Dmitry Popko and Tennys Sandgren will play each other in the 2nd round of the Sarasota Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 7. In the following paragraphs, 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.77
Tennys Sandgren -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Tennys Sandgren
This will be the 2nd time that Dmitry Popko and Tennys Sandgren face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sandgren (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Sandgren won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in the Guadalajara Challenger back in 2017.
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. 236, the Kazakhstani got to the 2nd round after defeating Jeff Wolf 7-65 6-1.
In the 1st round, Dmitry had a good straight sets win against Wolf (7-65 6-1). During the match, Popko scored 70 points vs Wolf’s 50. Popko was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popko struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dmitry broke Wolf 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Popko has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (407-224). 34-6 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popko has an aggregate 271-127 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Dmitry’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.
Popko has an overall 39-6 win-loss record in 2024, 34-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
Tennys Sandgren
10 - 6win/loss
503
41
LWLWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-9 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 20-19 | 0-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-23 | 19-11 | 1-5 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-24 | 5-12 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 7-5 | 5-3 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 284, Tennys got to the 2nd round after defeating Thai Kwiatkowski 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Kwiatkowski, Sandgren recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Sandgren scored 98 points vs Kwiatkowski’s 86. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Sandgren bagged 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Tennys Sandgren lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sandgren put 56% of his first serves in, winning 78% (38/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Sandgren broke Kwiatkowski 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Tennys has a compiled 9-6 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2017 and 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 27 |
| Pts | 70-50 | 98-86 |
| Total Points | 120 | 184 |
| Winners | 23 | 38 |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% |
Both Popko and Sandgren played 1 match. At the moment, Tennys Sandgren surrendered 1 set while Dmitry Popko hasn’t lost a set so far. Popko has played 1 set(s) less than Sandgren (2 vs 3). Therefore, Popko played 7 games less than Sandgren. Dmitry scored 23 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 38 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 29/56 | 49/88 |
| %1st in | 52% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 38/49 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 19/39 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 49% |
Popko bagged 5 aces . Sandgren struck 8 aces . Popko won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Sandgren won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 67% | 40% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Dmitry broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Popko lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Tennys broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||
| R1 Wolf |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-50 | 70-50 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/56 | 29/56 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sandgren | |||
| R1 Kwiatkowski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 98-86 | 98-86 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 49/88 | 49/88 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 38/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 19/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Sarasota Challenger
- Kaylan BigunBigun – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Matija PecoticPecotic (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-4 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Geoffrey Blancaneaux/Calvin HemeryBlancaneaux/Calvin Hemery – Christian Harrison/Marcus WillisHarrison/Marcus Willis (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Felix CorwinCorwin (6-3 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Denis KudlaKudla (6-2 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-2 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Evan King/Mitchell KruegerKing/Mitchell Krueger – Corentin Denolly/Clement TaburDenolly/Clement Tabur (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (7-64 7-67) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Jeff WolfWolf (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-2 3-6 7-61) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Clement TaburTabur (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Martin DammDamm – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-71 7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (7-6(4) 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Felix CorwinCorwin (6-3 6-7(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Tristan BoyerBoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
