Stan Wawrinka and Alexei Popyrin will fight against each other in the final of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 8:00 pm on GORAN IVANISEVIC STADION. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stan Wawrinka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stan Wawrinka is the pick to win this match.
Stan Wawrinka -> 1.5
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Stan Wawrinka vs. Alexei Popyrin
There is no head to head record between Stan Wawrinka and Alexei Popyrin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Stan Wawrinka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-24 | 8-6 | 11-8 | 8-9 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-15 | 0-3 | 2-5 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-8 | 8-3 | 9-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 72, Stan got to the final after defeating Filip Misolic 6-3 6-2, Federico Coria 7-5 6-1, Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4 7-5 and Lorenzo Sonego 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal, Wawrinka had a good straight sets win against Sonego (6-3 6-4). During the match, Wawrinka scored 58 points vs Sonego’s 46. Stan was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Wawrinka bagged 5 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Stan Wawrinka was very efficient on serve to win 84% (27/32) 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. Wawrinka broke Sonego twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stan hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Wawrinka has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (273-140). 11-7 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Wawrinka has a compiled 74-37 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Swiss’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Umag.
Wawrinka has an overall 22-14 win-loss record in 2023, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Umag
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-7 | 7-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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 |
Ranked no. 90, the Australian got to the final after beating Benjamin Bonzi 6-4 7-5, Sebastian Ofner 6-4 6-1, Dino Prizmic 7-62 7-5 and Matteo Arnaldi 6-72 7-5 6-3.
In the semifinal against Arnaldi, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 7-5 6-3). During the match Popyrin scored 121 points vs Arnaldi’s 108. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Popyrin made 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (46/57) of his 1st serve and 52% (26/50) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alexei broke Arnaldi 4 times after converting 21% of his break points (4/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexei has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Alexei’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Umag.
Alexei has a compiled 29-20 win-loss record in 2023, 14-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Wawrinka | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 77 | 98 |
| Pts | 244-186 | 343-295 |
| Total Points | 430 | 638 |
| Winners | 94 | 135 |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% |
Both Wawrinka and Popyrin played 4 matches. At the moment, Alexei Popyrin surrendered 1 set while Stan Wawrinka hasn’t conceded a set so far. Wawrinka has played 1 set(s) less than Popyrin (8 vs 9). Therefore, Wawrinka played 21 games less than Popyrin. Wawrinka scored 94 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Alexei managed to score 135 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Wawrinka | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 118/216 | 172/307 |
| %1st in | 55% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 94/118 | 135/172 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 63/98 | 72/135 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 53% |
Wawrinka bagged 14 aces (3.5 per match). Popyrin bagged 20 aces (5 per match). Wawrinka won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Wawrinka | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 14 |
| Converted | 14/22 | 14/46 |
| % Converted | 64% | 30% |
| Conceded | 9 | 13 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 56% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Wawrinka broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Swiss dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 14 times with a 30% conversion rate. Popyrin conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Wawrinka | ||||||
| R1 Misolic |
R2 Coria |
1/4 Carballes Baena |
1/2 Sonego |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-1 | 6-4 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 77 | |
| pts | 53-37 | 66-45 | 67-58 | 58-46 | 244-186 | |
| Total points | 90 | 111 | 125 | 104 | 430 | |
| Winners | 23 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 30% | 36% | 47% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/50 | 26/54 | 30/56 | 32/56 | 118/216 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 48% | 54% | 57% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 20/26 | 24/30 | 27/32 | 94/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | 80% | 84% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 17/28 | 18/26 | 16/24 | 63/98 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 61% | 69% | 67% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 14/22 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 50% | 75% | 67% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 0% | 100% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Popyrin | ||||||
| R1 Bonzi |
R2 Ofner |
1/4 Prizmic |
1/2 Arnaldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-4 6-1 | 7-62 7-5 | 6-72 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 25 | 34 | 98 | |
| pts | 77-71 | 60-39 | 85-77 | 121-108 | 343-295 | |
| Total points | 148 | 99 | 162 | 229 | 638 | |
| Winners | 31 | 23 | 35 | 46 | 135 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% | 41% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 40/76 | 28/45 | 47/79 | 57/107 | 172/307 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 62% | 59% | 53% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 23/28 | 35/47 | 46/57 | 135/172 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 74% | 81% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 11/17 | 17/32 | 26/50 | 72/135 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 65% | 53% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 4/5 | 3/10 | 4/19 | 14/46 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 80% | 30% | 21% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 50% | 33% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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