Alexei Popyrin and Pedro Martinez Portero will square off in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Court 11. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.25
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 3.96

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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Pedro Martinez Portero

This will be the 3^rd time that Alexei Popyrin and Pedro Martinez Portero fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Martinez Portero (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Martinez Portero won 7-5 6-4 in the 1^st round in Tokyo back in 2022.

Alexei Popyrin

Ranked no. 28, Alexei reached the 2^nd round after defeating Soon-Woo Kwon 7-5 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Alexei had a good straight sets win against Kwon (7-5 6-2 6-3). During the match, Popyrin scored 101 points vs Kwon’s 68. Popyrin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Popyrin made 14 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 92% (34/37) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Popyrin broke Kwon 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Popyrin has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (266-207). 14-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popyrin has a composed133-96 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Montreal where he defeated Andrey Rublev in the final 6-2 6-4.

Popyrin has a compiled 23-16 win-loss record in 2024, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Pedro Martinez Portero

Ranked no. 43, the Spaniard reached the 2^nd round after beating Maks Kasnikowski 6-7(6) 6-1 6-2 3-6 7-6(6).

In the 1^st round, Martinez Portero had a tough win against Kasnikowski to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-2 3-6 7-6⁶). During the match Martinez Portero scored 172 points vs Kasnikowski’s 146. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 63 winners.

About the serving games, Martinez Portero blasted 9 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Pedro Martinez Portero lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (63/92) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (35/61) on the 2nd serve. Pedro broke Kasnikowski 8 times after converting 50% of his break points (8/16).

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Girona Challenger where he overcame Radu Albot in the final 7-5 6-4.

Pedro has an aggregate 29-22 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Popyrin	Martinez Portero
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	5
Tot Games	29	50
Pts	101-68	172-146
Total Points	169	318
Winners	34	63
%Winners	34%	37%

Both Popyrin and Martinez Portero played 1 match. At the moment, Pedro Martinez Portero surrendered 2 sets while Alexei Popyrin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Popyrin has played 2 set(s) less than Martinez Portero (3 vs 5). Therefore, Popyrin played 21 games less than Martinez Portero. The Australian scored 34 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Pedro recorded 63 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Popyrin	Martinez Portero
Aces	14	9
Avg per match	14	9
1st in	37/74	92/153
%1st in	50%	60%
1st pts	34/37	63/92
%1st pts	92%	68%
2nd pts	22/37	35/61
%2nd pts	59%	57%

Popyrin bagged 14 aces . Martinez Portero recorded 9 aces . Popyrin won 92% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Martinez Portero won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Popyrin	Martinez Portero
Won	6	8
Converted	6/10	8/16
% Converted	60%	50%
Conceded	5	9
Saved	4	4
% Saved	80%	44%
Times Broken	1	5

Alexei broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Pedro conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.

Popyrin
	R1 Kwon	Total
Score	7-5 6-2 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	101-68	101-68
Total points	169	169
Winners	34	34
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	14	14
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	37/74	37/74
% 1st in	50%	50%
1st pts	34/37	34/37
% 1st pts	92%	92%
2nd pts	22/37	22/37
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Martinez Portero
	R1 Kasnikowski	Total
Score	6-76 6-1 6-2 3-6 7-66
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	50	50
pts	172-146	172-146
Total points	318	318
Winners	63	63
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	12	12
1st in	92/153	92/153
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	63/92	63/92
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	35/61	35/61
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	8	8
Converted	8/16	8/16
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	4/9	4
Saved %	44%	44%
Times Broken	5	5

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

• David GoffinGoffin – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (7-6⁷ 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-1 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-2 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Quentin HalysHalys (6-3 6-3 6-7⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Fabio FogniniFognini (7-5 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-3 7-6⁴ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Taro DanielDaniel (4-6 4-6 6-4 7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Jack DraperDraper – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-0 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-1 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (1-6 6-2 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6³ 1-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-7² 6-2 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Adam WaltonWalton (3-6 7-6⁷ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-6 6-4 6-3 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Sebastian OfnerOfner (5-7 6-4 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (6-3 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-3 7-5 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-2 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (7-5 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-7⁷ 6-1 6-7⁷ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-4 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-2 6-3 5-7 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Hugo GrenierGrenier (4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Dominic StrickerStricker (4-6 6-3 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-3 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-6¹ 3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-5 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-6² 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-2 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Holger RuneRune (6-2 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-7³ 6-0 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sumit NagalNagal (6-1 6-3 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-6² 2-6 5-7 7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Luca NardiNardi (7-5 7-6³ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-2 3-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-6² 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-1 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Juncheng ShangShang – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-1 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Taro DanielDaniel (4-6 4-6 6-4 7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-2 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jack DraperDraper – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-0 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (7-6(7) 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Fabio FogniniFognini (7-5 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Quentin HalysHalys (6-3 6-3 6-7(4) 6-2) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (1-6 6-2 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-1 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(3)) – See score progression

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• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Borna CoricCoric – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-4) – H2H and prediction
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Max PurcellPurcell – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Tommy PaulPaul (1-2) – H2H and prediction
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• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Gael MonfilsMonfils (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Pavel KotovKotov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Francisco ComesanaComesana (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Marcos GironGiron (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-3) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Hugo GastonGaston (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction