Christoph Negritu and Stefan Popovic will face off in the 2^nd round of the Augsburg Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christoph Negritu who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Christoph Negritu is the pick to win this match.
Christoph Negritu -> 1.32
Stefan Popovic -> 3.15

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Prediction and head to head Christoph Negritu vs. Stefan Popovic

There is no head to head record between Christoph Negritu and Stefan Popovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Christoph Negritu

Ranked no. 272, Christoph got to the 2^nd round after beating Maximilian Marterer 6-3 4-6 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Christoph defeated Marterer (6-3 4-6 6-2). During the match, Negritu scored 87 points vs Marterer’s 67. Negritu was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Negritu bagged 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Christoph Negritu was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (32/40) of his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Christoph broke Marterer 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Negritu has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (243-177). 12-14 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Negritu has an aggregate 100-79 match record in the last years on clay.

Christoph’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger and M15 Oegstgeest.

The German has a composed 25-22 win-loss record in 2025, 12-14 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Augsburg Challenger

Stefan Popovic

Ranked no. 521, the Serbian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Matteo Covato 6-3 6-4 and Nino Ehrenschneider 6-3 7-6(7).

In the 1^st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Ehrenschneider (6-3 7-6⁷). During the match Popovic scored 85 points vs Ehrenschneider’s 76. Popovic was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Popovic couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Stefan Popovic lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Popovic put 75% of his first serves in, winning 65% (40/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Ehrenschneider 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Popovic’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Kursumlijska Banja.

Stefan has an overall 26-20 win-loss record in 2025, 26-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Negritu	Popovic
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	4
Tot Games	27	41
Pts	87-67	151-129
Total Points	154	280
Winners	32	74
%Winners	37%	49%

Negritu played 1 match while Popovic competed in 2 matches. Popovic started his run from the qualifications while Negritu had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Christoph Negritu conceded 1 set while Stefan Popovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Negritu has played 1 set(s) less than Popovic (3 vs 4). Therefore, Negritu played 14 games less than Popovic. Christoph scored 32 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Popovic blasted 74 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Negritu	Popovic
Aces	8	1
Avg per match	8	0.5
1st in	40/65	107/143
%1st in	62%	75%
1st pts	32/40	74/107
%1st pts	80%	69%
2nd pts	18/25	20/36
%2nd pts	72%	56%

Negritu bagged 8 aces . Popovic made 1 ace (0.5 per match). Negritu won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Popovic won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Negritu	Popovic
Won	4	5
Converted	4/13	5/15
% Converted	31%	33%
Conceded	1	8
Saved	0	7
% Saved	0%	88%
Times Broken	1	1

The German broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The German surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Popovic broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Stefan conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.

Negritu
	R1 Marterer	Total
Score	6-3 4-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	87-67	87-67
Total points	154	154
Winners	32	32
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	40/65	40/65
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	32/40	32/40
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	18/25	18/25
% 2nd pts	72%	72%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/13	4/13
Converted %	31%	31%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Popovic
	Q3 Covato	R1 Ehrenschneider	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-3 7-67
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	22	41
pts	66-53	85-76	151-129
Total points	119	161	280
Winners	34	40	74
%Winners	52%	47%	49%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	1
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	45/60	62/83	107/143
% 1st in	75%	75%	75%
1st pts	34/45	40/62	74/107
% 1st pts	76%	65%	69%
2nd pts	9/15	11/21	20/36
% 2nd pts	60%	52%	56%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/6	3/9	5/15
Converted %	33%	33%	33%
Conceded	3	5	8
Saved	3/3	4/5	7
Saved %	100%	80%	180%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Tennis Scores in Augsburg Challenger

• Benito Sanchez MartinezSanchez Martinez – Daniel MasurMasur (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Stefan PopovicPopovic – Nino EhrenschneiderEhrenschneider (6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Buvaysar GadamauriGadamauri – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-7³ 7-6⁶ 7-6²) – See score progression
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Matyas CernyCerny – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (3-6 7-6⁶ 7-5) – See score progression
• Tadeas ParoulekParoulek – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-2 7-6²) – See score progression
• Henri SquireSquire – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (7-5 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-1 0-6 6-0) – See score progression
• Diego DeduraDedura – Andrej MartinMartin (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Max SchoenhausSchoenhaus – Jakub NicodNicod (1-6 7-6⁴ 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – Mika PetkovicPetkovic (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (7-6⁴ 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Buvaysar GadamauriGadamauri – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-7(3) 7-6(6) 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Matyas CernyCerny – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (3-6 7-6(6) 7-5) – See score progression
• Stefan PopovicPopovic – Nino EhrenschneiderEhrenschneider (6-3 7-6(7)) – See score progression
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Buvaysar GadamauriGadamauri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zdenek KolarKolar – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Henri SquireSquire – (0-0) – H2H and prediction