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

Facundo Bagnis

4 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-0
Rank
124
High
55
LLWWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-13 1-2 27-10 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.

Tigre Challenger
Bagnis's Record

Dmitry Popko

Dmitry Popko

9 - 2win/loss

Clay
9-2
Rank
224
High
162
LLWWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 51-17 5-0 46-17 0-0 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)

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Tigre Challenger
Popko's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

F.Bagnis
D.Popko
5h:27
5h:27
Time on court​
4h:50
4h:50
1h:39
1h:39
Last match​
1h:54
1h:54
3
3
Match played
3
3
69
69
Games Played​
58
58
7
7
Set played​​
7
7
242
242
Total points​
215
215
80.7
80.7
Avg point​
71.7
71.7
100
100
Winners
73
73
33.3
33.3
Avg Winners​
24.3
24.3
41%
41%
Ratio winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
12
12
5
5
Avg Aces
4
4
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
100/143
100/143
1st won total​
73/100
73/100
70%
70%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
29/68
29/68
2nd won total​
44/87
44/87
43%
43%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
17/37
17/37
BP won
13/24
13/24
5.7/12.3
5.7/12.3
Avg BP won
4.3/8
4.3/8
46%
46%
Won
!
54%
54%
19
19
Conceded
13
13
6.3
6.3
Avg Conceded
4.3
4.3
9
9
Broken
7
7
3
3
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
10
10
Saved
6
6

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

Tennis Scores in Tigre Challenger

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