Dmitry Popko and Gonzalo Bueno will face off in the 1st round of the Santiago Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gonzalo Bueno who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gonzalo Bueno is the pick to win this match.
Gonzalo Bueno -> 1.56
Dmitry Popko -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Gonzalo Bueno
This will be the 2nd time that Dmitry Popko and Gonzalo Bueno fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bueno (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bueno won 6-4 2-6 7-6(4) in the final in the Buenos Aires Challenger back in 2024.
Dmitry Popko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-13 | 10-6 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 220, Popko will start his run in the Santiago Challenger after he played his last match in the Cordoba Challenger where he lost 6-4 4-6 5-2 ret. to De La Fuente in the qualifications on the 2nd of March.
Popko has an aggregate 4-8 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Dmitry has an overall 491-298 record. He has a positive 325-172 record on clay.
Previously in the Santiago Challenger
Popko has never competed in this tournament before.
Gonzalo Bueno
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-9 | 0-0 | 12-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-31 | 0-2 | 35-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-28 | 2-1 | 38-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 270, the Peruvian will start his run in the Santiago Challenger after he played his last match in the Cordoba Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-6(1) to Moura Monteiro in the 2nd round on the 5th of March.
The Peruvian has a compiled 8-4 win-loss record in 2025, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Bueno’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Buenos Aires Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Peruvian has an overall 107-84 record. He has a positive 105-80 record on clay.
Previously in the Santiago Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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