Arthur Fils and Alexei Popyrin will clash against each other in the qualifications of the cinch Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Fils who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Fils is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Fils -> 1.52
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.41
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Fils vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 3rd time that Arthur Fils and Alexei Popyrin square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Popyrin won 5-7 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in the Roanne Challenger back in 2022.
Arthur Fils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-11 | 10-6 | 10-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-28 | 15-9 | 14-10 | 7-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 5-4 | 13-8 | 21-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 23-15 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-26 | 3-2 | 29-17 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 66, Arthur got to the qualifications after defeating Hugo Grenier 6-4 7-61.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Grenier (6-4 7-61). During the match, Fils scored 70 points vs Grenier’s 57. Arthur was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fils blasted 8 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Arthur Fils was quite efficient on serve to win 90% (36/40) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Arthur broke Grenier once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Fils has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (104-67). 3-1 on grass in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Fils has an aggregate3-1 match record in the last 4 years on grass.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Oeiras 2 Challenger where he defeated Joris De Loore in the final 6-1 7-6(4) and in Lyon where he overcame Francisco Cerundolo in the final 6-3 7-5.
The French player has an overall 27-11 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in London
Fils has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 90, the Australian got to the qualifications after defeating Arthur Fery 7-65 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Popyrin defeated Fery (7-65 3-6 6-3).During the match Popyrin scored less points (2) than Fery. In fact, the world no. 66 won 81 points vs Fery’s. That means that Popyrin was more focused during the important points. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Popyrin fired 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was quite effective on serve to win 74% (37/50) of his 1st serve and 65% (24/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Popyrin was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Fery twice.
Alexei has an aggregate 25-17 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in London
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fils | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 31 |
| Pts | 70-57 | 81-83 |
| Total Points | 127 | 164 |
| Winners | 36 | 37 |
| %Winners | 51% | 46% |
Both Fils and Popyrin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alexei Popyrin dropped 1 set while Arthur Fils hasn’t lost a set so far. Fils has played 1 set(s) less than Popyrin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Fils played 8 games less than Popyrin. The French player scored 36 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 37 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fils | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 11 |
| 1st in | 40/58 | 50/87 |
| %1st in | 69% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 36/40 | 37/50 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 24/37 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 65% |
Fils bagged 8 aces . Popyrin blasted 11 aces . Fils won 90% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fils | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 2 |
| Converted | 1/5 | 2/2 |
| % Converted | 20% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Arthur broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. The French player very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Popyrin broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Alexei conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fils | |||
| Q1 Grenier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 70-57 | 70-57 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/58 | 40/58 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 36/40 | 36/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Popyrin | |||
| Q1 Fery |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 81-83 | 81-83 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/87 | 50/87 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 37/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/37 | 24/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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