Dmitry Popko and Abedallah Shelbayh will fight against each other in the quarter of the Tiburon Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on BAKER MCKENZIE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Abedallah Shelbayh who should win in 3 sets.
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 1.444
Dmitry Popko -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Abedallah Shelbayh
This will be the 2nd time that Dmitry Popko and Abedallah Shelbayh face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelbayh (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Shelbayh won 5-7 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in the Mallorca Challenger back in 2022.
Dmitry Popko
23 - 27win/loss
227
155
| 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. 214, the Kazakhstani reached the quarter after beating Federico Bondioli 6-2 5-7 6-2 and Bor Artnak 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Artnak (6-2 6-4). During the match, Popko scored 70 points vs Artnak’s 49. Dmitry was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popko struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Artnak 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Popko has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (388-254). 14-9 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popko has an overall 111-69 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Morelia Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 1-6 6-2 6-4.
The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 23-26 win-loss record in 2025, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tiburon Challenger
Popko has never competed in this tournament before.
Abedallah Shelbayh
25 - 26win/loss
278
181
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-29 | 24-13 | 0-11 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-35 | 18-13 | 12-13 | 8-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 27-15 | 7-7 | 5-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-7 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 302, the got to the quarter after beating Jurij Rodionov 7-6(3) 6-4 and Alfredo Perez 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Perez, Shelbayh recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Shelbayh scored 91 points vs Perez’s 82. Shelbayh was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Shelbayh fired 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Abedallah Shelbayh lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shelbayh put 68% of his first serves in, winning 75% (50/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (10/31) on the 2nd serve. Abedallah broke Perez 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Abedallah has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Las Vegas Challenger where he overcame Alex Rybakov in the final 6-2 6-4.
Shelbayh has an aggregate 24-26 win-loss record in 2025, 21-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tiburon Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 50 |
| Pts | 169-130 | 168-155 |
| Total Points | 299 | 323 |
| Winners | 66 | 89 |
| %Winners | 39% | 53% |
Both Popko and Shelbayh played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dmitry Popko lost 1 set, while Abedallah Shelbayh dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Popko and Shelbayh have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Popko played 4 games less than Shelbayh. The Kazakhstani scored 66 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Abedallah recorded 89 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 84/141 | 121/180 |
| %1st in | 60% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 66/84 | 89/121 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 29/57 | 25/59 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 42% |
Popko made 6 aces (3 per match). Shelbayh bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Popko won 79% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Shelbayh won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 6 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 43% | 86% |
| Conceded | 12 | 10 |
| Saved | 9 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The broke his opponents 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Abedallah conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | ||||
| R1 Bondioli | R2 Artnak | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 18 | 46 | |
| pts | 99-81 | 70-49 | 169-130 | |
| Total points | 180 | 119 | 299 | |
| Winners | 43 | 23 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 33% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 55/89 | 29/52 | 84/141 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 56% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 43/55 | 23/29 | 66/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 14/23 | 29/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 61% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/8 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 3/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Shelbayh | ||||
| R1 Rodionov | R2 Perez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 27 | 50 | |
| pts | 77-73 | 91-82 | 168-155 | |
| Total points | 150 | 173 | 323 | |
| Winners | 39 | 50 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 55% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 54/82 | 67/98 | 121/180 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 68% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 39/54 | 50/67 | 89/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 75% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 10/31 | 25/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 32% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 4/5 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 80% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 60% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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