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

Enzo Couacaud

22 - 11win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
16-6
Grass
0-1
Rank
206
High
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

Iasi Challenger
Couacaud's Record

Dmitry Popko

Dmitry Popko

57 - 19win/loss

Hard
5-0
I Hard
0-0
Clay
52-19
Rank
176
High
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.

Iasi Challenger
Popko's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

E.Couacaud
D.Popko
4h:20
4h:20
Time on court​
2h:57
2h:57
!
2h:04
2h:04
Last match​
1h:36
1h:36
2
2
Match played
2
2
55
55
Games Played​
39
39
6
6
Set played​​
4
4
183
183
Total points​
131
131
91.5
91.5
Avg point​
65.5
65.5
72
72
Winners
56
56
36
36
Avg Winners​
28
28
39%
39%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
9
9
5.5
5.5
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
6
6
Double Faults
1
1
3
3
Avg Double Faults
0.5
0.5
72/100
72/100
1st won total​
56/66
56/66
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
85%
85%
39/75
39/75
2nd won total​
31/55
31/55
52%
52%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
11/15
11/15
BP won
6/15
6/15
5.5/7.5
5.5/7.5
Avg BP won
3/7.5
3/7.5
!
73%
73%
Won
40%
40%
11
11
Conceded
7
7
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
6
6
Broken
1
1
3
3
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
5
5
Saved
6
6

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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