ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 16 · Bratislava
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kovalik
⚙️ Grinder
Popko
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
⚙️ Grinder vs 🛡️ The Spoiler is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 1,642 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Jozef Kovalik plays Dmitry Popko.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kovalik | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.07 | 2.35 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | -3.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Kovalik
0
Popko
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Popko has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Kovalik's 25%).
| Opponent | Kovalik | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Dimitar Kuzmanov | L | L 36 46 |
| Federico Bondioli | L 26 26 | W 62 57 62 |
| Marco Cecchinato | W 76 62 | W 64 62 |
| Jan Choinski | L 06 26 | L 63 16 46 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Kovalik | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 59.2% | 56.7% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 59.5% | 62.8% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 43.8% | 46.2% |
| Aces / Match | 1 | 4.1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3 | 2.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 35% | 53.4% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 27% | 41.8% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 42.3% | 47.8% |
| BP Converted % | 50% | 52.4% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 42.5% | 50.2% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 0% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Jozef Kovalik and Dmitry Popko face off in the Round of 16 at Bratislava on Clay.
Jozef Kovalik leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Jozef Kovalik is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Dimitar Kuzmanov (Jun 19).
Dmitry Popko is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Alvaro Lopez San Martin (Jun 19).
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