Dmitry Popko and Max Wiskandt will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Cuernavaca Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on ESTADIO METAXCHANGE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 3 sets.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.42
Max Wiskandt -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Max Wiskandt
There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Max Wiskandt since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Dmitry Popko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-10 | 8-5 | 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. 175, Popko reached the 2nd round after beating Felipe Meligeni Alves 6-3 7-6(2).
In the 1st round, Popko had a good straight sets win against Meligeni Alves (6-3 7-62). During the match, Popko scored 80 points vs Meligeni Alves’s 65. Popko was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Popko managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (30/36) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Popko broke Meligeni Alves twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Popko has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (376-238). 7-5 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popko has a compiled 104-65 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Morelia Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 1-6 6-2 6-4.
The Kazakhstani has an overall 11-10 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger
Popko has never competed in this tournament before.
Max Wiskandt
11 - 9win/loss
497
484
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-9 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 2024 | 44-30 | 31-17 | 5-5 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-30 | 43-19 | 8-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2022 | 17-17 | 3-2 | 11-12 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2021 | 8-13 | 4-4 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 497, the German got to the 2nd round after defeating Eduardo Bribiesca 6-1 6-2, Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros 6-2 6-3 and Maxime Cressy 7-6(2) 7-5.
In the 1st round, Wiskandt had a good straight sets win against Cressy (7-62 7-5). During the match Wiskandt scored 85 points vs Cressy’s 70. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Wiskandt struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Max Wiskandt was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (33/41) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Max broke Cressy 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The German’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Cadolzburg.
Wiskandt has a composed 11-8 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Wiskandt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 57 |
| Pts | 80-65 | 207-141 |
| Total Points | 145 | 348 |
| Winners | 30 | 79 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Popko played 1 match while Wiskandt competed in 3 matches. Wiskandt started his run from the qualifications while Popko had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Popko has played 4 set(s) less than Wiskandt (2 vs 6). Therefore, Popko played 35 games less than Wiskandt. Dmitry scored 30 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Wiskandt managed to score 79 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Wiskandt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 36/67 | 97/165 |
| %1st in | 54% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 30/36 | 79/97 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 40/68 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 59% |
Popko made 8 aces . Wiskandt struck 20 aces (6.7 per match). Popko won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Wiskandt won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Wiskandt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 11 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 11/17 |
| % Converted | 29% | 65% |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 75% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Dmitry broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Dmitry dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||
| R1 Meligeni | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 80-65 | 80-65 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/67 | 36/67 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 30/36 | 30/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Wiskandt | |||||
| Q1 Bribiesca | Q3 Fernando Rubio Fierros | R1 Cressy | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | 7-62 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 25 | 57 | |
| pts | 60-33 | 62-38 | 85-70 | 207-141 | |
| Total points | 93 | 100 | 155 | 348 | |
| Winners | 24 | 22 | 33 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 35% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 27/49 | 41/69 | 97/165 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 55% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 22/27 | 33/41 | 79/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 81% | 80% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 14/22 | 15/28 | 40/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 64% | 54% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/6 | 3/6 | 11/17 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 67% | 50% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/5 | 0/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 0% | 180% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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- Aidan MayoMayo – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (7-66 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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