Alexei Popyrin and Tomas Machac will face off in the 1^st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.37
Tomas Machac -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Tomas Machac

This will be the 4^th time that Alexei Popyrin and Tomas Machac play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Popyrin won 1-0 in the Rubber 2 in Davis Cup, Group B, Valencia back in September 2024.

Alexei Popyrin

Ranked no. 23 (career-high), he will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Davis Cup, Group B, Valencia where he beat 6-4 6-4 to Martinez Portero in the Rubber 2 on the 15^th of September.

The Australian has a composed 27-18 win-loss record in 2024, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 270-209 record. He has a positive 135-97 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.

Tomas Machac

Ranked no. 34, the Czech will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Davis Cup, Group B, Valencia where he lost 1-0

to Popyrin in the Rubber 2 on the 12^th of September.

Tomas has an overall 27-19 win-loss record in 2024, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tomas’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Geneva.

In terms of his career, Machac has an overall 247-126 record. He has a positive 65-31 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marin CilicCilic – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-9) – H2H and prediction
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (5-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Jordan ThompsonThompson (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tomas MachacMachac (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (4-3) – H2H and prediction
• Jack DraperDraper – (0-0) – H2H and prediction