Facundo Bagnis and Dmitry Popko will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Tigre Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on ENRIQUE MOREA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Bagnis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Bagnis is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Bagnis -> 1.55
Dmitry Popko -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Bagnis vs. Dmitry Popko
This will be the 5th time that Facundo Bagnis and Dmitry Popko face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Bagnis (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bagnis won 7-6(3) 6-1 in the 1st round in the Campinas Challenger back in 2022.
Facundo Bagnis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-15 | 1-3 | 29-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-27 | 4-6 | 23-20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-29 | 9-9 | 37-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-23 | 2-5 | 35-16 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-14 | 1-2 | 24-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 241, Bagnis reached the semifinal after defeating Timo Stodder 6-2 6-3, Renzo Olivo 6-74 6-4 6-3 and Liam Draxl 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Bagnis had a good straight sets win against Draxl (6-4 6-4). During the match, Bagnis scored 69 points vs Draxl’s 50. Bagnis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bagnis recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Facundo Bagnis lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bagnis put 65% of his first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Facundo broke Draxl 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Facundo has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Bagnis has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (341-226). 3-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Bagnis has a composed 316-180 match record in the last years on clay.
Facundo has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tigre Challenger
Bagnis 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. 358, the Kazakhstani got to the semifinal after beating Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-3 7-67, Jozef Kovalik 6-3 5-2 ret. and Andrea Collarini 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Popko had a good straight sets win against Collarini (6-4 6-4). During the match Popko scored 73 points vs Collarini’s 60. Dmitry was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Popko managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 51% of his first serves in, winning 75% (27/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. Dmitry broke Collarini 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dmitry hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Buenos Aires Challenger.
Dmitry has an overall 9-1 win-loss record in 2024, 9-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bagnis | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 58 |
| Pts | 242-200 | 215-170 |
| Total Points | 442 | 385 |
| Winners | 100 | 73 |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% |
Both Bagnis and Popko played 3 matches. At the moment, Facundo Bagnis lost 1 set while Dmitry Popko hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Talking about their workload, Bagnis and Popko have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Bagnis played 11 games more than Popko. The Argentine scored 100 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Popko fired 73 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bagnis | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 143/211 | 100/187 |
| %1st in | 68% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 100/143 | 73/100 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 29/68 | 44/87 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 51% |
Bagnis bagged 15 aces (5 per match). Popko scored 12 aces (4 per match). Bagnis won 70% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bagnis | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 13 |
| Converted | 17/37 | 13/24 |
| % Converted | 46% | 54% |
| Conceded | 19 | 13 |
| Saved | 10 | 6 |
| % Saved | 53% | 46% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 7 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 17 times with a 46% conversion rate. Bagnis dropped his serve 9 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bagnis | |||||
| R1 Stodder |
R2 Olivo |
1/4 Draxl |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-74 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 32 | 20 | 69 | |
| pts | 60-45 | 113-105 | 69-50 | 242-200 | |
| Total points | 105 | 218 | 119 | 442 | |
| Winners | 26 | 47 | 27 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/54 | 69/100 | 37/57 | 143/211 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | 65% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 47/69 | 27/37 | 100/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 68% | 73% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/17 | 13/31 | 10/20 | 29/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 42% | 50% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 7/16 | 5/12 | 17/37 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 44% | 42% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | 7 | 19 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 6/10 | 4/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 60% | 57% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| Popko | |||||
| R1 Sanchez |
R2 Kovalik |
1/4 Collarini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-67 | 6-3 5-2 ret. | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 | 20 | 58 | |
| pts | 78-60 | 64-50 | 73-60 | 215-170 | |
| Total points | 138 | 114 | 133 | 385 | |
| Winners | 26 | 20 | 27 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 31% | 37% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/66 | 29/50 | 36/71 | 100/187 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 58% | 51% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 20/29 | 27/36 | 73/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 69% | 75% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 10/21 | 17/35 | 44/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 48% | 49% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/11 | 4/6 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 45% | 67% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 1/3 | 5/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 33% | 71% | 35% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWWLWLL Tennis Scores in Tigre Challenger
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Liam DraxlDraxl (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Edoardo LavagnoLavagno – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Facundo BagnisBagnis (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (1-0) – H2H and prediction
