Dmitry Popko and Thomas Fancutt will play each other in the 1st round of the Merida Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on ESTADIO LORENZO MOLINA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 2 sets.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.178
Thomas Fancutt -> 4.5
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Thomas Fancutt
There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Thomas Fancutt since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 250, Dmitry will start his run in the Merida Challenger after he won the title in M25 Feira De Santana after beating 6-4 6-4 Adams in the final.
The Kazakhstani has a composed 37-5 win-loss record in 2024, 32-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Buenos Aires Challenger,M15 Sunrise,M15 Palm Coast,M25 Naples,M25 Recife and M25 Feira de Santana.
Dmitry won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Dmitry has an overall 460-262 record. He has a positive 298-147 record on clay.
Previously in the Merida Challenger
Popko has never competed in this tournament before.
Thomas Fancutt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-19 | 8-11 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-20 | 18-17 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 8-1 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 34-23 | 28-18 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-18 | 16-15 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 749, the Australian will start his run in the Merida Challenger after he played his last match in the Kigali 2 Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Trungelliti in the 2nd round on the 6th of March.
The Australian has a composed 6-7 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Thomas has an overall 169-147 record. He has a positive 26-21 record on clay.
Tennis Scores in Merida Challenger
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- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Alafia AyeniAyeni (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Federico GaioGaio (6-4 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi – Aidan MayoMayo (6-2 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Facundo MenaMena – Antoine BellierBellier (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezRodrigo – James Kent TrotterJames (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoMurkel – Ozan BarisOzan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz – Nick HardtHardt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- David PichlerPichler – Christian LangmoLangmo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Louis WesselsWessels (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thomas FancuttFancutt – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alan Fernando Rubio FierrosFernando Rubio Fierros – Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Jacob BrummBrumm (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan – Dan MartinMartin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Preston BrownBrown – (0-0) – H2H and prediction