Dmitry Popko and Andres Andrade will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Merida Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on CANCHA MERIDA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andres Andrade who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andres Andrade is the pick to win this match.
Andres Andrade -> 1.666
Dmitry Popko -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Andres Andrade

This will be the 3^rd time that Dmitry Popko and Andres Andrade face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Popko won 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4 in the final in M25 Naples back in 2024.

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 245, the Kazakhstani will start his run in the Merida Challenger after he played his last match in the Santiago Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Bueno in the 1^st round on the 11^th of March.

Dmitry has a composed 4-9 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Popko has an overall 491-299 record. He has a positive 325-173 record on clay.

Previously in the Merida Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history

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Andres Andrade

Ranked no. 254, Andrade will start his run in the Merida Challenger after he played his last match in the San Diego Challenger where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-1

to Krueger in the 1^st round on the 24^th of February.

Andres has a compiled 3-5 win-loss record in 2025, 0-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Ecuadorian has an overall 119-76 record. He has a positive 59-36 record on clay.

Previously in the Merida Challenger

Andrade has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Merida Challenger

• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Max WiskandtWiskandt (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tyler ZinkZink – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo DellienDellien – Maxime JanvierJanvier (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Garrett JohnsJohns – Sebastian GimaGima (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Bernard TomicTomic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Andres AndradeAndrade (2-0) – H2H and prediction