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.
As 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
60 - 22win/loss
176
162
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, 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.
Nicolas Mejia
37 - 19win/loss
219
215
LLLWLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-33 | 18-21 | 23-8 | 3-4 | 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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 | |
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