Dmitry Popko and Juan Carlos Prado Angelo will face off in the 2nd round of the Merida Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on ESTADIO LORENZO MOLINA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.68
Juan Carlos Prado Angelo -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Juan Carlos Prado Angelo
This will be the 3rd time that Dmitry Popko and Juan Carlos Prado Angelo fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Popko and Carlos Prado Angelo (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Carlos Prado Angelo won 7-6(5) 7-6(8) in the 1st round in the Porto Alegre Challenger back in 2024.
Dmitry Popko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 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. 245, the Kazakhstani reached the 2nd round after defeating Andres Andrade 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Popko had a good straight sets win against Andrade (6-3 6-4). During the match, Popko scored 68 points vs Andrade’s 61. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Popko fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dmitry broke Andrade 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Popko has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (370-237). 3-3 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popko has an aggregate 251-141 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Dmitry has an aggregate 5-9 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Merida Challenger
Juan Carlos Prado Angelo
4 - 8win/loss
302
274
LWWLLLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-24 | 9-3 | 33-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-15 | 0-0 | 26-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 302, the Bolivian reached the 2nd round after beating Dan Martin 1-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Martin, Carlos Prado Angelo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Carlos Prado Angelo scored 74 points vs Martin’s 66. Juan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Carlos Prado Angelo made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Juan Carlos Prado Angelo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Carlos Prado Angelo put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (27/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the 2nd serve. The Bolivian broke Martin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Carlos Prado Angelo has an overall 3-8 win-loss record in 2025, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Merida Challenger
The Bolivian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Carlos Prado Angelo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 24 |
| Pts | 68-61 | 74-66 |
| Total Points | 129 | 140 |
| Winners | 22 | 27 |
| %Winners | 32% | 36% |
Both Popko and Carlos Prado Angelo played 1 match. At the moment, Juan Carlos Prado Angelo lost 1 set while Dmitry Popko hasn’t conceded a set so far. Popko has played 1 set(s) less than Carlos Prado Angelo (2 vs 3). Therefore, Popko played 5 games less than Carlos Prado Angelo. Dmitry scored 22 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Juan made 27 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Carlos Prado Angelo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 29/61 | 42/72 |
| %1st in | 48% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 27/42 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 19/30 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 63% |
Popko bagged 4 aces . Carlos Prado Angelo made 3 aces . Popko won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Carlos Prado Angelo won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Carlos Prado Angelo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 30% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Dmitry broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Popko dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Juan broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Juan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||
| R1 Andrade |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-61 | 68-61 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/61 | 29/61 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Carlos Prado Angelo | |||
| R1 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 74-66 | 74-66 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/72 | 42/72 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/42 | 27/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 19/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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