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.

As per the initial odds, Juan Bautista Otegui is the pick to win this match.
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

Dmitry Popko

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Rank
223
High
155
LLLLWLWWLW
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.

Ambato Challenger
Popko's Record

Juan Bautista Otegui

Juan Bautista Otegui

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Rank
869
High
397
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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.

Ambato Challenger
Bautista's Record

Tennis Scores in Ambato Challenger

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