Hubert Hurkacz and Alexei Popyrin will face off in the quarter of the Western & Southern Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hubert Hurkacz is the pick to win this match.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.31
Alexei Popyrin -> 3.46
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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 3rd time that Hubert Hurkacz and Alexei Popyrin play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Hurkacz won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Indian wells back in March 2023.
Highlights Hubert Hurkacz vs Alexei Popyrin – Indian wells 11-March-2023
Hubert Hurkacz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-11 | 4-5 | 7-4 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-19 | 17-10 | 14-4 | 4-3 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-24 | 23-11 | 5-5 | 13-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-21 | 18-9 | 9-4 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-23 | 22-9 | 1-4 | 8-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 20, Hurkacz reached the quarter after defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-62 3-6 7-61, Borna Coric 5-7 6-3 6-3 and Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4.
In the 3rd round, Hurkacz had a good straight sets win against Tsitsipas (6-3 6-4). During the match, Hurkacz scored 57 points vs Tsitsipas’s 42. Hubert was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hurkacz made 11 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Hubert Hurkacz was very efficient on serve to win 85% (34/40) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Pole was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Tsitsipas twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Pole has surrendered 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Hurkacz has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (337-207). 14-8 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Hurkacz has a compiled 160-77 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Marseille where he overcame Benjamin Bonzi in the final 6-3 7-6(4).
Hurkacz has a compiled 30-17 win-loss record in 2023, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
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. 58, Alexei got to the quarter after beating Ilya Ivashka 6-2 4-6 6-4, Daniel Altmaier 6-75 6-4 6-4, Nicolas Jarry w/o and Emil Ruusuvuori 6-2 1-6 6-3.
In the 3rd round, Popyrin defeated Ruusuvuori (6-2 1-6 6-3). During the match Popyrin scored 68 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 67. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Popyrin struck 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (29/40) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Australian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ruusuvuori 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Umag where he defeated Stan Wawrinka in the final 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4.
Alexei has a compiled 33-21 win-loss record in 2023, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019 and 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hurkacz | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 84 | 85 |
| Pts | 279-246 | 282-263 |
| Total Points | 525 | 545 |
| Winners | 120 | 120 |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% |
Both Hurkacz and Popyrin played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Hubert Hurkacz dropped 2 sets, while Alexei Popyrin dropped 3 sets. Hurkacz has played 1 set(s) less than Popyrin (8 vs 9). Therefore, Hurkacz played 1 game less than Popyrin. Hurkacz scored 120 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 120 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hurkacz | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 34 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 11.3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 154/251 | 162/284 |
| %1st in | 61% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 120/154 | 120/162 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 62/97 | 60/122 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 49% |
Hurkacz bagged 34 aces (11.3 per match). Popyrin managed to score 21 aces (7 per match). Hurkacz won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hurkacz | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 12 |
| Converted | 6/20 | 12/26 |
| % Converted | 30% | 46% |
| Conceded | 15 | 22 |
| Saved | 12 | 15 |
| % Saved | 80% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
Hurkacz broke his opponents 6 times with a 30% conversion rate. Hurkacz surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Popyrin broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Alexei conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hurkacz | |||||
| R1 Kokkinakis |
R2 Coric |
R3 Tsitsipas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 3-6 7-61 | 5-7 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 30 | 19 | 84 | |
| pts | 132-121 | 90-83 | 57-42 | 279-246 | |
| Total points | 253 | 173 | 99 | 525 | |
| Winners | 55 | 31 | 34 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 34% | 60% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 13 | 10 | 11 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 67/112 | 47/87 | 40/52 | 154/251 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 54% | 77% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 55/67 | 31/47 | 34/40 | 120/154 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 66% | 85% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/45 | 28/40 | 8/12 | 62/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 70% | 67% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 0/8 | 4/10 | 2/2 | 6/20 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 40% | 100% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 3/5 | 3/3 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 60% | 100% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Popyrin | |||||||
| Q1 Ivashka |
Q3 Purcell |
R1 Altmaier |
R2 Jarry |
R3 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-4 | 6-76 7-5 6-4 | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | w/o | 6-2 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 35 | 33 | – | 24 | 120 | |
| pts | 101-87 | – | 113-109 | – | 68-67 | 282-263 | |
| Total points | 188 | 0 | 222 | – | 135 | 545 | |
| Winners | 40 | 51 | – | 29 | 120 | ||
| %Winners | 40% | 0% | 45% | – | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 9 | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 7 | – | 6 | 22 | ||
| 1st in | 56/101 | / | 66/109 | – | 40/74 | 162/284 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 0% | 61% | – | 54% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | / | 51/66 | – | 29/40 | 120/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 0% | 77% | – | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/45 | / | 22/43 | – | 18/34 | 60/122 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 0% | 51% | – | 53% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | – | 3 | 12 | ||
| Converted | 6/12 | / | 3/11 | – | 3/3 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 0% | 27% | – | 100% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 6 | – | 4 | 22 | ||
| Saved | 8/12 | 0/ | 5/6 | – | 2/4 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 83% | – | 50% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | 7 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLWLWLW Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Tommy PaulPaul (7-66 6-70 6-3) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Dusan LajovicLajovic (5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Tommy PaulPaul (7-6(6) 6-7(0) 6-3) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Dusan LajovicLajovic (5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-7) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-6) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
