Dmitry Popko and Alex Rybakov will play each other in the 2nd round of the Merida Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CANCHA MERIDA. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.41
Alex Rybakov -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Alex Rybakov
This will be the 2nd time that Dmitry Popko and Alex Rybakov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Popko won 7-5 6-2 in the final in M15 Sunrise back in February 2024.
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, Popko reached the 2nd round after defeating Thomas Fancutt 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Popko had a good straight sets win against Fancutt (6-4 7-5). During the match, Popko scored 67 points vs Fancutt’s 51. Popko was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popko bagged 2 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was quite efficient on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dmitry broke Fancutt 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Popko has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (406-223). 33-5 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popko has an overall 270-126 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Buenos Aires Challenger,M15 Sunrise,M15 Palm Coast,M25 Naples,M25 Recife and M25 Feira de Santana.
Dmitry has a composed 38-5 win-loss record in 2024, 33-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Merida Challenger
The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Rybakov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-20 | 11-8 | 12-8 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-25 | 5-8 | 7-9 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-23 | 5-7 | 20-12 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-26 | 4-4 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 12-5 | 9-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 540, Alex got to the 2nd round after beating Louis Wessels 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Rybakov had a good straight sets win against Wessels (6-2 6-2). During the match Rybakov scored 61 points vs Wessels’s 40. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Rybakov blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Rybakov was extremely effective on serve to win 92% (23/25) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Wessels 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Alex’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Sunrise.
Alex has a compiled 14-7 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 |
| Pts | 67-51 | 61-40 |
| Total Points | 118 | 101 |
| Winners | 23 | 23 |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% |
Both Popko and Rybakov played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Popko and Rybakov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Popko played 6 games more than Rybakov. Dmitry scored 23 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Rybakov fired 23 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 27/55 | 25/44 |
| %1st in | 49% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/25 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 92% |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 11/19 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 58% |
Popko made 2 aces . Rybakov managed to score 3 aces . Popko won 85% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Rybakov won 92% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Dmitry lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rybakov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Popko | |||
| R1 Fancutt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 67-51 | 67-51 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/55 | 27/55 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Rybakov | |||
| R1 Wessels |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-40 | 61-40 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/44 | 25/44 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 23/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Nick HardtHardt – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Jacob BrummBrumm – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (7-60 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- David PichlerPichler – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Louis WesselsWessels (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez – Alan Fernando Rubio FierrosFernando Rubio Fierros (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee – Preston BrownBrown (6-71 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Thomas FancuttFancutt (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Antoine BellierBellier (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Emiliano AguileraAguilera (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Federico GaioGaio (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Ozan BarisBaris (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi – Aidan MayoMayo (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Alafia AyeniAyeni (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Jacob BrummBrumm – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (7-6(0) 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Louis WesselsWessels (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez – Alan Fernando Rubio FierrosFernando Rubio Fierros (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto CidCid – David PichlerPichler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob BrummBrumm – Nick HardtHardt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-1) – H2H and prediction
