Roman Safiullin and Alexei Popyrin will face off in the 2nd round of the Brisbane International for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on PAT RAFTER ARENA. 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 Roman Safiullin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.56
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 3rd time that Roman Safiullin and Alexei Popyrin square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Safiullin and Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Popyrin won 7-5 7-5 in the 3rd round in Rome back in 2023.
Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs Roman Safiullin – Rome 14-May-2023
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 14-12 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-12 | 6-2 | 4-5 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 39 (career-high), Safiullin reached the 2nd round after beating Ben Shelton 6-3 6-75 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Russian defeated Shelton (6-3 6-75 6-3). During the match, Safiullin scored 106 points vs Shelton’s 92. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Safiullin bagged 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Roman Safiullin was pretty efficient on serve to win 88% (44/50) of his 1st serve and 62% (28/45) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Shelton twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).
Safiullin has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (321-175). 1-0 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Safiullin has an overall 175-75 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Safiullin has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Brisbane
Roman has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-19 | 16-7 | 4-8 | 2-1 | 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 |
| 2020 | 14-16 | 3-4 | 5-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 40, Alexei got to the 2nd round after defeating Christopher O Connell 6-4 6-75 7-64.
In the 1st round, Popyrin defeated O Connell (6-4 6-75 7-64). During the match Popyrin scored 123 points vs O Connell’s 111. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about serving, Popyrin made 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (55/68) of his 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Popyrin broke O Connell twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Popyrin has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 36 |
| Pts | 106-92 | 123-111 |
| Total Points | 198 | 234 |
| Winners | 44 | 55 |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% |
Both Safiullin and Popyrin played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Roman Safiullin conceded 1 set, while Alexei Popyrin surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Safiullin and Popyrin have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Safiullin played 5 games less than Popyrin. Roman scored 44 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Popyrin blasted 55 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 12 |
| 1st in | 50/95 | 68/107 |
| %1st in | 53% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 44/50 | 55/68 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 28/45 | 23/39 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 59% |
Safiullin made 8 aces . Popyrin managed to score 12 aces . Safiullin won 88% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safiullin | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/11 | 2/9 |
| % Converted | 18% | 22% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Roman broke his opponent twice with a 18% conversion rate. Roman very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Popyrin conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Safiullin | |||
| R1 Shelton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-75 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 106-92 | 106-92 | |
| Total points | 198 | 198 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 50/95 | 50/95 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 44/50 | 44/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/45 | 28/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 2/11 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 18% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Popyrin | |||
| R1 O |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-75 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 123-111 | 123-111 | |
| Total points | 234 | 234 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 68/107 | 68/107 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 55/68 | 55/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/39 | 23/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Lukas KleinKlein – Sebastian BaezBaez (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Jeff WolfWolf (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Dominic ThiemThiem (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Li TuTu (7-65 7-64) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Sebastian KordaKorda (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-75 6-4 7-67) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-75 7-5 7-61) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Max PurcellPurcell (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Andy MurrayMurray (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Ben SheltonShelton (6-3 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Max Purcell/Jordan ThompsonPurcell/Jordan Thompson – Marc Lopez/Rafael NadalLopez/Rafael Nadal (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-4 6-75 7-64) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Jeff WolfWolf (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Sebastian BaezBaez (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 6-7(4) ret.) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Dominic ThiemThiem (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Li TuTu (7-6(5) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
