ATP Challenger Tour · Quarterfinals · Poznan
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popko
🛡️ The Spoiler
Kicker
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The 🧱 The Wall archetype wins about 53% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,086 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Nicolas Kicker here.
The Wall players often use elite returner and low unforced errors to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage. On Clay, 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 | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–3 | 8–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.35 | 1.65 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -8.9% |
| Units P/L | -3.00u | -1.24u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
2
Popko
0
Kicker
Oct 1, 2024
Buenos Aires (Racket Club)
C Clay · Round of 32
Jul 30, 2021
Poznan
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 2 shared opponents, both Popko and Kicker posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Popko | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Kimmer Coppejans | L 61 36 26 | L 57 64 06 |
| Roman Andres Burruchaga | L 26 16 | L 26 46 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Popko | Kicker |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 56.7% | 63.9% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 62.8% | 63.1% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 46.2% | 46% |
| Aces / Match | 4.1 | 2.2 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.7 | 1.9 |
| Break Points Saved % | 53.4% | 55.2% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 41.8% | 35.4% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 47.8% | 46.1% |
| BP Converted % | 52.4% | 39.3% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 17.3 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 27.3 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 86.1% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.2% | 47.8% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 0% | 53% |
Last five matches per player
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CIT Open · Round of 32
Jun 16
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Jun 13
Federico Coria
AAT Challenger IEB+ Edicion San Miguel de Tucuman · Quarterfinals
Jun 12
Nick Hardt
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Jun 12
Matchup overview
Dmitry Popko and Nicolas Kicker face off in the Quarterfinals at Poznan on Clay.
Dmitry Popko leads 2-0 over 2 previous meetings.
Dmitry Popko is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Alvaro Lopez San Martin (Jun 19).
Nicolas Kicker is 4-1 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Bruno Fernandez (Jun 25).
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