Daniel Elahi Galan and Dmitry Popko will play each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on Court 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Elahi Galan who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Elahi Galan is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Elahi Galan -> 1.42
Dmitry Popko -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Dmitry Popko
This will be the 4th time that Daniel Elahi Galan and Dmitry Popko face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Elahi Galan Riveros (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Elahi Galan Riveros won 7-5 5-7 6-3 in the 1st round in the Genova Challenger back in 2024.
Daniel Elahi Galan
23 - 14win/loss
111
56
LLWLWWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-17 | 1-2 | 24-14 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-33 | 5-7 | 25-24 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-34 | 4-12 | 23-19 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-28 | 14-7 | 33-17 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 6-9 | 19-16 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 118, Elahi Galan Riveros got to the qualifications after beating Omar Jasika 6-3 4-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, Elahi Galan Riveros defeated Jasika (6-3 4-6 6-1). During the match, Elahi Galan Riveros scored 88 points vs Jasika’s 65. The Colombian was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Elahi Galan Riveros bagged 9 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Daniel Elahi Galan was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 70% (23/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Colombian broke Jasika 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Elahi Galan Riveros has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (351-273). 22-12 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Elahi Galan Riveros has an overall 253-167 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Punta Del Este Challenger where he defeated Tomas Barrios Vera in the final 5-7 6-4 6-4 and the Santiago Challenger where he beat Thiago Moura Monteiro in the final 7-5 6-3.
The Colombian has an overall 23-14 win-loss record in 2025, 22-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Dmitry Popko
17 - 15win/loss
181
155
LWLWLLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-16 | 10-6 | 6-9 | 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. 164, Dmitry reached the qualifications after defeating Aziz Dougaz 7-6(4) 3-6 7-6(7).
In the qualifications, Popko defeated Dougaz (7-64 3-6 7-67).During the match Popko scored less points (1) than Dougaz. In fact, the world no. 118 won 114 points vs Dougaz’s. That means that Popko was more focused during the important points. Dmitry was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Popko made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 7 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 61% of his first serves in, winning 64% (47/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (24/48) on the 2nd serve. Popko broke Dougaz 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Morelia Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 1-6 6-2 6-4.
Popko has a composed 17-15 win-loss record in 2025, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Elahi Galan Riveros | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 35 |
| Pts | 88-65 | 114-115 |
| Total Points | 153 | 229 |
| Winners | 31 | 47 |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% |
Both Elahi Galan Riveros and Popko played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Daniel Elahi Galan dropped 1 set, while Dmitry Popko lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Elahi Galan Riveros and Popko have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Elahi Galan Riveros played 9 games less than Popko. Elahi Galan Riveros scored 31 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani managed to score 47 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Elahi Galan Riveros | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 2 |
| 1st in | 41/74 | 74/122 |
| %1st in | 55% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 47/74 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 23/33 | 24/48 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 50% |
Elahi Galan Riveros bagged 9 aces . Popko scored 2 aces . Elahi Galan Riveros won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Elahi Galan Riveros | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 33% | 71% |
| Conceded | 5 | 16 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 80% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Elahi Galan Riveros broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Elahi Galan Riveros dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Dmitry broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Elahi Galan Riveros | |||
| Q1 Jasika |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 88-65 | 88-65 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/74 | 41/74 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/33 | 23/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Popko | |||
| Q1 Dougaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 3-6 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 114-115 | 114-115 | |
| Total points | 229 | 229 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 74/122 | 74/122 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 47/74 | 47/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/48 | 24/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 9/16 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
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