Dmitry Popko

Dmitry Popko
	Popko at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Kazakhstan (2011–present) ; Russia (2010–2011)
Residence	Astana, Kazakhstan
Born	24 October 1996 (age 28); Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Ilya Drozdov
Prize money	US $663,258
Singles
Career record	4–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 162 (25 October 2021)
Current ranking	No. 187 (5 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2020, 2022)
French Open	Q3 (2020)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2016, 2021)
US Open	Q2 (2016, 2022)
Doubles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 304 (1 May 2017)
Current ranking	No. 523 (12 August 2024)
	Last updated on: 19 August 2024.

Dmitry Yevgenyevich Popko (Дмитрий Евгеньевич Попко; born 24 October 1996) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 162 achieved on 25 October 2021 and a doubles ranking of No. 304 achieved on 1 May 2017. Popko represents Kazakhstan at the Davis Cup where he has a Win-Loss record of 4-6.

Career

Popko defeated Chinese tennis player Zhang Ze in his first Davis Cup tie in April 2017.^[1]

Popko has participated in qualifying for all four of the Grand Slams.^[2]^[3]^[4]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2019	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2021	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Dalibor Svrčina	0–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	Oct 2021	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Pellegrino	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Jan 2024	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Gonzalo Bueno	4–6, 6–2, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	1–4	Jul 2024	Brașov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Murkel Dellien	3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2016	Karshi, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Aleksandre Metreveli	Enrique López Pérez Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2016	Moscow, Russia	Challenger	Clay	Aleksandre Metreveli	Facundo Argüello Roberto Maytín	2–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	Jul 2022	Málaga, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Altuğ Çelikbilek	Daniel Cukierman Emilio Gómez	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [10–6]

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 33 (25 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (25–8)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–3)
Clay (19–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2014	Turkey F39, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Cem İlkel	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	May 2015	Romania F1, Galați	Futures	Clay	Alexandar Lazov	6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	0–3	May 2015	Romania F2, Galați	Futures	Clay	Maxim Dubarenco	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Win	1–3	May 2015	Romania F3, Bucharest	Futures	Clay	Victor Crivoi	6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
Win	2–3	Jun 2015	Serbia F1, Belgrade	Futures	Clay	Adrian Partl	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–4	Jul 2015	Austria F2, Seefeld	Futures	Clay	Andrea Basso	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	3–4	Aug 2015	Austria F8, Vogau	Futures	Clay	Sebastian Ofner	6–0, 6–2
Win	4–4	Oct 2015	Kazakhstan F6, Shymkent	Futures	Clay	Aleksandre Metreveli	6–4, 2–0 ret.
Loss	4–5	Nov 2015	Tunisia F29, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	David Pérez Sanz	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Win	5–5	Apr 2016	Kazakhstan F4, Shymkent	Futures	Clay	Artem Smirnov	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win	6–5	Nov 2016	Turkey F45, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Altuğ Çelikbilek	6–2, 7–5
Win	7–5	Nov 2016	Turkey F46, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Victor Baluda	Walkover
Win	8–5	Dec 2016	Thailand F6, Hua Hin	Futures	Hard	Fabien Reboul	6–4, 6–2
Win	9–5	Mar 2017	Turkey F8, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Anıl Yüksel	6–1, 6–2
Win	10–5	Mar 2017	USA F10, Bakersfield	Futures	Hard	Kimmer Coppejans	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	10–6	Apr 2017	Uzbekistan F1, Bukhara	Futures	Hard	Egor Gerasimov	1–6, 5–7
Win	11–6	Oct 2017	Turkey F38, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Dimitar Kuzmanov	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win	12–6	Feb 2019	M25, Weston, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Alejandro Tabilo	6–2, 6–3
Win	13–6	Feb 2019	M15, Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Sebastian Korda	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	14–6	Mar 2019	M15, Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Sebastian Korda	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
Loss	14–7	Mar 2019	M15, Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Ivan Nedelko	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win	15–7	Mar 2019	M15, Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Pietro Rondoni	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win	16–7	Apr 2019	M15, Sunrise, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Sebastian Korda	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	17–7	Apr 2019	M15, Orange Park, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Agustín Velotti	6–0, 5–7, 6–3
Win	18–7	May 2019	M25, Vero Beach, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Sekou Bangoura	6–1, 7–6^(7–1)
Win	20–9	May 2023	M25, Pensacola, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Aidan Kim	6–1, 6–4
Win	21–9	Dec 2023	M15, Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Sergey Fomin	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win	22–9	Dec 2023	M15, Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Max Alcala Gurri	6–4, 7–5
Win	23–10	Feb 2024	M15, Sunrise, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Alex Rybakov	7–5, 6–2
Win	24–10	Feb 2024	M15, Palm Coast, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Andres Andrade	7–5, 1–6, 7–5
Win	25–10	Feb 2024	M15, Naples, United States	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Andres Andrade	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4
NP	25–10	Feb 2024	M25, Tucumán, Argentina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Pedro Sakamoto	not played (due to heavy rain)^[5]
Loss	25–11	Mar 2024	M25, Recife, Brazil	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Juan Pablo Ficovich	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 3–6^[5]
Win	26–11	Mar 2024	M25, Feira de Santana, Brazil	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Harrison Adams	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (6–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (5–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2014	Hungary F2, Siófok	Futures	Clay	Kirill Dmitriev	Isak Arvidsson Robin Olin	6–2, 4–6, [15–13]
Loss	1–1	Aug 2014	Austria F6, Wels	Futures	Clay	Kirill Dmitriev	Pascal Brunner Dennis Novak	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Aug 2014	Austria F8, Vogau	Futures	Clay	Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	Pascal Brunner Thomas Statzberger	6–2, 1–6, [10–12]
Loss	1–3	Apr 2015	Qatar F3, Doha	Futures	Hard	Kirill Dmitriev	Scott Clayton James Marsalek	3–6, 2–6
Win	2–3	Jun 2015	Serbia F1, Belgrade	Futures	Clay	Kirill Dmitriev	Denis Bejtulahi Viktor Filipenkó	6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	3–5	Nov 2016	Turkey F44, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Bogdan Bobrov	Maxim Ratniuk Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi	6–7^(4–7), 6–0, [10–7]
Loss	3–6	Nov 2016	Turkey F45, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi	Victor Baluda Alexander Pavlioutchenkov	3–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Win	4–6	Oct 2017	Turkey F38, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Nikola Ćaćić	Peter Torebko Jeroen Vanneste	6–1, 6–4
Win	5–6	Feb 2019	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Riccardo Bellotti	Hernan Casanova Tomas Lipovsek Puches	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	7–6	Mar 2024	M25 Recife, Brazil	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	Luís Britto Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos Santos	6–3, 6–4

