Enzo Couacaud and Dmitry Popko will fight against each other in the quarter of the Iasi Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Enzo Couacaud who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Enzo Couacaud is the pick to win this match.
Enzo Couacaud -> 1.61
Dmitry Popko -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Enzo Couacaud vs. Dmitry Popko
This will be the 4th time that Enzo Couacaud and Dmitry Popko play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Popko (see full H2H stats), but Couacaud leads 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Couacaud won 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Tallahassee Challenger back in 2023.
Enzo Couacaud
22 - 11win/loss
206
151
LLLWLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-20 | 8-6 | 21-11 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 12-9 | 9-9 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-28 | 27-13 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-24 | 5-4 | 16-17 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 1-2 | 5-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 195, Enzo got to the quarter after defeating Nerman Fatic 4-6 6-3 6-4, Dalibor Svrcina 6-0 5-7 6-2 and Dmitry Popko .
In the 2nd round, Couacaud defeated Svrcina (6-0 5-7 6-2). During the match, Couacaud scored 92 points vs Svrcina’s 72. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Couacaud recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Enzo Couacaud lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Couacaud put 54% of his first serves in, winning 76% (35/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (15/39) on the 2nd serve. Couacaud broke Svrcina 8 times after converting 80% of his break points (8/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has lost 2 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Couacaud has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (269-183). 15-6 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Couacaud has an aggregate 76-69 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Florianopolis Challenger where he beat Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva in the final 3-6 6-4 7-6(1).
The French player has an overall 21-11 win-loss record in 2024, 15-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Dmitry Popko
57 - 19win/loss
176
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 reached the quarter after defeating Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 6-4 6-2 and Cezar Cretu 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Dmitry had a good straight sets win against Cretu (7-5 6-3). During the match Popko scored 73 points vs Cretu’s 55. The Kazakhstani was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Popko scored 4 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Dmitry Popko was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (28/32) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Cretu 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dmitry hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Popko’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Buenos Aires Challenger,M15 Sunrise,M15 Palm Coast,M25 Naples,M25 Recife,M25 Feira de Santana and the Brasov Challenger.
The Kazakhstani has a compiled 57-18 win-loss record in 2024, 52-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Dmitry has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Couacaud | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 39 |
| Pts | 183-152 | 131-99 |
| Total Points | 335 | 230 |
| Winners | 72 | 56 |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% |
Both Couacaud and Popko played 2 matches. At the moment, Enzo Couacaud surrendered 2 sets while Dmitry Popko hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Couacaud has played 2 sets more than Popko (6 vs 4). Therefore, Couacaud played 16 games more than Popko. Enzo scored 72 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Popko recorded 56 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Couacaud | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 100/175 | 66/121 |
| %1st in | 57% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 72/100 | 56/66 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 39/75 | 31/55 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 56% |
Couacaud fired 11 aces (5.5 per match). Popko scored 9 aces (4.5 per match). Couacaud won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 85% 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 | Couacaud | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 6 |
| Converted | 11/15 | 6/15 |
| % Converted | 73% | 40% |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 45% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
Couacaud broke his opponents 11 times with a 73% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. Dmitry broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Couacaud | ||||
| R1 Fatic |
R2 Svrcina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-0 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 26 | 55 | |
| pts | 91-80 | 92-72 | 183-152 | |
| Total points | 171 | 164 | 335 | |
| Winners | 37 | 35 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 54/90 | 46/85 | 100/175 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 54% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 37/54 | 35/46 | 72/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 76% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/36 | 15/39 | 39/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 38% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 8/10 | 11/15 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 80% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 20% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Popko | ||||
| R1 Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
R2 Cretu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 | 39 | |
| pts | 58-44 | 73-55 | 131-99 | |
| Total points | 102 | 128 | 230 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/58 | 32/63 | 66/121 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 51% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 28/32 | 56/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 88% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 17/31 | 31/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 55% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/8 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 38% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 1/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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