Dmitry Popko and Stefan Palosi will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Brasov Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.43
Stefan Palosi -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Stefan Palosi

There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Stefan Palosi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 222, the Kazakhstani got to the 2^nd round after defeating Hynek Barton 6-4 6-3 and Stefan Palosi .

In the 1^st round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Barton (6-4 6-3). During the match, Popko scored 77 points vs Barton’s 60. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Popko managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Popko broke Barton 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Popko has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (420-235). 47-17 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Popko has an aggregate 284-138 match record in the last years on clay.

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current year 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 a compiled 52-17 win-loss record in 2024, 47-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brasov Challenger

Popko has never competed in this tournament before.

Stefan Palosi

Ranked no. 744, Stefan reached the 2^nd round after beating Ryan Nijboer 6-3 6-4, Dan Alexandru Tomescu 3-6 6-4 6-3 and Alexander Weis 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Weis, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4). During the match Palosi scored 109 points vs Weis’s 104. Palosi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Palosi struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefan Palosi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Palosi put 69% of his first serves in, winning 67% (48/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Weis 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Palosi’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Larnaca.

The Romanian has a compiled 31-12 win-loss record in 2024, 19-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Popko	Palosi
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	19	80
Pts	77-60	262-234
Total Points	137	496
Winners	28	124
%Winners	36%	47%

Popko played 1 match while Palosi competed in 3 matches. Palosi started his run from the qualifications while Popko had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Stefan Palosi lost 2 sets while Dmitry Popko hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Popko has played 6 set(s) less than Palosi (2 vs 8). Therefore, Popko played 61 games less than Palosi. The Kazakhstani scored 28 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian blasted 124 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Popko	Palosi
Aces	2	10
Avg per match	2	3.3
1st in	34/61	173/250
%1st in	56%	69%
1st pts	28/34	124/173
%1st pts	82%	72%
2nd pts	15/27	38/77
%2nd pts	56%	49%

Popko managed to score 2 aces . Palosi managed to score 10 aces (3.3 per match). Popko won 82% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Palosi won 72% 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	Palosi
Won	3	12
Converted	3/12	12/19
% Converted	25%	63%
Conceded	2	13
Saved	1	6
% Saved	50%	46%
Times Broken	1	7

The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Popko dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. Stefan conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded.

Popko
	R1 Barton	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	77-60	77-60
Total points	137	137
Winners	28	28
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	34/61	34/61
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	28/34	28/34
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	15/27	15/27
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/12	3/12
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Palosi
	Q1 Nijboer	Q3 Alexandru	R1 Weis	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	3-6 6-4 6-3	6-74 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	19	28	33	80
pts	60-45	93-85	109-104	262-234
Total points	105	178	213	496
Winners	26	50	48	124
%Winners	43%	54%	44%	47%
SERVE
Aces	0	7	3	10
Double Faults	1	1	2	4
1st in	33/48	68/98	72/104	173/250
% 1st in	69%	69%	69%	69%
1st pts	26/33	50/68	48/72	124/173
% 1st pts	79%	74%	67%	72%
2nd pts	8/15	14/30	16/32	38/77
% 2nd pts	53%	47%	50%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	3	5	12
Converted	4/6	3/3	5/10	12/19
Converted %	67%	100%	50%	63%
Conceded	2	5	6	13
Saved	0/2	3/5	3/6	6
Saved %	0%	60%	50%	110%
Times Broken	2	2	3	7

Tennis Scores in Brasov Challenger

• Stefan PalosiPalosi – Alexander WeisWeis (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Moez EcharguiEchargui (4-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Jelle SelsSels (3-6 7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Cezar CretuCretu – Luka MikrutMikrut (7-5 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (2-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Vlad Andrei DancuAndrei Dancu (7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (6-4 0-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Gustavo HeideHeide – Orlando LuzLuz (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Radu Mihai PapoeMihai Papoe – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (6-3 6-7⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Hynek BartonBarton (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Martin KrumichKrumich (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Ioan Alexandru ChiritaAlexandru Chirita (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Gastao EliasElias (7-6⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefan PalosiPalosi – Alexander WeisWeis (6-7(4) 6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Stefan PalosiPalosi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Nerman FaticFatic (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Radu Mihai PapoeMihai Papoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction