Dmitry Popko and Filip Cristian Jianu will fight against each other in the quarter of the Brasov Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:30 am on CENTER. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Filip Cristian Jianu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Filip Cristian Jianu is the pick to win this match.
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 1.69
Dmitry Popko -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Filip Cristian Jianu
This will be the 5th time that Dmitry Popko and Filip Cristian Jianu fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Popko won 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in M15 Antalya back in 2023.
Dmitry Popko
53 - 17win/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. 222, Dmitry got to the quarter after defeating Hynek Barton 6-4 6-3, Stefan Palosi 7-5 7-5 and Filip Cristian Jianu .
In the 1st round, Popko 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 pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Popko blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was very 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 match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (420-235). 47-17 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popko has an aggregate 284-138 match record in the last years on clay.
Popko’s best result of the 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 composed 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.
Filip Cristian Jianu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 70-34 | 0-0 | 70-33 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-35 | 2-2 | 44-29 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-38 | 3-9 | 22-20 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 50-39 | 7-5 | 41-28 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 9-5 | 10-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 246 (career-high), the Romanian got to the quarter after defeating Moez Echargui 4-6 7-5 6-1 and Gustavo Heide 6-3 3-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Cristian defeated Heide (6-3 3-6 6-2). During the match Cristian scored 91 points vs Heide’s 84. Filip was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Cristian struck 4 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Filip Cristian Jianu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 73% of his first serves in, winning 67% (41/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Heide 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Filip has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Romanian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M25 Hammamet,M15 Kish Island and the Milan Challenger.
The Romanian has an overall 54-17 win-loss record in 2024, 54-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 55 |
| Pts | 170-142 | 180-164 |
| Total Points | 312 | 344 |
| Winners | 66 | 80 |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% |
Both Popko and Cristian played 2 matches. At the moment, Filip Cristian Jianu surrendered 2 sets while Dmitry Popko hasn’t lost a set so far. Popko has played 2 set(s) less than Cristian (4 vs 6). Therefore, Popko played 12 games less than Cristian. Dmitry scored 66 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Cristian made 80 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 83/152 | 115/169 |
| %1st in | 55% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 66/83 | 80/115 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 38/69 | 30/54 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 56% |
Popko made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Cristian struck 6 aces (3 per match). Popko won 80% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 31% | 47% |
| Conceded | 9 | 12 |
| Saved | 8 | 8 |
| % Saved | 89% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Dmitry broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani lost his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Cristian broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Cristian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% 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 | |
| Cristian | ||||
| R1 Echargui |
R2 Heide |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-1 | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 26 | 55 | |
| pts | 89-80 | 91-84 | 180-164 | |
| Total points | 169 | 175 | 344 | |
| Winners | 39 | 41 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/85 | 61/84 | 115/169 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 73% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 39/54 | 41/61 | 80/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 67% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 10/23 | 30/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 43% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/13 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 38% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 5/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 63% | 138% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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