Grigor Dimitrov and Alexei Popyrin will play each other in the 3^rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on SHOW COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.65
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alexei Popyrin

This will be the 4^th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Alexei Popyrin face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Popyrin won 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 3^rd round in Montreal back in August 2024.

Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs Grigor Dimitrov – Montreal 10-August-2024

Grigor Dimitrov

Ranked no. 10, Grigor got to the 3^rd round after defeating Zizou Bergs 6-3 3-6 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Bulgarian defeated Bergs (6-3 3-6 6-2). During the match, Dimitrov scored 95 points vs Bergs’s 84. Dimitrov was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Dimitrov fired 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Dimitrov put 60% of his first serves in, winning 72% (42/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (16/39) on the 2nd serve. Dimitrov broke Bergs 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Dimitrov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (320-193). 20-6 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dimitrov has an overall 162-94 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Brisbane where he defeated Holger Rune in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.

Dimitrov has a compiled 39-14 win-loss record in 2024, 20-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Alexei Popyrin

Ranked no. 24, Popyrin got to the 3^rd round after defeating Unknown Player bye and Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Alexei had a good straight sets win against Kecmanovic (6-3 6-2). During the match Popyrin scored 54 points vs Kecmanovic’s 42. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Popyrin blasted 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexei Popyrin conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Popyrin put 70% of his first serves in, winning 86% (32/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. Alexei was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kecmanovic 3 times.

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

Alexei has a composed 28-19 win-loss record in 2024, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dimitrov	Popyrin
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	26	17
Pts	95-84	54-42
Total Points	179	96
Winners	42	32
%Winners	44%	59%

Both Dimitrov and Popyrin played 1 match. At the moment, Grigor Dimitrov surrendered 1 set while Alexei Popyrin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Dimitrov has played 1 set more than Popyrin (3 vs 2). Therefore, Dimitrov played 9 games more than Popyrin. Dimitrov scored 42 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 32 winners (59%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dimitrov	Popyrin
Aces	4	13
Avg per match	4	13
1st in	58/97	37/53
%1st in	60%	70%
1st pts	42/58	32/37
%1st pts	72%	86%
2nd pts	16/39	6/16
%2nd pts	41%	38%

Dimitrov struck 4 aces . Popyrin scored 13 aces . Dimitrov won 72% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dimitrov	Popyrin
Won	5	3
Converted	5/7	3/3
% Converted	71%	100%
Conceded	12	4
Saved	9	4
% Saved	75%	100%
Times Broken	3	0

Dimitrov broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Dimitrov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Popyrin broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Alexei was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Dimitrov
	R2 Bergs	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	95-84	95-84
Total points	179	179
Winners	42	42
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	58/97	58/97
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	42/58	42/58
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	16/39	16/39
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	12	12
Saved	9/12	9
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	3	3

Popyrin
	R2 Kecmanovic	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	54-42	54-42
Total points	96	96
Winners	32	32
%Winners	59%	59%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	37/53	37/53
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	32/37	32/37
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	6/16	6/16
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/3	3/3
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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