ATP Challenger Tour · Quarterfinals · Zagreb
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Dodig
💥 Big Hitter
Popko
🛡️ The Spoiler
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 Matej Dodig here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count 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 | Dodig | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–4 | 0–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.11 | 2.35 |
| ROI % | -41.5% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -2.49u | -3.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 3 career meetings
1
Dodig
2
Popko
May 12, 2025
Zagreb
C Clay · Round of 32
Jun 13, 2024
Bratislava 1
C Clay · Round of 16
Jun 7, 2024
Zagreb
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Dodig has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Popko's 0%).
| Opponent | Dodig | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Timofey Skatov | W 63 46 64 | L 26 57 |
| Jan Choinski | L 46 57 | L 63 16 46 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Dodig | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 59.1% | 56.7% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 73.2% | 62.8% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 47.1% | 46.2% |
| Aces / Match | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 54.8% | 53.4% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 24.4% | 41.8% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 51.1% | 47.8% |
| BP Converted % | 30% | 52.4% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 26 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 34 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 71.7% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 49% | 50.2% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 33% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Matej Dodig and Dmitry Popko face off in the Quarterfinals at Zagreb on Clay.
Matej Dodig leads 1-2 over 3 previous meetings.
Matej Dodig is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Carlos Sanchez Jover (Jun 9).
Dmitry Popko is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Alvaro Lopez San Martin (Jun 19).
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