Ugo Blanchet and Dmitry Popko will square off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on Court 15. 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 Ugo Blanchet who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ugo Blanchet is the pick to win this match.
Ugo Blanchet -> 1.43
Dmitry Popko -> 2.74

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Prediction and head to head Ugo Blanchet vs. Dmitry Popko

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

Ugo Blanchet

Ugo Blanchet

23 - 20win/loss

Hard
8-6
I Hard
6-1
Clay
7-10
Grass
2-3
Rank
142
High
139
LLLLWWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-28 13-10 7-10 8-5 2-3 0-0
2024 21-28 4-10 14-12 3-5 0-1 0-0
2023 42-28 15-7 23-16 4-5 0-0 0-0
2022 47-24 15-4 27-13 5-7 0-0 0-0
2021 49-21 35-12 6-6 8-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 184, Ugo reached the qualifications after defeating Borna Gojo 7-6(2) 3-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, Blanchet defeated Gojo (7-62 3-6 6-3). During the match, Blanchet scored 98 points vs Gojo’s 96. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about the service games, Blanchet made 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Ugo Blanchet was quite effective on serve to win 72% (49/68) of his 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Gojo once.

Blanchet has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (239-172). 7-6 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Blanchet has an aggregate96-53 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Koblenz Challenger where he overcame Luca Nardi in the final 6-3 3-6 7-6(5).

Ugo has an overall 22-20 win-loss record in 2025, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Blanchet's Record

Dmitry Popko

Dmitry Popko

19 - 22win/loss

Hard
11-7
I Hard
1-1
Clay
7-13
Grass
0-1
Rank
227
High
155
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-30 15-11 8-16 1-2 0-1 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. 239, Dmitry reached the qualifications after defeating Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-6(4) 6-3.

In the qualifications, Dmitry had a good straight sets win against Seyboth Wild (7-64 6-3). During the match Popko scored 71 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 63. The Kazakhstani was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Popko blasted 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was extremely effective on serve to win 89% (33/37) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Seyboth Wild twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Morelia Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 1-6 6-2 6-4.

Dmitry has an aggregate 19-21 win-loss record in 2025, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2016 and 2022. See his history.

U.S. Open
Popko's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

U.Blanchet
D.Popko
2h:05
2h:05
Time on court​
1h:39
1h:39
!
2h:05
2h:05
Last match​
1h:39
1h:39
1
1
Match played
1
1
31
31
Games Played​
22
22
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
98
98
Total points​
71
71
98
98
Avg point​
71
71
49
49
Winners
33
33
49
49
Avg Winners​
33
33
50%
50%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
8
8
7
7
Avg Aces
8
8
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
49/68
49/68
1st won total​
33/37
33/37
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
89%
89%
23/39
23/39
2nd won total​
17/33
17/33
59%
59%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
1/1
1/1
BP won
2/5
2/5
1/1
1/1
Avg BP won
2/5
2/5
!
100%
100%
Won
40%
40%
5
5
Conceded
2
2
5
5
Avg Conceded
2
2
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
4
4
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Blanchet Popko
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 31 22
Pts 98-96 71-63
Total Points 194 134
Winners 49 33
%Winners 50% 46%

Both Blanchet and Popko played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ugo Blanchet conceded 1 set while Dmitry Popko hasn’t lost a set so far. Blanchet has played 1 set more than Popko (3 vs 2). Therefore, Blanchet played 9 games more than Popko. Ugo scored 49 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Dmitry made 33 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Blanchet Popko
Aces 7 8
Avg per match 7 8
1st in 68/107 37/70
%1st in 64% 53%
1st pts 49/68 33/37
%1st pts 72% 89%
2nd pts 23/39 17/33
%2nd pts 59% 52%

Blanchet blasted 7 aces . Popko managed to score 8 aces . Blanchet won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 89% of the points on 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 Blanchet Popko
Won 1 2
Converted 1/1 2/5
% Converted 100% 40%
Conceded 5 2
Saved 4 1
% Saved 80% 50%
Times Broken 1 1

The French player broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Blanchet dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Popko broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Blanchet
Q1
Gojo
Total
Score 7-62 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 98-96 98-96
Total points 194 194
Winners 49 49
%Winners 50% 50%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 68/107 68/107
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 49/68 49/68
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 23/39 23/39
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/1 1/1
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1
Popko
Q1
Seyboth
Total
Score 7-64 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 71-63 71-63
Total points 134 134
Winners 33 33
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 37/70 37/70
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 33/37 33/37
% 1st pts 89% 89%
2nd pts 17/33 17/33
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/5 2/5
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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