Dmitry Popko and Gabi Adrian Boitan will play each other in the 2nd round of the Tampere Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Dmitry Popko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.59
Gabi Adrian Boitan -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Gabi Adrian Boitan
This will be the 3rd time that Dmitry Popko and Gabi Adrian Boitan clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Popko won 7-5 7-6(4) in the quarter in M25 Naples back in February 2024.
Dmitry Popko
58 - 20win/loss
176
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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. 187, Popko reached the 2nd round after defeating Facundo Mena 4-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Mena, Dmitry recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Popko scored 114 points vs Mena’s 107. Dmitry was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popko fired 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 55% of his first serves in, winning 73% (49/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (24/54) on the 2nd serve. Dmitry broke Mena 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Popko has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (426-238). 53-20 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popko has a compiled 290-141 match record in the last years on clay.
Dmitry’s best result of the current year 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 an overall 58-20 win-loss record in 2024, 53-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Gabi Adrian Boitan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-28 | 2-4 | 47-21 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-20 | 2-2 | 36-10 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 9-10 | 7-7 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-7 | 12-4 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 374 (career-high), Gabi reached the 2nd round after beating Peetu Pohjola 6-3 6-0, Thomas Fancutt 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) and Hynek Barton 6-3 0-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Adrian defeated Barton (6-3 0-6 6-2). During the match Adrian scored 74 points vs Barton’s 63. Gabi was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Adrian scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Gabi Adrian Boitan was very effective on serve to win 74% (29/39) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Romanian broke Barton 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Romanian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Bucharest,M15 Constanta and M15 Oradea.
Adrian has a compiled 41-18 win-loss record in 2024, 39-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Adrian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Adrian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 69 |
| Pts | 114-107 | 239-196 |
| Total Points | 221 | 435 |
| Winners | 49 | 93 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Popko played 1 match while Adrian competed in 3 matches. Adrian started his run from the qualifications while Popko had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Dmitry Popko conceded 1 set, while Gabi Adrian Boitan conceded 2 sets. Popko has played 5 set(s) less than Adrian (3 vs 8). Therefore, Popko played 38 games less than Adrian. Popko scored 49 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian struck 93 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Adrian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 1 |
| 1st in | 67/121 | 132/215 |
| %1st in | 55% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 49/67 | 93/132 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 24/54 | 48/83 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 58% |
Popko managed to score 9 aces . Adrian scored 3 aces (1 per match). Popko won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Adrian won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Adrian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 11/26 |
| % Converted | 40% | 42% |
| Conceded | 14 | 20 |
| Saved | 11 | 13 |
| % Saved | 79% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Adrian broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. Gabi conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||
| R1 Mena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 114-107 | 114-107 | |
| Total points | 221 | 221 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 67/121 | 67/121 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 49/67 | 49/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/54 | 24/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 11/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 79% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Adrian | |||||
| Q1 Pohjola |
Q3 Fancutt |
R1 Barton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 6-3 3-6 7-64 | 6-3 0-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 | 23 | 69 | |
| pts | 60-33 | 105-100 | 74-63 | 239-196 | |
| Total points | 93 | 205 | 137 | 435 | |
| Winners | 23 | 41 | 29 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 31/52 | 62/95 | 39/68 | 132/215 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 65% | 57% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 41/62 | 29/39 | 93/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 66% | 74% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 22/33 | 16/29 | 48/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 67% | 55% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 2/12 | 3/5 | 11/26 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 17% | 60% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 6 | 20 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 3/5 | 3/6 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 60% | 50% | 188% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
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