Dmitry Popko and Facundo Mena will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Tampere Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 7. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Mena who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Facundo Mena is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Mena -> 1.87
Dmitry Popko -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Facundo Mena

This will be the 3^rd time that Dmitry Popko and Facundo Mena play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Popko won 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in the Prague 2 Challenger back in 2021.

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 187, Dmitry will start his run in the Tampere Challenger after he played his last match in Bastad where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Ajdukovic in the qualifications on the 14^th of July.

The Kazakhstani has an overall 57-20 win-loss record in 2024, 52-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Popko’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,M25 Feira de Santana and the Brasov Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Popko has an overall 480-277 record. He has a positive 318-162 record on clay.

Previously in the Tampere Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017 and 2021. See his history.

Facundo Mena

Ranked no. 261, will start his run in the Tampere Challenger after he won the title in M25 Telfs after beating 6-4 6-2

Neumayer in the final.

The Argentine has a compiled 43-17 win-loss record in 2024, 40-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Argentine’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Villa Maria,M15 Santiago,the Santa Fe Challenger,the Ibague Challenger and M25 Telfs.

Facundo won his last 5 matches.

In terms of his career, The Argentine has an overall 452-312 record. He has a positive 378-255 record on clay.

Previously in the Tampere Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2021. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Tampere Challenger

• Santiago Rodriguez TavernaSantiago – Michael VrbenskyMichael (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Facundo MenaMena – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jelle SelsSels – Ivan GakhovGakhov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Mathys ErhardErhard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aziz DougazDougaz – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Eero VasaVasa – Vesa AhtiAhti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Giovanni FonioFonio – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Tristan LamasineLamasine (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marvin MoellerMoeller – Patrick KaukovaltaKaukovalta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-0) – H2H and prediction