H2H, prediction of Mikael Ymer vs Alexei Popyrin in Phoenix Challenger with odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Phoenix Challenger. Ymer and Popyrin will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Phoenix Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match

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Prediction and head to head Mikael Ymer vs. Alexei Popyrin

Mikael Ymer and Alexei Popyrin will play each other in the 2nd round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Mikael Ymer who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Mikael Ymer is the pick to win this match.
Mikael Ymer -> 1.55
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Mikael Ymer vs. Alexei Popyrin

There is no head to head record between Mikael Ymer and Alexei Popyrin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Mikael Ymer

Mikael Ymer
Mikael Ymer

17 - 10win/loss

Hard
6-6
I Hard
11-4
Rank
136
High
50
LWWLWWLLLL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 24-18 6-7 3-3 11-4 4-4 0-0
2022 31-25 9-6 3-8 17-9 2-2 0-0
2021 27-24 9-5 10-7 5-9 3-3 0-0
2020 12-11 6-6 2-3 4-2 0-0 0-0
2019 54-20 13-4 20-7 17-6 4-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 57 (career-high), Mikael got to the 2nd round after defeating Radu Albot 6-1 7-5.

In the 1st round, Mikael had a good straight sets win against Albot (6-1 7-5). During the match, Ymer scored 69 points vs Albot’s 54. Mikael was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ymer recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mikael Ymer lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the 2nd serve. Mikael broke Albot 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Ymer has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (271-158). 6-5 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ymer has a composed 59-35 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Mikael’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Neuve Challenger.

The Swede has an aggregate 17-9 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Ymer
Phoenix Challenger
Ymer's Record

Alexei Popyrin

Alexei Popyrin
Alexei Popyrin

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
47
High
38
LWWLWWLWLL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-12 7-4 2-5 0-0 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
2020 14-16 3-4 5-5 4-6 0-0 2-1
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Ranked no. 101, the Australian got to the 2nd round after beating Oscar Otte 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Otte (6-4 6-3). During the match Popyrin scored 65 points vs Otte’s 46. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Popyrin bagged 6 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexei Popyrin was pretty effective on serve to win 91% (21/23) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Otte 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Popyrin has an overall 11-7 win-loss record in 2023, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2022. See his history.

Popyrin
Phoenix Challenger
Popyrin's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Ymer
A.Popyrin
1h:33
1h:33
Time on court​
1h:14
1h:14
1h:33
1h:33
Last match​
1h:14
1h:14
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
19
19
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
69
69
Total points​
65
65
69
69
Avg point​
65
65
26
26
Winners
21
21
26
26
Avg Winners​
21
21
38%
38%
Ratio winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
6
6
2
2
Avg Aces
6
6
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0
0
26/38
26/38
1st won total​
21/23
21/23
68%
68%
1st won %
!
91%
91%
16/25
16/25
2nd won total​
16/24
16/24
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
!
67%
67%
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
BP won
3/6
3/6
4/6
4/6
Avg BP won
3/6
3/6
!
67%
67%
Won
50%
50%
2
2
Conceded
0
0
2
2
Avg Conceded
0
0
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
1
1
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ymer Popyrin
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
Pts 69-54 65-46
Total Points 123 111
Winners 26 21
%Winners 38% 32%

Both Ymer and Popyrin played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ymer and Popyrin have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (19). The Swede scored 26 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Alexei scored 21 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ymer Popyrin
Aces 2 6
Avg per match 2 6
1st in 38/63 23/47
%1st in 60% 49%
1st pts 26/38 21/23
%1st pts 68% 91%
2nd pts 16/25 16/24
%2nd pts 64% 67%

Ymer struck 2 aces . Popyrin bagged 6 aces . Ymer won 68% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 91% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ymer Popyrin
Won 4 3
Converted 4/6 3/6
% Converted 67% 50%
Conceded 2 0
Saved 1 0
% Saved 50% 0%
Times Broken 1 0

Ymer broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Ymer surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Alexei was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Ymer
R1
Albot		 Total
Score 6-1 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 69-54 69-54
Total points 123 123
Winners 26 26
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 38/63 38/63
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 26/38 26/38
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 16/25 16/25
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 4/6
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Popyrin
R1
Otte		 Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 65-46 65-46
Total points 111 111
Winners 21 21
%Winners 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 23/47 23/47
% 1st in 49% 49%
1st pts 21/23 21/23
% 1st pts 91% 91%
2nd pts 16/24 16/24
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Mikael Ymer
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 4Chall
  • 2Minor
Alexei Popyrin
  • 0Slam
  • 2Main
  • 2Chall
  • 1Minor

Mikael
Ymer

0:2

Alexei
Popyrin

Rank

478

High

50

0Hard2

Rank

47

High

38

Win Loss
Ymer
Popyrin
LWWLWWLWLL
2024 2023 2022
0 - 0
14 - 12
0-0
Hard
7-4
0-0
Clay
2-5
0-0
Grass
5-3

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