References

External links

Dmitry Popko at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Dmitry Popko at the International Tennis Federation
Dmitry Popko at the Davis Cup

[1] "Davis Cup: Kazakh team confirms its roster in match vs China".

[2] Wells, Adam. "US Open Qualifying 2016: Results, Scores and Reaction from Wednesday".

[3] "NextGen Stars Soar Into Second Round Of Roland Garros Qualifying - ATP World Tour - Tennis".

[4] "Wimbledon Day One Qualifying Wrap 2016 - ATP World Tour - Tennis".

[ITF-5] "POPKO'S SIZZLING ITF WINNING-STREAK HALTED IN BRAZIL". 11 March 2024.

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v t e Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten male singles tennis players from Central Asia
as of 29 January 2024
1. Alexander Bublik (27 ) 2. Alexander Shevchenko (59 11) 3. Denis Yevseyev (176 8) 4. Beibit Zhukayev (189 4) 5. Mikhail Kukushkin (255 7)
6. Timofey Skatov (278 51) 7. Khumoyun Sultanov (330 37) 8. Dmitry Popko (338 20) 9. Sergey Fomin (665 3) 10. Grigoriy Lomakin (787 6)

v t e Association of Tennis Professionals Top Kazakh male singles tennis players
As of Nov 17, 2024
1. Alexander Bublik (34 ) 2. Alexander Shevchenko (78 2) 3. Mikhail Kukushkin (112 1) 4. Dmitry Popko (174 2) 5. Timofey Skatov (192 3)
6. Denis Yevseyev (212 8) 7. Beibit Zhukayev (238 ) 8. Grigoriy Lomakin (866 4) 9. Amir Omarkhanov (1,027 2) 10. Arslanbek Aitkulov (1,734 10)