Dmitry Popko and Gijs Brouwer will square off in the quarter of the Savannah Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on SAVANNAH TOYOTA COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gijs Brouwer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gijs Brouwer is the pick to win this match.
Gijs Brouwer -> 1.666
Dmitry Popko -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Gijs Brouwer
There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Gijs Brouwer since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dmitry Popko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-10 | 5-0 | 37-10 | 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. 234, the Kazakhstani got to the quarter after defeating Bruno Kuzuhara 6-3 6-4 and Ethan Quinn 6-4 5-7 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Dmitry defeated Quinn (6-4 5-7 6-3). During the match, Popko scored 99 points vs Quinn’s 93. Dmitry was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popko fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 54% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (23/42) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Quinn 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Popko has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Popko has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (409-226). 36-8 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Popko has an overall 273-129 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Popko’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.
The Kazakhstani has a compiled 41-8 win-loss record in 2024, 36-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Savannah Challenger
Gijs Brouwer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-12 | 4-5 | 4-2 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-34 | 5-8 | 3-6 | 12-15 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-27 | 12-5 | 13-5 | 14-12 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-25 | 9-5 | 12-10 | 21-10 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 13-4 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 252, Gijs got to the quarter after defeating Hady Habib 6-2 6-4 and Denis Kudla 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Kudla (6-3 6-4). During the match Brouwer scored 81 points vs Kudla’s 67. Brouwer was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Brouwer recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gijs Brouwer lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Brouwer put 64% of his first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Kudla 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gijs hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Gijs’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Noumea Challenger.
Gijs has an overall 12-11 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Savannah Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Brouwer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 37 |
| Pts | 163-138 | 139-114 |
| Total Points | 301 | 253 |
| Winners | 59 | 53 |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% |
Both Popko and Brouwer played 2 matches. At the moment, Dmitry Popko conceded 1 set while Gijs Brouwer hasn’t dropped a set so far. Popko has played 1 set more than Brouwer (5 vs 4). Therefore, Popko played 13 games more than Brouwer. Popko scored 59 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Brouwer struck 53 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Brouwer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 84/146 | 80/127 |
| %1st in | 58% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 59/84 | 53/80 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 35/62 | 27/47 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 57% |
Popko made 6 aces (3 per match). Brouwer managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Popko won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Brouwer won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Brouwer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/15 | 8/25 |
| % Converted | 60% | 32% |
| Conceded | 10 | 11 |
| Saved | 4 | 8 |
| % Saved | 40% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Dmitry dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 8 times with a 32% conversion rate. Gijs conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | ||||
| R1 Kuzuhara |
R2 Quinn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 31 | 50 | |
| pts | 64-45 | 99-93 | 163-138 | |
| Total points | 109 | 192 | 301 | |
| Winners | 25 | 34 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 50/92 | 84/146 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 54% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 34/50 | 59/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 68% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 23/42 | 35/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 55% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/9 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 56% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 43% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Brouwer | ||||
| R1 Habib |
R2 Kudla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 37 | |
| pts | 58-47 | 81-67 | 139-114 | |
| Total points | 105 | 148 | 253 | |
| Winners | 22 | 31 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/52 | 48/75 | 80/127 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 64% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 31/48 | 53/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 65% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 15/27 | 27/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 56% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/14 | 8/25 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 29% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 80% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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