Mats Rosenkranz and Dmitry Popko will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. 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 Mats Rosenkranz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mats Rosenkranz is the pick to win this match.
Mats Rosenkranz -> 1.58
Dmitry Popko -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Mats Rosenkranz vs. Dmitry Popko
There is no head to head record between Mats Rosenkranz and Dmitry Popko since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mats Rosenkranz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-20 | 0-3 | 13-7 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| 2023 | 35-34 | 4-9 | 4-10 | 22-12 | 2-2 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 31-36 | 2-4 | 7-14 | 14-13 | 2-4 | 6-1 |
| 2021 | 42-30 | 1-1 | 20-18 | 15-9 | 5-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 15-21 | 8-9 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 430, Rosenkranz got to the qualifications after beating Adit Sinha 6-3 7-64.
In the qualifications, Rosenkranz had a good straight sets win against Sinha (6-3 7-64). During the match, Rosenkranz scored 75 points vs Sinha’s 58. Rosenkranz was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rosenkranz managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mats Rosenkranz was very efficient on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rosenkranz broke Sinha once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Rosenkranz has won exactly 50% of his matches (240-236) in the last 8 years. 20-10 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Rosenkranz has a composed65-49 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Rosenkranz’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25+H Plaisir and M15 Danderyd.
Mats has a composed 32-31 win-loss record in 2023, 20-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Mats has never competed in this tournament before.
Dmitry Popko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 28-23 | 13-8 | 15-10 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 522, Dmitry reached the qualifications after defeating Stefan Kozlov 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Popko had a good straight sets win against Kozlov (6-4 6-3). During the match Popko scored 79 points vs Kozlov’s 63. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Popko managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 4 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 51% of his first serves in, winning 62% (28/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (20/43) on the 2nd serve. Dmitry broke Kozlov 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Dmitry’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Pensacola.
Dmitry has a composed 25-15 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rosenkranz | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 |
| Pts | 75-58 | 79-63 |
| Total Points | 133 | 142 |
| Winners | 33 | 28 |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% |
Both Rosenkranz and Popko played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rosenkranz and Popko have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rosenkranz played 3 games more than Popko. Mats scored 33 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani managed to score 28 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rosenkranz | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 45/88 |
| %1st in | 63% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 28/45 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 20/43 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 47% |
Rosenkranz scored 8 aces . Popko managed to score 3 aces . Rosenkranz won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rosenkranz | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 6 |
| Converted | 1/6 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 17% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 15 |
| Saved | 0 | 11 |
| % Saved | 0% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Mats broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. The German quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rosenkranz | |||
| Q1 Sinha |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-58 | 75-58 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 40/63 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 33/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Popko | |||
| Q1 Kozlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 79-63 | 79-63 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 45/88 | 45/88 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 28/45 | 28/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 20/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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