Dmitry Popko and Roman Safiullin have met 2 times since 2020; they are level 1–1. Their most recent meeting: Roman Safiullin won at Nur Sultan (2022).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popko
🛡️ The Spoiler
Safiullin
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 62% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,609 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Roman Safiullin.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage.
2 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Popko | Safiullin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Dmitry Popko | Roman Safiullin | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 7/7 | 100% | 24/24 |
| 3 or more | 71% | 5/7 | 79% | 19/24 |
| 5 or more | 57% | 4/7 | 58% | 14/24 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 17% | 4/24 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 13% | 3/24 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 8% | 2/24 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popko | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–3 | 16–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.35 | 1.90 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | +25.9% |
| Units P/L | -3.00u | +5.44u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Safiullin has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Popko's 0%).
| Opponent | Popko | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Gilles Arnaud Bailly | L 36 26 | W 61 64 |
| Jan Choinski | L 63 16 46 | L 64 57 57 |
| Timofey Skatov | L 26 57 | W 76 63 |
| Luciano Darderi | L 36 36 | L 67 61 76 36 16 |
| Ugo Blanchet | L 36 46 | W 46 62 76 |
Last five matches per player
Alvaro Lopez San Martin
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 19
Jie Cui
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 18
Zac Hamill
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 17
Enzo Aguiard
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 12
Karl Poling
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 11
Gavin Young
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 10
Oliver Bonding
M15 Lakewood CA · Semifinals
Jun 1
Jack Satterfield
M15 Lakewood CA · Round of 16
Jun 1
August Holmgren
Lexus Nottingham Open · Round of 16
Jun 16
Oliver Tarvet
Lexus Nottingham Open · Round of 32
Jun 15
Zhizhen Zhang
Lexus Nottingham Open · Quarterfinals
Jun 14
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
BOSS OPEN · Round of 32
Jun 10
Alexis Galarneau
BOSS OPEN · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 8
Petr Bar Biryukov
BOSS OPEN · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 8
Casper Ruud
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 26
Tom Gentzsch
Roland Garros · 3rd Round Qualifying
May 25
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 28–39 matches
| Metric | Popko | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 36% | 62% |
| Sets won | 41% | 54% |
| Games won | 47% | 52% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Popko | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Popko | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
