H2H, prediction of Dmitry Popko vs Matej Dodig in Zagreb Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 7th June 2024

PREVIEW. Zagreb Challenger. Popko and Dodig will face off in the quarter of the Zagreb Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 7th of June

Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Matej Dodig

Dmitry Popko and Matej Dodig will face off in the quarter of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matej Dodig who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Matej Dodig is the pick to win this match.
Matej Dodig -> 1.74
Dmitry Popko -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Matej Dodig

There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Matej Dodig since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Dmitry Popko

Dmitry Popko
Dmitry Popko

49 - 14win/loss

Hard
5-0
I Hard
0-0
Clay
44-14
Rank
174
High
162
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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. 244, the Kazakhstani got to the quarter after beating Renzo Olivo 6-72 6-2 7-5 and Dino Prizmic 6-2 6-4.

In the 2nd round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Prizmic (6-2 6-4). During the match, Popko scored 63 points vs Prizmic’s 45. Popko was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Popko blasted 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was quite effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Kazakhstani broke Prizmic 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Popko has dropped 1 set in this tournament 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 (417-232). 44-14 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popko has a compiled 281-135 record in the last years on clay.

Popko’s best result of the 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 an overall 49-14 win-loss record in 2024, 44-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zagreb Challenger

Popko
Zagreb Challenger
Popko's Record

Matej Dodig

Matej Dodig
Matej Dodig

28 - 8win/loss

Hard
12-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
16-6
Rank
265
High
264
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-26 14-5 30-20 2-1 0-0 0-0
2023 43-16 1-2 38-12 2-1 0-0 2-1

Ranked no. 359 (career-high), Dodig got to the quarter after defeating Carlos Taberner 6-3 0-6 6-1 and Nino Serdarusic 4-6 6-1 6-2.

In the 2nd round against Serdarusic, Matej recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Dodig scored 90 points vs Serdarusic’s 69. The Croatian was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Dodig made 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matej Dodig lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Dodig put 71% of his first serves in, winning 64% (32/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Serdarusic 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dodig has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Croatian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.

Matej has an aggregate 28-8 win-loss record in 2024, 16-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Dodig
Zagreb Challenger
Dodig's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Popko
M.Dodig
4h:52
4h:52
Time on court​
4h:02
4h:02
1h:41
1h:41
Last match​
!
2h:13
2h:13
2
2
Match played
2
2
51
51
Games Played​
47
47
5
5
Set played​​
6
6
174
174
Total points​
160
160
87
87
Avg point​
80
80
66
66
Winners
65
65
33
33
Avg Winners​
32.5
32.5
38%
38%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
3
3
4.5
4.5
Avg Aces
1.5
1.5
7
7
Double Faults
1
1
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
0.5
0.5
66/84
66/84
1st won total​
65/93
65/93
!
79%
79%
1st won %
70%
70%
33/69
33/69
2nd won total​
19/38
19/38
48%
48%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
11/22
11/22
BP won
10/28
10/28
5.5/11
5.5/11
Avg BP won
5/14
5/14
50%
50%
Won
36%
36%
15
15
Conceded
10
10
7.5
7.5
Avg Conceded
5
5
5
5
Broken
6
6
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
3
3
10
10
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Popko Dodig
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 6
Tot Games 51 47
Pts 174-146 160-133
Total Points 320 293
Winners 66 65
%Winners 38% 41%

Both Popko and Dodig played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dmitry Popko conceded 1 set, while Matej Dodig conceded 2 sets. Popko has played 1 set(s) less than Dodig (5 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Popko played 4 games more than Dodig. The Kazakhstani scored 66 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian blasted 65 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Popko Dodig
Aces 9 3
Avg per match 4.5 1.5
1st in 84/153 93/131
%1st in 55% 71%
1st pts 66/84 65/93
%1st pts 79% 70%
2nd pts 33/69 19/38
%2nd pts 48% 50%

Popko struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Dodig made 3 aces (1.5 per match). Popko won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Popko Dodig
Won 11 10
Converted 11/22 10/28
% Converted 50% 36%
Conceded 15 10
Saved 10 4
% Saved 67% 40%
Times Broken 5 6

The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Popko lost his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Matej broke his opponents 10 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Popko
R1
Olivo
R2
Prizmic
Total
Score 6-72 6-2 7-5 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 33 18 51
pts 111-101 63-45 174-146
Total points 212 108 320
Winners 43 23 66
%Winners 39% 37% 38%
SERVE
Aces 5 4 9
Double Faults 4 3 7
1st in 53/97 31/56 84/153
% 1st in 55% 55% 55%
1st pts 43/53 23/31 66/84
% 1st pts 81% 74% 79%
2nd pts 19/44 14/25 33/69
% 2nd pts 43% 56% 48%
Breaks
Won 6 5 11
Converted 6/13 5/9 11/22
Converted % 46% 56% 50%
Conceded 7 8 15
Saved 4/7 6/8 10
Saved % 57% 75% 66%
Times Broken 3 2 5
Dodig
R1
Taberner
R2
Serdarusic
Total
Score 6-3 0-6 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 22 25 47
pts 70-64 90-69 160-133
Total points 134 159 293
Winners 33 32 65
%Winners 47% 36% 41%
SERVE
Aces 0 3 3
Double Faults 1 0 1
1st in 43/61 50/70 93/131
% 1st in 70% 71% 71%
1st pts 33/43 32/50 65/93
% 1st pts 77% 64% 70%
2nd pts 6/18 13/20 19/38
% 2nd pts 33% 65% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 6 10
Converted 4/12 6/16 10/28
Converted % 33% 38% 36%
Conceded 5 5 10
Saved 2/5 2/5 4
Saved % 40% 40% 40%
Times Broken 3 3 6

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Popko
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Dodig
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2024 2023 2022
64 - 31
45 - 26
7-2
Hard
14-5
0-3
I Hard
1-1
57-26
Clay
30-20

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