Dmitry Popko and Stefan Kozlov will square off in the 1st round of the Sioux Falls Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 pm on STADIUM 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefan Kozlov who should win in 3 sets.
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.63
Dmitry Popko -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Stefan Kozlov
This will be the 3rd time that Dmitry Popko and Stefan Kozlov clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Popko won 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in the Knoxville Challenger back in 2023.
Dmitry Popko
64 - 31win/loss
176
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. 173, the Kazakhstani will start his run in the Sioux Falls Challenger after he played his last match in the Fairfield Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Holt in the quarter on the 11th of October.
Dmitry has a composed 64-30 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Dmitry’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Buenos Aires Challenger,M15 Sunrise,M15 Palm Coast,M25 Naples,M25 Recife,M25 Feira de Santana and the Brasov Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Dmitry has an overall 487-287 record. He has a negative 25-30 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Sioux Falls Challenger
Dmitry has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefan Kozlov
37 - 18win/loss
355
103
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-19 | 16-9 | 17-8 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-34 | 14-18 | 0-5 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 20-12 | 5-2 | 16-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-13 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 353, Stefan will start his run in the Sioux Falls Challenger after he played his last match in the Lincoln Challenger where he lost 2-6 6-4 6-2 to Basavareddy in the 1st round on the 6th of August.
The American has an overall 36-18 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Stefan’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger,the Tallahassee Challenger and the Bloomfield Hills Challenger.
In terms of his career, Stefan has an overall 317-247 record. He has a positive 75-44 record on indoor hard courts.
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto CidCid – Keegan SmithSmith (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick KypsonKypson – (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Govind NandaNanda – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Martin BorisioukBorisiouk – Siphosothando MontsiMontsi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alastair GrayGray – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam DraxlDraxl – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Omni KumarKumar – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kiranpal PannuPannu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction