Dmitry Popko and Brandon Holt will fight against each other in the quarter of the Fairfield Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on TAD TAUBE COURT. 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 Brandon Holt who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.55
Dmitry Popko -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Brandon Holt

There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Brandon Holt since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 175, Dmitry reached the quarter after defeating Aidan Mayo 6-3 3-6 6-4 and Ryan Seggerman 7-5 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Dmitry had a good straight sets win against Seggerman (7-5 6-1). During the match, Popko scored 71 points vs Seggerman’s 49. Popko was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Popko blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Seggerman 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dmitry has lost 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.

Popko has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (432-247). 7-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Popko has a compiled 115-69 record in the last years on hard.

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current 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.

Dmitry has a composed 64-29 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Fairfield Challenger

Popko has never competed in this tournament before.

Brandon Holt

Ranked no. 206, Brandon got to the quarter after defeating Murphy Cassone 7-6(5) 7-5 and Eliot Spizzirri 7-5 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Spizzirri (7-5 7-5). During the match Holt scored 84 points vs Spizzirri’s 75. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Holt recorded 4 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Brandon Holt lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (37/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Holt was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Spizzirri 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Holt’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger,M25 Bakersfield and the Tyler Challenger.

Brandon has an overall 37-26 win-loss record in 2024, 36-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Fairfield Challenger

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Popko	Holt
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	47	49
Pts	158-136	170-148
Total Points	294	318
Winners	62	74
%Winners	39%	44%

Both Popko and Holt played 2 matches. At the moment, Dmitry Popko surrendered 1 set while Brandon Holt hasn’t lost a set so far. Popko has played 1 set more than Holt (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Popko played 2 games less than Holt. The Kazakhstani scored 62 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Holt bagged 74 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Popko	Holt
Aces	13	8
Avg per match	6.5	4
1st in	79/154	106/160
%1st in	51%	66%
1st pts	62/79	74/106
%1st pts	78%	70%
2nd pts	35/75	28/54
%2nd pts	47%	52%

Popko bagged 13 aces (6.5 per match). Holt bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Popko won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Popko	Holt
Won	9	7
Converted	9/19	7/12
% Converted	47%	58%
Conceded	18	10
Saved	13	6
% Saved	72%	60%
Times Broken	5	4

Dmitry broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. Holt broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Popko
	R1 Mayo	R2 Seggerman	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-4	7-5 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	28	19	47
pts	87-87	71-49	158-136
Total points	174	120	294
Winners	37	25	62
%Winners	43%	35%	39%
SERVE
Aces	7	6	13
Double Faults	3	3	6
1st in	46/95	33/59	79/154
% 1st in	48%	56%	51%
1st pts	37/46	25/33	62/79
% 1st pts	80%	76%	78%
2nd pts	19/49	16/26	35/75
% 2nd pts	39%	62%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/9	4/10	9/19
Converted %	56%	40%	47%
Conceded	13	5	18
Saved	9/13	4/5	13
Saved %	69%	80%	75%
Times Broken	4	1	5

Holt
	R1 Cassone	R2 Spizzirri	Total
Score	7-65 7-5	7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	25	24	49
pts	86-73	84-75	170-148
Total points	159	159	318
Winners	37	37	74
%Winners	43%	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	8
Double Faults	2	0	2
1st in	52/74	54/86	106/160
% 1st in	70%	63%	66%
1st pts	37/52	37/54	74/106
% 1st pts	71%	69%	70%
2nd pts	12/22	16/32	28/54
% 2nd pts	55%	50%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	4	7
Converted	3/8	4/4	7/12
Converted %	38%	100%	58%
Conceded	2	8	10
Saved	0/2	6/8	6
Saved %	0%	75%	38%
Times Broken	2	2	4

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