ATP Challenger Tour · Semifinals · Almaty
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Bergs
💥 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 Zizou Bergs 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 | Bergs | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–9 | 0–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.08 | 2.35 |
| ROI % | -25.6% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -4.36u | -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
Bergs
0
Popko
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Bergs has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Popko's 0%).
| Opponent | Bergs | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Jan Choinski | W 63 63 | L 63 16 46 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Bergs | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 61.1% | 56.7% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 70.8% | 62.8% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 51.8% | 46.2% |
| Aces / Match | 5.8 | 4.1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 50.9% | 53.4% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 30.6% | 41.8% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 49.7% | 47.8% |
| BP Converted % | 37.2% | 52.4% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 20.5 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 24.3 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 58.8% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.3% | 50.2% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 50% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Zizou Bergs and Dmitry Popko face off in the Semifinals at Almaty on Clay.
Zizou Bergs leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Zizou Bergs is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Jan Choinski (Jun 25).
Dmitry Popko is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Alvaro Lopez San Martin (Jun 19).
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