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.
As 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
49 - 14win/loss
174
162
LLLLWWLWLL | 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
Matej Dodig
| 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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
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