Dmitry Popko and Koray Kirci will face off in the 1st round of the Astana Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 2 sets.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.164
Koray Kirci -> 4.7
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Koray Kirci
This will be the 3rd time that Dmitry Popko and Koray Kirci play each other. The head to head is 2-0
for Popko (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.The last time that they squared off, Popko won 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in M15 Antalya back in 2019.
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. 375, Popko will start his run in the Astana Challenger after he played his last match in the Tampere Challenger where he lost 6-7(4) 6-2 7-5 to Dellavedova in the qualifications on the 16th of July.
Dmitry has a composed 23-14 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Popko’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Pensacola.
Talking about his overall career, Dmitry has an overall 406-251 record. He has a positive 131-82 record on hard.
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2015. See his history.
Koray Kirci
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-17 | 21-14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 12-23 | 7-10 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-21 | 10-14 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-27 | 6-4 | 15-22 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-20 | 0-2 | 16-16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 656, Kirci will start his run in the Astana Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Tehran where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Arutiunian in the 2nd round on the 15th of June.
Kirci has an aggregate 10-13 win-loss record in 2023, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.In terms of his career, Koray has an overall 116-138 record. He has a flat 34-34 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Astana Challenger
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- Filip PeliwoPeliwo – Timur MaulenovMaulenov (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Renta TokudaTokuda – Digvijaypratap SinghSingh (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Evgenii TiurnevTiurnev (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jose StathamStatham – Niki Kaliyanda PoonachaKaliyanda Poonacha (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Renta TokudaTokuda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Koray KirciKirci (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Benjamin LockLock (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- S D Prajwal DevD Prajwal Dev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ajeet RaiRai – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – Sidharth RawatRawat (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yanki ErelErel – Zura TkemaladzeTkemaladze (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze – Alexander ZgirovskyZgirovsky (1-1) – H2H and prediction