Dmitry Popko and Evgeny Donskoy will play each other in the quarter of the Nur-Sultan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:30 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Evgeny Donskoy who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Evgeny Donskoy is the pick to win this match.
Evgeny Donskoy -> 1.9
Dmitry Popko -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Evgeny Donskoy
This will be the 2nd time that Dmitry Popko and Evgeny Donskoy square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Donskoy (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Donskoy won 3-6 6-1 9-7 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2017.
Dmitry Popko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64-33 | 7-2 | 57-28 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-20 | 1-1 | 38-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-30 | 11-11 | 7-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-34 | 0-4 | 27-19 | 7-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-23 | 13-8 | 15-10 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 189, Popko got to the quarter after beating Jose Statham 6-3 6-4 and Yanki Erel 7-66 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Popko had a good straight sets win against Erel (7-66 6-4). During the match, Popko scored 88 points vs Erel’s 79. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Popko fired 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Dmitry broke Erel 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dmitry hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Popko has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (376-226). 7-6 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Popko has a compiled 127-77 match record in the last years on hard.
The Kazakhstani has a composed 11-19 win-loss record in 2022, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger
Evgeny Donskoy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-20 | 23-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-31 | 39-17 | 3-4 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-22 | 6-12 | 4-7 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 8-8 | 2-7 | 7-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 7-9 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 301, the Russian got to the quarter after beating Dominik Palan 6-2 7-63 and David Poljak 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Evgeny defeated Poljak (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Donskoy and Poljak scored the same amount of points (92). However, the world no. 189 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Donskoy recorded 3 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Evgeny Donskoy lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Donskoy put 52% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (21/45) on the 2nd serve. Evgeny broke Poljak 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Evgeny has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Evgeny has an aggregate 8-13 win-loss record in 2022, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 49 |
| Pts | 155-129 | 165-148 |
| Total Points | 284 | 313 |
| Winners | 50 | 58 |
| %Winners | 32% | 35% |
Both Popko and Donskoy played 2 matches. At the moment, Evgeny Donskoy dropped 1 set while Dmitry Popko hasn’t dropped a set so far. Popko has played 1 set(s) less than Donskoy (4 vs 5). Therefore, Popko played 7 games less than Donskoy. Popko scored 50 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Evgeny struck 58 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 64/132 | 80/156 |
| %1st in | 48% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 50/64 | 58/80 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 42/68 | 43/76 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 57% |
Popko fired 12 aces (6 per match). Donskoy managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Popko won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Donskoy won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 36% | 43% |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Popko broke his opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Dmitry dropped his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Donskoy conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | ||||
| R1 Statham |
R2 Erel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 | 42 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 88-79 | 155-129 | |
| Total points | 117 | 167 | 284 | |
| Winners | 19 | 31 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 35% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 21/55 | 43/77 | 64/132 | |
| % 1st in | 38% | 56% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 19/21 | 31/43 | 50/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 72% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/34 | 19/34 | 42/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 56% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/9 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 33% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Donskoy | ||||
| R1 Palan |
R2 Poljak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 28 | 49 | |
| pts | 73-56 | 92-92 | 165-148 | |
| Total points | 129 | 184 | 313 | |
| Winners | 25 | 33 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 36% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 31/62 | 49/94 | 80/156 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 52% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 33/49 | 58/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 67% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/31 | 21/45 | 43/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 47% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/9 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 44% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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