Damir Dzumhur and Dmitry Popko will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Santo Domingo Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on ESTADIO BRUGAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Damir Dzumhur who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.55
Dmitry Popko -> 2.35

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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Dmitry Popko

There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Dmitry Popko since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Damir Dzumhur

Ranked no. 100, Damir got to the 2^nd round after beating Cannon Kingsley 7-5 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Dzumhur had a good straight sets win against Kingsley (7-5 7-5). During the match, Dzumhur scored 80 points vs Kingsley’s 70. Dzumhur was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dzumhur was unable to score even 1 ace and he committed only 4 double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 73% of his first serves in, winning 64% (34/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Damir broke Kingsley 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Dzumhur has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (342-276). 18-6 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Dzumhur has a composed 153-112 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Barletta Challenger where he defeated Harold Mayot in the final 6-1 6-3 and the Ostrava Challenger where he defeated Henri Squire in the final 6-2 4-6 7-5 and the Zagreb Challenger where he defeated Luka Mikrut in the final 7-5 6-0.

Damir has an aggregate 30-18 win-loss record in 2024, 18-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santo Domingo Challenger

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 187, the Kazakhstani got to the 2^nd round after defeating Thai Kwiatkowski 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Dmitry had a good straight sets win against Kwiatkowski (6-1 6-2). During the match Popko scored 56 points vs Kwiatkowski’s 30. Popko was quite aggressive to blast 14 winners.

Talking about serving, Popko fired 6 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dmitry Popko lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 48% of his first serves in, winning 64% (14/22) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (18/24) on the 2nd serve. Popko broke Kwiatkowski 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Popko’s best result of the 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 an overall 61-22 win-loss record in 2024, 56-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dzumhur	Popko
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	24	15
Pts	80-70	56-30
Total Points	150	86
Winners	34	14
%Winners	43%	25%

Both Dzumhur and Popko played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Dzumhur and Popko have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Dzumhur played 9 games more than Popko. Dzumhur scored 34 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Popko fired 14 winners (25%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dzumhur	Popko
Aces	0	6
Avg per match	0	6
1st in	53/73	22/46
%1st in	73%	48%
1st pts	34/53	14/22
%1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	8/20	18/24
%2nd pts	40%	75%

Dzumhur didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Popko scored 6 aces . Dzumhur won 64% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 64% of the points on 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	Dzumhur	Popko
Won	6	5
Converted	6/10	5/11
% Converted	60%	45%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	2	5
% Saved	33%	83%
Times Broken	4	1

The Bosnian broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Dzumhur dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Popko broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Dzumhur
	R1 Kingsley	Total
Score	7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	24	24
pts	80-70	80-70
Total points	150	150
Winners	34	34
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	53/73	53/73
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	34/53	34/53
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	8/20	8/20
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	2/6	2
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	4	4

Popko
	R1 Kwiatkowski	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	56-30	56-30
Total points	86	86
Winners	14	14
%Winners	25%	25%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	22/46	22/46
% 1st in	48%	48%
1st pts	14/22	14/22
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	18/24	18/24
% 2nd pts	75%	75%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Santo Domingo Challenger

• Bernard TomicTomic – Nick HardtHardt (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Kiranpal PannuPannu (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Andres AndradeAndrade – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Liam DraxlDraxl (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Ignacio BuseBuse – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Pedro CachinCachin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Maxime JanvierJanvier (7-6³ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-6⁵ 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Peter BertranBertran (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Andres AndradeAndrade – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Kiranpal PannuPannu (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Nick HardtHardt (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Pedro CachinCachin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Bernard TomicTomic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andres AndradeAndrade – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction