Alexander Zverev and Alexei Popyrin will play each other in the quarter of the National Bank Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 7:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.285
Alexei Popyrin -> 3.64

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Alexei Popyrin

This will be the 4^th time that Alexander Zverev and Alexei Popyrin square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Zverev won 7-5 6-3 in the 3^rd round in Paris back in 2024.

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 3, the German got to the quarter after defeating Adam Walton 7-6(6) 6-4, Matteo Arnaldi 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 and Francisco Cerundolo 6-4 1-0 ret..

In the 4^th round against Cerundolo, the German had a free pass after Cerundolo retired on a 6-4 1-0 . scoreline.

Zverev has an impressive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 72% of his matches (483-188). 14-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zverev has a compiled 193-79 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Munich where he overcame Ben Shelton in the final 6-2 6-4.

The German has an overall 38-14 win-loss record in 2025, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

Alexei Popyrin

Ranked no. 26, the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Nicolas Arseneault 7-6(7) 6-3, Daniil Medvedev 5-7 6-4 6-4 and Holger Rune 4-6 6-2 6-3.

In the 4^th round against Rune, Popyrin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Popyrin scored 96 points vs Rune’s 78. Popyrin was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Popyrin struck 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was extremely efficient on serve to win 87% (39/45) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alexei broke Rune 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Popyrin has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Alexei has an aggregate 15-17 win-loss record in 2025, 5-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zverev	Popyrin
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	8
Tot Games	64	81
Pts	230-186	281-245
Total Points	416	526
Winners	113	127
%Winners	49%	45%

Both Zverev and Popyrin played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Zverev conceded 1 set, while Alexei Popyrin lost 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Zverev and Popyrin have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Zverev played 17 games less than Popyrin. Zverev scored 113 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Popyrin made 127 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zverev	Popyrin
Aces	19	30
Avg per match	6.3	10
1st in	139/196	149/252
%1st in	71%	59%
1st pts	113/139	127/149
%1st pts	81%	85%
2nd pts	28/57	54/103
%2nd pts	49%	52%

Zverev struck 19 aces (6.3 per match). Popyrin recorded 30 aces (10 per match). Zverev won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zverev	Popyrin
Won	9	7
Converted	9/24	7/29
% Converted	38%	24%
Conceded	9	16
Saved	6	13
% Saved	67%	81%
Times Broken	3	3

Zverev broke his opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. The German lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 24% conversion rate. Alexei conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
	R2 Walton	R3 Arnaldi	R4 Cerundolo	Total
Score	7-66 6-4	6-75 6-3 6-2	6-4 1-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	23	30	11	64
pts	77-65	116-94	37-27	230-186
Total points	142	210	64	416
Winners	37	60	16	113
%Winners	48%	52%	43%	49%
SERVE
Aces	7	9	3	19
Double Faults	1	4	1	6
1st in	40/61	78/106	21/29	139/196
% 1st in	66%	74%	72%	71%
1st pts	37/40	60/78	16/21	113/139
% 1st pts	93%	77%	76%	81%
2nd pts	11/21	14/28	3/8	28/57
% 2nd pts	52%	50%	38%	49%
Breaks
Won	2	4	3	9
Converted	2/6	4/14	3/4	9/24
Converted %	33%	29%	75%	38%
Conceded	3	4	2	9
Saved	2/3	3/4	1/2	6
Saved %	67%	75%	50%	64%
Times Broken	1	1	1	3

Popyrin
	R2 Arseneault	R3 Medvedev	R4 Rune	Total
Score	7-67 6-3	5-7 6-4 6-4	4-6 6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	22	32	27	81
pts	75-64	110-103	96-78	281-245
Total points	139	213	174	526
Winners	35	53	39	127
%Winners	47%	48%	41%	45%
SERVE
Aces	9	7	14	30
Double Faults	3	7	4	14
1st in	41/72	63/103	45/77	149/252
% 1st in	57%	61%	58%	59%
1st pts	35/41	53/63	39/45	127/149
% 1st pts	85%	84%	87%	85%
2nd pts	20/31	16/40	18/32	54/103
% 2nd pts	65%	40%	56%	52%
Breaks
Won	1	3	3	7
Converted	1/3	3/12	3/14	7/29
Converted %	33%	25%	21%	24%
Conceded	1	11	4	16
Saved	1/1	9/11	3/4	13
Saved %	100%	82%	75%	86%
Times Broken	0	2	1	3

Tennis Scores in Toronto

• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jakub MensikMensik (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (5-7 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Arthur FilsFils (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-7⁸ 6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (3-6 7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Emilio NavaNava (6-7⁶ 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-7⁵ 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Holger RuneRune – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (w/o) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alexander ZverevZverev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – (2-1) – H2H and prediction