ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 16 · Cary
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popko
🛡️ The Spoiler
Krueger
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 57% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,522 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Mitchell Krueger here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popko | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–3 | 4–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.35 | 1.72 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -43.7% |
| Units P/L | -3.00u | -4.37u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
1
Popko
1
Krueger
Feb 12, 2022
Delray Beach
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Nov 12, 2020
Cary
H Hard · Round of 16
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Krueger has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Popko's 0%).
| Opponent | Popko | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Alfredo Perez | L 46 46 | W 64 76 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Popko | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 56.7% | 61.9% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 62.8% | 66.4% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 46.2% | 49.7% |
| Aces / Match | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| Break Points Saved % | 53.4% | 56.5% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 41.8% | 31% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 47.8% | 50.1% |
| BP Converted % | 52.4% | 38.7% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 14 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 33 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 71.4% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.2% | 49.1% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 64% | 0% |
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Matchup overview
Dmitry Popko and Mitchell Krueger face off in the Round of 16 at Cary on Hard.
Dmitry Popko leads 1-1 over 2 previous meetings.
Dmitry Popko is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Alvaro Lopez San Martin (Jun 19).
Mitchell Krueger is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Henry Searle (Jun 2).
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