H2H, prediction of Dmitry Popko vs Alex Rybakov in Merida Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 20th March 2024

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Alex Rybakov

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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Dmitry Popko
Dmitry Popko

38 - 5win/loss

Hard
5-0
I Hard
0-0
Clay
33-5
Rank
176
High
162
LLLWWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 64-32 7-2 57-28 0-2 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.

Popko
Merida Challenger
Popko's Record

Alex Rybakov

Alex Rybakov
Alex Rybakov

14 - 7win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-1
Clay
11-4
Rank
572
High
289
LWWLWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-18 11-7 12-8 3-3 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).

Rybakov
Merida Challenger
Rybakov's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Popko
A.Rybakov
1h:22
1h:22
Time on court​
1h:21
1h:21
1h:22
1h:22
Last match​
1h:21
1h:21
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
16
16
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
67
67
Total points​
61
61
67
67
Avg point​
61
61
23
23
Winners
23
23
23
23
Avg Winners​
23
23
34%
34%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
3
3
2
2
Avg Aces
3
3
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
0
0
Avg Double Faults
2
2
23/27
23/27
1st won total​
23/25
23/25
!
85%
85%
1st won %
!
92%
92%
19/28
19/28
2nd won total​
11/19
11/19
!
68%
68%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
BP won
4/8
4/8
3/7
3/7
Avg BP won
4/8
4/8
43%
43%
Won
50%
50%
1
1
Conceded
0
0
1
1
Avg Conceded
0
0
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
0
0
Saved
0
0

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

Win Loss
Popko
LLLWWLWLLL
Rybakov
LWWLWLWWWL
2024 2023 2022
64 - 30
26 - 18
7-2
Hard
11-7
0-2
I Hard
3-3
57-26
Clay
12-8

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