Pedro Sousa vs Dmitry Popko — Tampere CH Quarter-final

Tampere CH · CHALLENGER · Quarter-final
POR1
Pedro Sousa
38 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 July 2017
clay
Dmitry Popko
KAZ6
Dmitry Popko
#629ATP
1385ELO
1334Clay ELO
29 yrs · 191 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLLLL
Sousa P.
6-4 6-1
Popko D.
Sousa P.
662
Popko D.
410

Pedro Sousa defeated Dmitry Popko 6-4 6-1 in the Tampere CH quarter-final on clay. The result followed the form book — Pedro Sousa came in defending last year's semi-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Sousa P.serving66% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Popko D.

Popko D.serving63% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Sousa P.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Sousa P.Popko D.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
54%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
50%
Service points won·Even
59%
60%
Return points won·Even
41%
39%
Break points saved·Even
57%
57%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.4
4.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.6
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sousa P.Popko D.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
46
3
Break points saved·Even
57
54
Break points won·Dominant
48
17
Deciding sets·Dominant
79
9
Tiebreaks·Dominant
32
6

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Sousa P.Popko D.
Freshness·
—
86

Popko D.: 7 days rest · 1 match, 31 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Final
Hemery C.[8]
Sousa P.[1]
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Sousa P.[1]
Cervantes Huegun I.
6-36-3
Hemery C.[8]
Vatutin A.
7-637-64
Quarter-finals
Sousa P.[1]
Popko D.[6]
6-46-1
Vatutin A.
Ofner S.[2]
1-66-06-3
Hemery C.[8]
Reuter Y.
6-26-2
Cervantes Huegun I.
Griekspoor T.
7-56-3
R16
Ofner S.[2]
Ilkel C.
6-26-3
Vatutin A.
Simonsson F.
6-36-2
Reuter Y.
Garcia Lopez G.[3]
4-66-47-65
Hemery C.[8]
Dellien H.
6-16-2
Griekspoor T.
Ymer E.
6-36-4
Cervantes Huegun I.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.[4]
4-66-36-4
Sousa P.[1]
Ghem A.
6-13-66-1
Popko D.[6]
Majchrzak K.
7-56-4
R32
Ilkel C.
Kiiski L.
6-46-4
Griekspoor T.
Coppejans K.[5]
6-36-3
Ymer E.
Hurkacz H.
7-57-5
Cervantes Huegun I.
Safwat M.
4-66-46-0
Ramirez Hidalgo R.[4]
Eriksson M.
6-26-3
Popko D.[6]
Gimeno Traver D.
4-67-56-3
Majchrzak K.
Vasilenko A.
7-56-1
Ghem A.
Patael B.
6-16-3
Sousa P.[1]
Ivanov V.
6-16-2
Ofner S.[2]
Krstin P.
6-757-56-4
Simonsson F.
Londero J.
7-56-4
Vatutin A.
Lamasine T.[9]
7-645-76-4
Garcia Lopez G.[3]
Michon A.
6-26-4
Reuter Y.
Velotti A.
7-611-66-2
Dellien H.
Bellotti R.
7-57-65
Hemery C.[8]
Kaukovalta P.
6-26-2