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Munar Clar | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/16 | 8/23 |
| % Converted | 56% | 35% |
| Conceded | 4 | 14 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 75% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Jaume Antoni surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Alexei broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. Alexei conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Munar Clar | ||||
| R1 Kozlov |
R2 Benchetrit |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 33 | |
| pts | 61-45 | 60-44 | 121-89 | |
| Total points | 106 | 104 | 210 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 32/49 | 63/106 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 65% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 25/32 | 50/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 78% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 10/17 | 21/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 59% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 4/11 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 36% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Popyrin | ||||
| R1 Coppejans |
R2 Taberner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 27 | 49 | |
| pts | 83-68 | 94-88 | 177-156 | |
| Total points | 151 | 182 | 333 | |
| Winners | 34 | 39 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 45/65 | 56/94 | 101/159 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 60% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 39/56 | 73/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 19/38 | 28/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 50% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/9 | 8/23 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 44% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 6/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 67% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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