ATP Challenger Tour · Semifinals · Nur Sultan
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Safiullin
🤖 Servebot
Popko
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 63% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,609 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Roman Safiullin here.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service 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 | Safiullin | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 16–5 | 0–3 |
| Avg odds | 1.90 | 2.35 |
| ROI % | +25.9% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | +5.44u | -3.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
1
Safiullin
1
Popko
Jul 23, 2022
Nur Sultan
H Hard · Semifinals
Sep 2, 2020
Ostrava
C Clay · Round of 32
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Safiullin has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Popko's 0%).
| Opponent | Safiullin | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Gilles Arnaud Bailly | W 61 64 | L 36 26 |
| Jan Choinski | L 64 57 57 | L 63 16 46 |
| Timofey Skatov | W 76 63 | L 26 57 |
| Luciano Darderi | L 67 61 76 36 16 | L 36 36 |
| Ugo Blanchet | W 46 62 76 | L 36 46 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Safiullin | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 63.8% | 56.7% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 72.4% | 62.8% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 51.4% | 46.2% |
| Aces / Match | 7 | 4.1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 54% | 53.4% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 31.3% | 41.8% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 49.8% | 47.8% |
| BP Converted % | 39% | 52.4% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 35.7 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 29.8 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 82% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.9% | 50.2% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 64% |
Last five matches per player
August Holmgren
Lexus Nottingham Open · Round of 16
Jun 16
Oliver Tarvet
Lexus Nottingham Open · Round of 32
Jun 15
Zhizhen Zhang
Lexus Nottingham Open · Quarterfinals
Jun 14
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
BOSS OPEN · Round of 32
Jun 10
Alexis Galarneau
BOSS OPEN · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 8
Matchup overview
Roman Safiullin and Dmitry Popko face off in the Semifinals at Nur Sultan on Hard.
Roman Safiullin leads 1-1 over 2 previous meetings.
Roman Safiullin is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs August Holmgren (Jun 16).
Dmitry Popko is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Alvaro Lopez San Martin (Jun 19).
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