Dmitry Popko and Marco Cecchinato will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Genova Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.49
Dmitry Popko -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Marco Cecchinato

This will be the 2^nd time that Dmitry Popko and Marco Cecchinato face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Popko won 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in Buenos aires back in 2022.

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 237, Dmitry will start his run in the Genova Challenger after he played his last match in the Porto 2 Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Kuzmanov in the 1^st round on the 26^th of August.

Popko has an overall 19-23 win-loss record in 2025, 7-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year 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 506-313 record. He has a positive 330-184 record on clay.

Previously in the Genova Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

Marco Cecchinato

Ranked no. 279, the Italian will start his run in the Genova Challenger after he played his last match in the Sofia 2 Challenger where he lost 6-2 7-6(4)

to Roncadelli in the 2^nd round on the 20^th of August.

Cecchinato has a compiled 30-25 win-loss record in 2025, 30-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Milan Challenger where he defeated Dino Prizmic in the final 6-2 6-3.

In terms of his career, Cecchinato has an overall 495-368 record. He has a positive 454-277 record on clay.

Previously in the Genova Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Genova Challenger

• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – August HolmgrenHolmgren (7-6⁵ 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Remy BertolaBertola (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco FortiForti – Tommaso CompagnucciCompagnucci (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Giovanni FonioFonio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea PicchionePicchione – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction