Dmitry Popko and Bor Artnak will face off in the 2^nd round of the Tiburon Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CHUANG/DE LEON FAMILY. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.43
Bor Artnak -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Bor Artnak

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

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 214, Popko reached the 2^nd round after defeating Federico Bondioli 6-2 5-7 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Popko defeated Bondioli (6-2 5-7 6-2). During the match, Popko scored 99 points vs Bondioli’s 81. Dmitry was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about the service games, Popko recorded 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 62% of his first serves in, winning 78% (43/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Dmitry broke Bondioli 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Popko has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (387-254). 13-9 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popko has a compiled 110-69 match record in the last years on hard.

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

Popko has an aggregate 22-26 win-loss record in 2025, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tiburon Challenger

The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.

Bor Artnak

Ranked no. 489, Artnak got to the 2^nd round after defeating Joshua Sheehy 6-3 3-6 6-3, Edward Winter 1-6 7-6(6) 6-3 and Renta Tokuda 6-1 6-7(7) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Slovenian defeated Tokuda (6-1 6-7⁷ 6-4). During the match Artnak scored 114 points vs Tokuda’s 104. Artnak was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.

About the serving games, Artnak fired 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Bor Artnak lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Artnak put 61% of his first serves in, winning 66% (45/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (20/44) on the 2nd serve. Artnak broke Tokuda 7 times after converting 35% of his break points (7/20).

Artnak’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Store and M25 Brazzaville.

The Slovenian has a compiled 31-16 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tiburon Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Popko	Artnak
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	9
Tot Games	28	86
Pts	99-81	296-280
Total Points	180	576
Winners	43	130
%Winners	43%	44%

Popko played 1 match while Artnak competed in 3 matches. Artnak started his run from the qualifications while Popko had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Dmitry Popko conceded 1 set, while Bor Artnak surrendered 3 sets. Popko has played 6 set(s) less than Artnak (3 vs 9). Therefore, Popko played 58 games less than Artnak. Popko scored 43 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovenian bagged 130 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Popko	Artnak
Aces	2	15
Avg per match	2	5
1st in	55/89	189/305
%1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	43/55	130/189
%1st pts	78%	69%
2nd pts	15/34	58/116
%2nd pts	44%	50%

Popko bagged 2 aces . Artnak recorded 15 aces (5 per match). Popko won 78% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Artnak won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Popko	Artnak
Won	5	12
Converted	5/13	12/37
% Converted	38%	32%
Conceded	8	35
Saved	6	25
% Saved	75%	71%
Times Broken	2	10

Popko broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Popko dropped his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Artnak broke his opponents 12 times with a 32% conversion rate. Artnak conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Popko
	R1 Bondioli	Total
Score	6-2 5-7 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	99-81	99-81
Total points	180	180
Winners	43	43
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	55/89	55/89
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	43/55	43/55
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	15/34	15/34
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/13	5/13
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	6/8	6
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	2

Artnak
	Q1 Sheehy	Q3 Winter	R1 Tokuda	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3	1-6 7-66 6-3	6-1 6-77 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	3	9
Tot Games	27	29	30	86
pts	96-88	86-88	114-104	296-280
Total points	184	174	218	576
Winners	46	39	45	130
%Winners	48%	45%	39%	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	12	15
Double Faults	5	1	2	8
1st in	68/100	53/93	68/112	189/305
% 1st in	68%	57%	61%	62%
1st pts	46/68	39/53	45/68	130/189
% 1st pts	68%	74%	66%	69%
2nd pts	16/32	22/40	20/44	58/116
% 2nd pts	50%	55%	45%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	1	7	12
Converted	4/14	1/3	7/20	12/37
Converted %	29%	33%	35%	32%
Conceded	15	8	12	35
Saved	12/15	5/8	8/12	25
Saved %	80%	63%	67%	210%
Times Broken	3	3	4	10

Tennis Scores in Tiburon Challenger

• Olle WallinWallin – Martin DammDamm (2-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Bor ArtnakArtnak – Renta TokudaTokuda (6-1 6-7⁷ 6-4) – See score progression
• Michael ZhengZheng – Oliver TarvetTarvet (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rafael JodarJodar – Andre IlaganIlagan (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Johannus MondayMonday – Alex RybakovRybakov (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Samir BanerjeeBanerjee – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Jurij RodionovRodionov (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Tyler ZinkZink – Micah BraswellBraswell (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Garrett JohnsJohns (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Duncan ChanChan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Alfredo PerezPerez – Trevor SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Andres MartinMartin (6-4 4-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Federico BondioliBondioli (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Marek GengelGengel (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression

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