Juan Pablo Ficovich and Dmitry Popko will face off in the quarter of the Cuernavaca Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 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.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.75
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Juan Pablo Ficovich vs. Dmitry Popko
This will be the 3rd time that Juan Pablo Ficovich and Dmitry Popko fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Pablo Ficovich (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Pablo Ficovich won 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 in the final in M25 Recife back in 2024.
Juan Pablo Ficovich
18 - 12win/loss
157
125
LWWWLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-14 | 4-3 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-33 | 5-7 | 36-22 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-33 | 15-13 | 11-18 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-32 | 6-11 | 23-15 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-16 | 2-3 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 155, the Argentine got to the quarter after defeating Juan Alejandro Hernandez 6-1 7-6(4) and Rodrigo Alujas 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Juan had a good straight sets win against Alujas (6-3 6-4). During the match, Pablo Ficovich scored 80 points vs Alujas’s 67. Pablo Ficovich was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pablo Ficovich bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Juan Pablo Ficovich lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pablo Ficovich put 56% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Juan broke Alujas 5 times after converting 26% of his break points (5/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pablo Ficovich hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Pablo Ficovich has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (350-252). 4-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pablo Ficovich has a composed 39-42 record in the last years on hard.
Juan’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Cordoba Challenger and the Merida Challenger.
The Argentine has an overall 18-11 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger
Dmitry Popko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-12 | 10-6 | 4-5 | 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, Dmitry got to the quarter after beating Felipe Meligeni Alves 6-3 7-6(2) and Max Wiskandt 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(5).
In the 2nd round, Popko defeated Wiskandt (7-5 6-74 7-65). During the match Popko scored 122 points vs Wiskandt’s 118. Popko was quite aggressive to blast 54 winners.
About the serving games, Popko fired 10 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was very efficient on serve to win 81% (54/67) of his 1st serve and 53% (26/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Kazakhstani broke Wiskandt 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Popko has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Morelia Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 1-6 6-2 6-4.
Dmitry has a composed 12-10 win-loss record in 2025, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger
Dmitry has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pablo Ficovich | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 60 |
| Pts | 148-113 | 202-183 |
| Total Points | 261 | 385 |
| Winners | 52 | 84 |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% |
Both Pablo Ficovich and Popko played 2 matches. At the moment, Dmitry Popko conceded 1 set while Juan Pablo Ficovich hasn’t conceded a set so far. Pablo Ficovich has played 1 set(s) less than Popko (4 vs 5). Therefore, Pablo Ficovich played 21 games less than Popko. Pablo Ficovich scored 52 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani bagged 84 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pablo Ficovich | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 9 |
| 1st in | 66/114 | 103/183 |
| %1st in | 58% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 52/66 | 84/103 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 26/48 | 44/80 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 55% |
Pablo Ficovich blasted 14 aces (7 per match). Popko managed to score 18 aces (9 per match). Pablo Ficovich won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pablo Ficovich | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/22 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 36% | 33% |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 78% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Dmitry broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Dmitry conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pablo Ficovich | ||||
| R1 Alejandro Hernandez |
R2 Alujas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-64 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| pts | 68-46 | 80-67 | 148-113 | |
| Total points | 114 | 147 | 261 | |
| Winners | 28 | 24 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 30% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 35/63 | 66/114 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 24/35 | 52/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 69% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 14/28 | 26/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 5/19 | 8/22 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 26% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 5/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 71% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Popko | ||||
| R1 Meligeni |
R2 Wiskandt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-62 | 7-5 6-74 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 38 | 60 | |
| pts | 80-65 | 122-118 | 202-183 | |
| Total points | 145 | 240 | 385 | |
| Winners | 30 | 54 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 36/67 | 67/116 | 103/183 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 58% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 30/36 | 54/67 | 84/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 81% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 26/49 | 44/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 3/8 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 38% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 60% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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