Melvin Kumar vs Stevan PopovicPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Melvin Kumar and Stevan Popovic have met 1 time since 2026; Melvin Kumar leads 1–0. Across all meetings Kumar has taken 2 sets to Popovic's 0. Their most recent meeting: Melvin Kumar won at M15 Vaasa (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kumar | Popovic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Melvin Kumar | Stevan Popovic | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 100% | 4/4 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 3/11 | 14% | 1/7 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 20% | 3/15 | 14% | 1/7 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 1/2 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 38% | 5/13 | 17% | 1/6 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 1/2 | 25% | 1/4 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 80% | 4/5 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 80% | 4/5 | 0% | 0/1 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kumar 1, Popovic 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kumar
🏃 Pusher
Popovic
🏃 Pusher
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jun 10, 2026
M15 Vaasa
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kumar | Popovic |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–5 | 0–2 |
| Avg odds | 5.84 | 2.68 |
| ROI % | -66.8% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -4.01u | -2.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kumar | Popovic |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 1 |
| Events | 1 | 1 |
| Matches | 1 | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | FIN | TUN |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Markus Molder
M15 Turku · 1st Round
Aug 11
Matt Ponchet
M15 Dublin · 1st Round
Jul 29
Adam Jilly
M15 Store · 1st Round
Jul 1
Mak Mikovic
M15 Slovenska Bistrica · 1st Round
Jun 24
Matt Ponchet
M15 Vaasa · 2nd Round
Jun 11
Stevan Popovic
M15 Vaasa · 1st Round
Jun 10
Adan Freire Da Silva
M25 Deauville · 1st Round
May 19
Lucca Pinto
M15 Huamantla 2 · 1st Round
Feb 4
Nav Dayal
M15 Monastir · 1st Round
Aug 26
Melvin Kumar
M15 Vaasa · 1st Round
Jun 10
Evgenii Tiurnev
M15 Kutaisi · 1st Round
May 25
Arvid Nordquist
M15 Islamabad · 2nd Round
May 7
Arkhip Kozlov
M15 Islamabad · 1st Round
May 5
Mert Naci Turker
M15 Islamabad · 1st Round
Apr 29
Nicolas Tepmahc
M15 Sharm ElSheikh 15 · 1st Round
Oct 29
Nicolas Tepmahc
M15 Sharm ElSheikh 14 · 1st Round
Oct 22
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 7–15 matches
| Metric | Kumar | Popovic |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 27% | 0% |
| Sets won | 33% | 7% |
| Games won | 43% | 37% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kumar | Popovic |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kumar | Popovic |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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