H2H, prediction of Dmitry Popko vs Nicolas Mejia in Bogota Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 9th August 2024

PREVIEW. Bogota Challenger. Popko and Mejia will square off in the quarter of the Bogota Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Friday the 9th of August

Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Nicolas Mejia

Dmitry Popko and Nicolas Mejia will square off in the quarter of the Bogota Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.79
Nicolas Mejia -> 1.95

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Nicolas Mejia

This will be the 3rd time that Dmitry Popko and Nicolas Mejia face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Popko won 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in M25 Vero Beach back in 2019.

Dmitry Popko

Dmitry Popko
Dmitry Popko

60 - 22win/loss

Hard
5-0
I Hard
0-0
Clay
55-22
Rank
176
High
162
LLLWWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 64-32 7-2 57-28 0-2 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, Dmitry reached the quarter after defeating Harrison Adams 7-5 4-6 6-3 and Jay Clarke 6-2 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Popko had a good straight sets win against Clarke (6-2 6-4). During the match, Popko scored 68 points vs Clarke’s 46. Dmitry was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Popko made 6 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was quite efficient on serve to win 86% (18/21) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Clarke 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dmitry has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Popko has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (428-239). 55-21 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popko has an overall 292-142 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The Kazakhstani’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.

The Kazakhstani has a composed 60-21 win-loss record in 2024, 55-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bogota Challenger

Popko has never competed in this tournament before.

Popko
Bogota Challenger
Popko's Record

Nicolas Mejia

Nicolas Mejia
Nicolas Mejia

37 - 19win/loss

Hard
14-13
I Hard
0-0
Clay
23-6
Rank
217
High
215
LWLWWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 44-31 18-21 23-8 3-2 0-0 0-0
2023 24-33 6-13 18-18 0-0 0-2 0-0
2022 31-35 13-12 15-13 3-10 0-0 0-0
2021 24-28 16-10 5-13 3-5 0-0 0-0
2020 4-7 2-4 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 260, Nicolas got to the quarter after defeating Tristan Mccormick 6-3 6-4 and Johan Alexander Rodriguez 7-6(6) 6-1.

In the 2nd round, Mejia had a good straight sets win against Alexander Rodriguez (7-66 6-1). During the match Mejia scored 75 points vs Alexander Rodriguez’s 58. The Colombian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Mejia managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 48% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. The Colombian broke Alexander Rodriguez 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Colombian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he defeated Matias Soto in the final 6-1 5-7 6-2.

Mejia has a composed 36-19 win-loss record in 2024, 22-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bogota Challenger

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

Mejia
Bogota Challenger
Mejia's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Popko
N.Mejia
3h:44
3h:44
Time on court​
3h:21
3h:21
1h:32
1h:32
Last match​
1h:53
1h:53
2
2
Match played
2
2
49
49
Games Played​
39
39
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
173
173
Total points​
133
133
86.5
86.5
Avg point​
66.5
66.5
53
53
Winners
47
47
26.5
26.5
Avg Winners​
23.5
23.5
31%
31%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
12
12
7
7
Avg Aces
6
6
8
8
Double Faults
6
6
4
4
Avg Double Faults
3
3
53/63
53/63
1st won total​
47/60
47/60
!
84%
84%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
50/81
50/81
2nd won total​
32/60
32/60
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
7/27
7/27
BP won
7/11
7/11
3.5/13.5
3.5/13.5
Avg BP won
3.5/5.5
3.5/5.5
!
26%
26%
Won
!
64%
64%
10
10
Conceded
6
6
5
5
Avg Conceded
3
3
3
3
Broken
3
3
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
7
7
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Popko Mejia
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 49 39
Pts 173-137 133-105
Total Points 310 238
Winners 53 47
%Winners 31% 35%

Both Popko and Mejia played 2 matches. At the moment, Dmitry Popko surrendered 1 set while Nicolas Mejia hasn’t conceded a set so far. Popko has played 1 set more than Mejia (5 vs 4). Therefore, Popko played 10 games more than Mejia. Dmitry scored 53 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas blasted 47 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve Popko Mejia
Aces 14 12
Avg per match 7 6
1st in 63/144 60/120
%1st in 44% 50%
1st pts 53/63 47/60
%1st pts 84% 78%
2nd pts 50/81 32/60
%2nd pts 62% 53%

Popko blasted 14 aces (7 per match). Mejia fired 12 aces (6 per match). Popko won 84% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Popko Mejia
Won 7 7
Converted 7/27 7/11
% Converted 26% 64%
Conceded 10 6
Saved 7 3
% Saved 70% 50%
Times Broken 3 3

The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 7 times with a 26% conversion rate. Dmitry dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Popko
R1
Adams
R2
Clarke
Total
Score 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 31 18 49
pts 105-91 68-46 173-137
Total points 196 114 310
Winners 35 18 53
%Winners 33% 26% 31%
SERVE
Aces 8 6 14
Double Faults 8 0 8
1st in 42/95 21/49 63/144
% 1st in 44% 43% 44%
1st pts 35/42 18/21 53/63
% 1st pts 83% 86% 84%
2nd pts 32/53 18/28 50/81
% 2nd pts 60% 64% 62%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/11 4/16 7/27
Converted % 27% 25% 26%
Conceded 6 4 10
Saved 4/6 3/4 7
Saved % 67% 75% 71%
Times Broken 2 1 3
Mejia
R1
Mccormick
R2
Alexander
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 7-66 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 19 20 39
pts 58-47 75-58 133-105
Total points 105 133 238
Winners 26 21 47
%Winners 45% 28% 35%
SERVE
Aces 5 7 12
Double Faults 1 5 6
1st in 29/56 31/64 60/120
% 1st in 52% 48% 50%
1st pts 26/29 21/31 47/60
% 1st pts 90% 68% 78%
2nd pts 15/27 17/33 32/60
% 2nd pts 56% 52% 53%
Breaks
Won 2 5 7
Converted 2/3 5/8 7/11
Converted % 67% 63% 64%
Conceded 1 5 6
Saved 1/1 2/5 3
Saved % 100% 40% 70%
Times Broken 0 3 3

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Popko
LLLWWLWLLL
Mejia
LWLWWLLWWW
2024 2023 2022
64 - 30
43 - 28
7-2
Hard
18-19
0-2
I Hard
3-2
57-26
Clay
22-7
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