Alexei Popyrin and Steven Diez will square off in the qualifications of the National Bank Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 2 sets.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.22
Steven Diez -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Steven Diez
This will be the 4th time that Alexei Popyrin and Steven Diez square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Popyrin won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the qualifications in Marseille back in 2020.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-24 | 7-10 | 9-6 | 0-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-22 | 17-8 | 4-8 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 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 |
Ranked no. 83, Popyrin will start his run in Toronto after he played his last match in Washington where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Fritz in the 2nd round on the 3rd of August.
Alexei has a compiled 19-23 win-loss record in 2022, 5-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Alexei’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 202-154 record. He has a positive 99-71 record on hard.
Previously in Toronto
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019 and 2021. See his history.
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-11 | 7-3 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-22 | 14-11 | 0-3 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 422, Diez will start his run in Montreal after he played his last match in the Lexington Challenger where he lost 7-6(4) 6-2 to Harrison in the 1st round on the 2nd of August.
Diez has an overall 14-21 win-loss record in 2022, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Diez has an overall 491-375 record. He has a positive 175-127 record on hard.
Previously in Toronto
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016. See his history.
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