Francisco Comesana and Dmitry Popko will face off in the 2nd round of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Comesana who should win in 3 sets.
Francisco Comesana -> 1.46
Dmitry Popko -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Comesana vs. Dmitry Popko
This will be the 2nd time that Francisco Comesana and Dmitry Popko face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Comesana (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Comesana won 2-6 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in the Vicenza Challenger back in 2022.
Francisco Comesana
29 - 22win/loss
102
87
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-27 | 4-4 | 31-21 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-2 | 57-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-18 | 2-2 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 7-6 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 104, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after beating Gonzalo Bueno 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Comesana had a good straight sets win against Bueno (7-5 6-4). During the match, Comesana scored 73 points vs Bueno’s 69. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Comesana scored just 1 ace in the match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Francisco Comesana lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Comesana put 69% of his first serves in, winning 58% (29/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. Francisco broke Bueno 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Comesana has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (254-141). 23-16 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Comesana has an aggregate238-123 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he defeated Ugo Blanchet in the final 6-4 3-6 7-5.
The Argentine has a composed 28-22 win-loss record in 2024, 23-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Dmitry Popko
62 - 29win/loss
174
162
| 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. 175, Dmitry reached the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Kicker 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(3).
In the 1st round, The Kazakhstani defeated Kicker (6-2 6-74 7-63). During the match Popko scored 121 points vs Kicker’s 110. Popko was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Popko managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 60% of his first serves in, winning 67% (49/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (19/48) on the 2nd serve. Popko broke Kicker 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the season 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.
Popko has a compiled 62-28 win-loss record in 2024, 57-27 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Comesana | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 34 |
| Pts | 73-69 | 121-110 |
| Total Points | 142 | 231 |
| Winners | 29 | 49 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Both Comesana and Popko played 1 match. At the moment, Dmitry Popko surrendered 1 set while Francisco Comesana hasn’t conceded a set so far. Comesana has played 1 set(s) less than Popko (2 vs 3). Therefore, Comesana played 12 games less than Popko. Francisco scored 29 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Dmitry bagged 49 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Comesana | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 50/72 | 73/121 |
| %1st in | 69% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 29/50 | 49/73 |
| %1st pts | 58% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 19/48 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 40% |
Comesana bagged 1 ace . Popko also made 4 aces . Comesana won 58% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Comesana | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 71% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Francisco broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Popko broke his opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Dmitry conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.
| Comesana | |||
| R1 Bueno | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 73-69 | 73-69 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 50/72 | 50/72 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 29/50 | 29/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Popko | |||
| R1 Kicker | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-74 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 121-110 | 121-110 | |
| Total points | 231 | 231 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 73/121 | 73/121 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 49/73 | 49/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/48 | 19/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires Challenger
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Federico CoriaCoria – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Federico CoriaCoria – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Francisco ComesanaComesana (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Hugo DellienDellien (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Andrea CollariniCollarini (0-1) – H2H and prediction