Dmitry Popko and Mateus Alves will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Florianopolis Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on QUADRA 1. 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 -> 1.84
Mateus Alves -> 1.84
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Mateus Alves
This will be the 2nd time that Dmitry Popko and Mateus Alves face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Popko won 6-4 4-6 6-1 in the semifinal in M25 Recife back in 2024.
Dmitry Popko
24 - 30win/loss
223
155
LLLLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-31 | 15-11 | 8-17 | 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. 226, the Kazakhstani will start his run in the Florianopolis Challenger after he played his last match in the Lincoln Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Perez in the 1st round on the 13th of October.
Dmitry has an aggregate 24-29 win-loss record in 2025, 8-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Morelia Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 1-6 6-2 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Popko has an overall 511-319 record. He has a positive 331-185 record on clay.
Previously in the Florianopolis Challenger
Popko has never competed in this tournament before.
Mateus Alves
28 - 26win/loss
462
271
LLWLWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-28 | 1-4 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-31 | 3-5 | 43-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 4-7 | 26-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-15 | 5-1 | 17-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-33 | 21-20 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 447, Mateus will start his run in the Florianopolis Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Santa Cruz Do Sul where he lost 7-5 6-4 to Boscardin in the quarter on the 8th of November.
Alves has a composed 27-26 win-loss record in 2025, 26-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Brazilian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Cuiaba.
In terms of his career, Mateus has an overall 236-176 record. He has a positive 150-121 record on clay.
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