Dmitry Popko and Juan Bautista Otegui will face off in the 1st round of the Ambato Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 4. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Bautista Otegui who should win in 3 sets.
Juan Bautista Otegui -> 1.66
Dmitry Popko -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Juan Bautista Otegui
This will be the 2nd time that Dmitry Popko and Juan Bautista Otegui face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bautista (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Bautista won 6-0 6-2 in the 1st round in the Villa Maria Challenger back in September 2022.
Dmitry Popko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-31 | 15-11 | 8-17 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 315, Popko will start his run in the Ambato Challenger after he played his last match in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger where he lost 6-3 3-6 6-3 to Choinski in the 1st round on the 11th of October.
Dmitry has a compiled 18-29 win-loss record in 2022, 7-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Dmitry’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Sultan Challenger and the Buenos Aires Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 383-236 record. He has a positive 228-123 record on clay.
Previously in the Ambato Challenger
Popko has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Bautista Otegui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-22 | 0-1 | 13-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-22 | 0-0 | 28-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-32 | 4-7 | 14-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-26 | 2-1 | 43-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-16 | 1-2 | 19-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 435 (career-high), the Argentine will start his run in the Ambato Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Rio Cuarto where he lost 4-6 6-4 7-6(4) to Roncadelli
in the 2nd round on the 13th of October.Juan has a compiled 40-20 win-loss record in 2022, 40-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Juan’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Quito and M15 Eindhoven.
In terms of his career, Bautista has an overall 175-101 record. He has a positive 155-87 record on clay.
Tennis Scores in Ambato Challenger
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Arklon Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (6-3 7-60) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (7-63 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Cayetano MarchMarch (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- N.Sriram BalajiBalaji – Miljan ZekicZekic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Jorge Brian Panta HerrerosBrian Panta Herreros (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Facundo BagnisBagnis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Kousuke OguraOgura (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matias ZukasZukas – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Gerald MelzerMelzer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino – Kiranpal PannuPannu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Benjamin LockLock (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (0-0) – H2H and prediction