Dmitry Popko and Gabi Adrian Boitan will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Tampere Challenger for the 3^rd 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.

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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 3^rd 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

Ranked no. 187, Popko reached the 2^nd round after defeating Facundo Mena 4-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 374 (career-high), Gabi reached the 2^nd 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 1^st 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

Tennis Scores in Tampere Challenger

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• Daniel RinconRincon – Jelle SelsSels (2-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-3 5-7 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

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