Dmitry Popko and Gilles Arnaud Bailly will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Tampere Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 7:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.72
Gilles Arnaud Bailly -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Gilles Arnaud Bailly

There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Gilles Arnaud Bailly since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 215, the Kazakhstani will start his run in the Tampere Challenger after he played his last match in Gstaad where he lost 7-6(3) 6-3 to Bernet in the qualifications on the 12^th of July.

Dmitry has a compiled 17-18 win-loss record in 2025, 6-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

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.

Talking about his overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 504-308 record. He has a positive 329-180 record on clay.

Previously in the Tampere Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017 and 2021. See his history.

Gilles Arnaud Bailly

Ranked no. 459 (career-high), will start his run in the Tampere Challenger after he won the title in M25 Uriage after beating 6-4 7-6(1) Sharipov in the final.

Arnaud has a composed 40-14 win-loss record in 2025, 21-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Gilles’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M15 Antalya,M15 Oegstgeest and M25 Uriage.

The Belgian won his last 5 matches.

In terms of his career, Arnaud has an overall 89-59 record. He has a positive 59-39 record on clay.

Previously in the Tampere Challenger

Gilles has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Tampere Challenger

• Thomas FaurelFaurel – Jelle SelsSels (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Aristotelis ThanosThanos – Milos KarolKarol (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – Sebastian DominkoDominko (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Olle WallinWallin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Luca CastagnolaCastagnola (5-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Billy SuarezSuarez (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Olle WallinWallin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Thomas FaurelFaurel – Jelle SelsSels (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – Sebastian DominkoDominko (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Aristotelis ThanosThanos – Milos KarolKarol (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Luca CastagnolaCastagnola (5-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Billy SuarezSuarez (6-2 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nicolas KickerKicker – Michael GeertsGeerts (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Eero VasaVasa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Sumit NagalNagal (0-4) – H2H and prediction
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Ivan GakhovGakhov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Mathys ErhardErhard – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel MichalskiMichalski – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vesa AhtiAhti – Max HoukesHoukes (0-0) – H2H and prediction