Joao Sousa and Alexei Popyrin will square off in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:00 am on COURT 11. 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 3 sets.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.615
Joao Sousa -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 3rd time that Joao Sousa and Alexei Popyrin face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Sousa and Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Popyrin won 6-1 6-4 in the qualifications in Basel back in 2019.
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 58, Sousa will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 6-3 7-6(2) to Huesler in the qualifications on the 6th of August.
Sousa has a composed 21-26 win-loss record in 2022, 9-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Pune where he beat Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 7-6(9) 4-6 6-1.
Talking about his overall career, Joao has an overall 505-443 record. He has a negative 130-132 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2014, 2015 and 2017. See his history.
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. 80, the Australian will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 6-4 6-7(10) 6-1 to Giron in the qualifications on the 7th of August.
The Australian has a composed 20-24 win-loss record in 2022, 6-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Popyrin’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 203-155 record. He has a positive 100-72 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019 and 2021. See his history.
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