Alexei Popyrin and Stan Wawrinka will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Olympics for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on Court 14. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stan Wawrinka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stan Wawrinka is the pick to win this match.
Stan Wawrinka -> 1.909
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.909

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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Stan Wawrinka

This will be the 2^nd time that Alexei Popyrin and Stan Wawrinka square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Popyrin won 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 in the final in Umag back in 2023.

Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs Stan Wawrinka – Umag 30-July-2023

Alexei Popyrin

Ranked no. 63, Popyrin got to the 2^nd round after beating Nicolas Jarry 6-3 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round, Popyrin had a good straight sets win against Jarry (6-3 7-6⁵). During the match, Popyrin scored 71 points vs Jarry’s 55. Alexei was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Popyrin fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexei Popyrin lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Popyrin put 64% of his first serves in, winning 89% (31/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Jarry 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Popyrin has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (258-205). 3-7 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popyrin has a composed74-55 match record in the last 9 years on clay.

Popyrin’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Doha.

Popyrin has an aggregate 15-14 win-loss record in 2024, 3-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Olympics

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Stan Wawrinka

Ranked no. 149, Stan reached the 2^nd round after defeating Pavel Kotov 6-1 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Stan had a good straight sets win against Kotov (6-1 6-1). During the match Wawrinka scored 50 points vs Kotov’s 23. Wawrinka was very aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Talking about serving, Wawrinka blasted 4 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Stan Wawrinka was extremely effective on serve to win 89% (16/18) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Stan was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kotov 5 times.

Wawrinka has an overall 6-12 win-loss record in 2024, 5-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Popyrin	Wawrinka
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	14
Pts	71-55	50-23
Total Points	126	73
Winners	31	16
%Winners	44%	32%

Both Popyrin and Wawrinka played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Popyrin and Wawrinka have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Popyrin played 8 games more than Wawrinka. The Australian scored 31 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss fired 16 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Popyrin	Wawrinka
Aces	6	4
Avg per match	6	4
1st in	35/55	18/34
%1st in	64%	53%
1st pts	31/35	16/18
%1st pts	89%	89%
2nd pts	10/20	12/16
%2nd pts	50%	75%

Popyrin made 6 aces . Wawrinka recorded 4 aces . Popyrin won 89% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Wawrinka won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Popyrin	Wawrinka
Won	4	5
Converted	4/10	5/5
% Converted	40%	100%
Conceded	4	0
Saved	2	0
% Saved	50%	0%
Times Broken	2	0

The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Alexei lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Stan broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Swiss was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Popyrin
	R1 Jarry	Total
Score	6-3 7-65
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	71-55	71-55
Total points	126	126
Winners	31	31
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	35/55	35/55
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	31/35	31/35
% 1st pts	89%	89%
2nd pts	10/20	10/20
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Wawrinka
	R1 Kotov	Total
Score	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	50-23	50-23
Total points	73	73
Winners	16	16
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	18/34	18/34
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	16/18	16/18
% 1st pts	89%	89%
2nd pts	12/16	12/16
% 2nd pts	75%	75%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/5	5/5
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Paris

• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-5 6-7⁵ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (3-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-0 7-6¹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniel EvansEvans (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Rafael NadalNadal (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Casper RuudRuud – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Corentin MoutetMoutet (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Maximilian MartererMarterer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jack DraperDraper – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-1) – H2H and prediction