Dmitry Popko and Matej Dodig will square off in the 2nd round of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:30 am on COURT 9. 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 Matej Dodig who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matej Dodig is the pick to win this match.
Matej Dodig -> 1.87
Dmitry Popko -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Matej Dodig
This will be the 2nd time that Dmitry Popko and Matej Dodig play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dodig (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Dodig won 7-5 4-6 6-4 in the quarter in the Zagreb Challenger back in June 2024.
Dmitry Popko
51 - 15win/loss
224
162
LLWWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-17 | 5-0 | 46-17 | 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. 231, Popko reached the 2nd round after defeating Yanki Erel 7-62 6-75 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Kazakhstani defeated Erel (7-62 6-75 6-4). During the match, Popko scored 127 points vs Erel’s 115. Popko was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popko struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 54% of his first serves in, winning 70% (44/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (30/53) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Erel 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Popko has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (418-233). 45-15 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Popko has an overall 282-136 record in the last years on clay.
Popko’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Buenos Aires Challenger,M15 Sunrise,M15 Palm Coast,M25 Naples,M25 Recife and M25 Feira de Santana.
Popko has a composed 50-15 win-loss record in 2024, 45-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
Matej Dodig
31 - 11win/loss
317
317
LWWLWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-12 | 12-2 | 21-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-16 | 1-2 | 38-12 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 328 (career-high), Matej reached the 2nd round after defeating Milos Karol 7-64 7-5 and Radu Albot 4-6 7-65 7-5.
In the 1st round against Albot, Dodig recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 7-5). During the match Dodig scored 127 points vs Albot’s 126. Dodig was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Dodig bagged 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Matej Dodig lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Dodig put 67% of his first serves in, winning 59% (49/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (21/40) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Albot 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Dodig’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.
The Croatian has a composed 31-10 win-loss record in 2024, 19-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Dodig |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 60 |
| Pts | 127-115 | 198-192 |
| Total Points | 242 | 390 |
| Winners | 44 | 88 |
| %Winners | 35% | 44% |
Popko played 1 match while Dodig competed in 2 matches. Dodig started his run from the qualifications while Popko had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Dmitry Popko lost 1 set, while Matej Dodig surrendered 1 set. Popko has played 2 set(s) less than Dodig (3 vs 5). Therefore, Popko played 24 games less than Dodig. Popko scored 44 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian scored 88 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Dodig |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 63/116 | 134/197 |
| %1st in | 54% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 44/63 | 88/134 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 30/53 | 34/63 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 54% |
Popko blasted 7 aces . Dodig struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Popko won 70% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Dodig |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 45% | 39% |
| Conceded | 10 | 15 |
| Saved | 6 | 9 |
| % Saved | 60% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Dmitry broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Matej conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||
| R1 Erel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-75 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 127-115 | 127-115 | |
| Total points | 242 | 242 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 63/116 | 63/116 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 44/63 | 44/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/53 | 30/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Dodig | |||||
| Q1 Karol |
Q3 Gima |
R1 Albot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-5 | 6-4 6-0 | 4-6 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 16 | 35 | 76 | |
| pts | 71-66 | – | 127-126 | 198-192 | |
| Total points | 137 | 0 | 253 | 390 | |
| Winners | 39 | 49 | 88 | ||
| %Winners | 55% | 0% | 39% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1st in | 51/74 | / | 83/123 | 134/197 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 0% | 67% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 39/51 | / | 49/83 | 88/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 0% | 59% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | / | 21/40 | 34/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 0% | 53% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Converted | 2/3 | / | 5/15 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 0% | 33% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 | 15 | ||
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/ | 7/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 58% | 125% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Bratislava 1 Challenger
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Sebastian GimaGima (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Zsombor PirosPiros (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner – Simon Freund/Johannes IngildsenFreund/Johannes Ingildsen (4-6 6-4 10-6) – See score progression
- Jerome KymKym – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-75 7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Denys Molchanov/Philipp OswaldMolchanov/Philipp Oswald – Dmitry Popko/Vitaliy SachkoPopko/Vitaliy Sachko (7-61 7-68) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Yanki ErelErel (7-62 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Martin KrumichKrumich – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Ivan Liutarevich/Sergio Martos GornesLiutarevich/Sergio Martos Gornes – Pedro Cachin/Genaro Alberto OlivieriCachin/Genaro Alberto Olivieri (3-6 6-3 10-7) – See score progression
- Milos Karol/Tomas LanikKarol/Tomas Lanik – Inigo Cervantes/Oriol Roca BatallaCervantes/Oriol Roca Batalla (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov – Lukas Pokorny/Igor ZelenayPokorny/Igor Zelenay (4-6 7-5 10-7) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Radu AlbotAlbot (4-6 7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-3 6-73 7-5) – See score progression
- Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Jaime FariaFaria (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Henrique RochaRocha – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (4-6 7-65 7-65) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Norbert GombosGombos (0-0) – H2H and prediction
