Dmitry Popko and Wilson Leite will face off in the 2nd round of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CANCHA 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 2 sets.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.26
Wilson Leite -> 3.7
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Wilson Leite
There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Wilson Leite since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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. 235, Dmitry got to the 2nd round after beating Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna 7-68 0-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Popko defeated Fa Rodriguez Taverna (7-68 0-6 7-5).During the match, Popko scored less points (11) than Fa Rodriguez Taverna. In fact, the world no. 235 won 110 points vs Fa Rodriguez Taverna’s. That means that Popko was more focused during the important points. Popko was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popko recorded 9 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 6 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 62% of his first serves in, winning 61% (44/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (19/44) on the 2nd serve. Popko broke Fa Rodriguez Taverna 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Popko has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (381-233). 5-14 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popko has a composed 226-120 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Popko’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Sultan Challenger.
Popko has a compiled 16-26 win-loss record in 2022, 5-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Popko has never competed in this tournament before.
Wilson Leite
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-31 | 4-3 | 15-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-33 | 3-4 | 22-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 1-7 | 29-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-27 | 0-4 | 18-22 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-13 | 8-8 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 482, the Brazilian got to the 2nd round after defeating Jose Pereira 7-5 6-3, Carlos Sanchez Jover 7-5 6-74 6-3 and Lautaro Midon 4-6 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round against Midon, Leite recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Leite scored 90 points vs Midon’s 72. Leite was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Leite scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Wilson Leite lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Leite put 63% of his first serves in, winning 77% (40/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Leite broke Midon 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
The Brazilian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Orange Park and M25 Koksijde.
Wilson has an overall 21-24 win-loss record in 2022, 20-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Leite |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 81 |
| Pts | 110-121 | 288-248 |
| Total Points | 231 | 536 |
| Winners | 44 | 116 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Popko played 1 match while Leite competed in 3 matches. Leite started his run from the qualifications while Popko had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Dmitry Popko dropped 1 set, while Wilson Leite dropped 2 sets. Popko has played 5 set(s) less than Leite (3 vs 8). Therefore, Popko played 50 games less than Leite. Dmitry scored 44 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Wilson recorded 116 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Leite |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 2 |
| 1st in | 72/116 | 175/270 |
| %1st in | 62% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 44/72 | 116/175 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 19/44 | 50/95 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 53% |
Popko bagged 9 aces . Leite managed to score 6 aces (2 per match). Popko won 61% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Leite won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Leite |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 16 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 16/35 |
| % Converted | 29% | 46% |
| Conceded | 15 | 23 |
| Saved | 9 | 14 |
| % Saved | 60% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 9 |
Dmitry broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Dmitry lost his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponents 16 times with a 46% conversion rate. Wilson conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||
| R1 Fa Rodriguez Taverna | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 0-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 110-121 | 110-121 | |
| Total points | 231 | 231 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 72/116 | 72/116 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 44/72 | 44/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/44 | 19/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 9/15 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Leite | |||||
| Q1 Pereira | Q3 Sanchez | R1 Midon | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-5 6-74 6-3 | 4-6 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 34 | 26 | 81 | |
| pts | 77-65 | 121-111 | 90-72 | 288-248 | |
| Total points | 142 | 232 | 162 | 536 | |
| Winners | 33 | 43 | 40 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 36% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/73 | 74/114 | 52/83 | 175/270 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 65% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 43/74 | 40/52 | 116/175 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 58% | 77% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 24/40 | 14/31 | 50/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 60% | 45% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 7/16 | 5/8 | 16/35 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 44% | 63% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 2/7 | 8/10 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 29% | 80% | 176% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires Challenger
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui (6-2 0-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Wilson LeiteLeite (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Mariano NavoneNavone (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Facundo BagnisBagnis (1-0) – H2H and prediction