Dmitry Popko and Andre Ilagan will square off in the 2^nd round of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.68
Andre Ilagan -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Andre Ilagan

There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Andre Ilagan since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 214, Dmitry reached the 2^nd round after beating Quinn Vandecasteele 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Popko had a good straight sets win against Vandecasteele (6-4 7-5). During the match, Popko scored 82 points vs Vandecasteele’s 73. Dmitry was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Popko recorded 3 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Dmitry Popko was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Vandecasteele twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Popko has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (386-253). 12-8 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popko has a composed 109-68 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

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

Dmitry has an overall 21-25 win-loss record in 2025, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger

Andre Ilagan

Ranked no. 410, Andre reached the 2^nd round after defeating Darian King 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Andre had a good straight sets win against King (6-2 6-3). During the match Ilagan scored 55 points vs King’s 41. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

About the serving games, Ilagan wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Andre Ilagan was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (18/25) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ilagan broke King 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Ilagan has an aggregate 24-25 win-loss record in 2025, 23-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Popko	Ilagan
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	17
Pts	82-73	55-41
Total Points	155	96
Winners	33	18
%Winners	40%	33%

Both Popko and Ilagan played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Popko and Ilagan have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Popko played 5 games more than Ilagan. The Kazakhstani scored 33 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Andre fired 18 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Popko	Ilagan
Aces	3	0
Avg per match	3	0
1st in	43/87	25/44
%1st in	49%	57%
1st pts	33/43	18/25
%1st pts	77%	72%
2nd pts	23/44	11/19
%2nd pts	52%	58%

Popko bagged 3 aces . Ilagan didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Popko won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Ilagan won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Popko	Ilagan
Won	2	5
Converted	2/6	5/9
% Converted	33%	56%
Conceded	3	1
Saved	3	0
% Saved	100%	0%
Times Broken	0	1

The Kazakhstani broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Andre broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Ilagan conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Popko
	R1 Vandecasteele	Total
Score	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	82-73	82-73
Total points	155	155
Winners	33	33
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	43/87	43/87
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	33/43	33/43
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	23/44	23/44
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Ilagan
	R1 King	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	55-41	55-41
Total points	96	96
Winners	18	18
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	25/44	25/44
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	18/25	18/25
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	11/19	11/19
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Las Vegas Challenger

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• Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Olle WallinWallin (6-7⁴ 7-6¹ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex RybakovRybakov – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-4 7-6⁸) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Cooper WilliamsWilliams (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Andre IlaganIlagan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin HassanHassan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction