Dmitry Popko and Gabriele Piraino will fight against each other in the qualifications of the San Benedetto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.6
Gabriele Piraino -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Gabriele Piraino
There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Gabriele Piraino 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 | 52-17 | 5-0 | 47-17 | 0-0 | 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. 346, Popko got to the qualifications after defeating Marcelo Zormann 7-5 6-73 6-2.
In the qualifications, Dmitry defeated Zormann Da Silva (7-5 6-73 6-2). During the match, Popko scored 110 points vs Zormann Da Silva’s 96. Popko was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popko bagged 15 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Dmitry Popko was very efficient on serve to win 79% (44/56) of his 1st serve and 63% (29/46) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dmitry broke Zormann Da Silva 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Popko has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (383-235). 22-12 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popko has a compiled 238-130 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Popko’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Pensacola.
Popko has an overall 22-12 win-loss record in 2023, 22-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Benedetto Challenger
Gabriele Piraino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-13 | 5-5 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-31 | 4-3 | 23-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-26 | 2-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 491, the Italian reached the qualifications after defeating Lorenzo Rottoli 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Rottoli (6-1 6-3). During the match Piraino scored 57 points vs Rottoli’s 38. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Piraino scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Gabriele Piraino conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Piraino put 61% of his first serves in, winning 93% (26/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Rottoli 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Italian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
The Italian has a compiled 12-15 win-loss record in 2023, 8-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Piraino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 16 |
| Pts | 110-96 | 57-38 |
| Total Points | 206 | 95 |
| Winners | 44 | 26 |
| %Winners | 40% | 46% |
Both Popko and Piraino played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Dmitry Popko surrendered 1 set while Gabriele Piraino hasn’t dropped a set so far. Popko has played 1 set more than Piraino (3 vs 2). Therefore, Popko played 17 games more than Piraino. The Kazakhstani scored 44 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Gabriele scored 26 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Piraino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 1 |
| 1st in | 56/102 | 28/46 |
| %1st in | 55% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 44/56 | 26/28 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 93% |
| 2nd pts | 29/46 | 8/18 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 44% |
Popko struck 15 aces . Piraino fired 1 ace . Popko won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Piraino won 93% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Piraino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Dmitry broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Popko very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Gabriele broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Piraino was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Popko | |||
| Q1 Zormann Da Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-73 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 110-96 | 110-96 | |
| Total points | 206 | 206 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 56/102 | 56/102 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 44/56 | 44/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/46 | 29/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Piraino | |||
| Q1 Rottoli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-38 | 57-38 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 28/46 | 28/46 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/28 | 26/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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