Dmitry Popko Explained

Dmitry Yevgenyevich Popko (Russian: 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. 155 achieved on 21 April 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 304 achieved on 1 May 2017. He is the current No. 4 Kazakh player.^[1]

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.^[2]

Popko participated in qualifying for all four of the Grand Slams.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Performance timeline

Singles

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Andrej Martin	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2		Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Dalibor Svrčina	0–6, 5–7
Win	1–2		Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Andrea Pellegrino	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1–3		Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Gonzalo Bueno	4–6, 6–2, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	1–4		style=background:moccasin;	Brașov, Romania	Clay	Murkel Dellien	3–6, 5–7
bgcolor= 98FB98	Win	2–4		style=background:moccasin;	Morelia, Mexico	Hard	James Duckworth	1–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–5		Morelos, Mexico	Hard	Marc-Andrea Huesler	4–6, 6–3, 4–6

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Karshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Aleksandre Metreveli	Enrique López Pérez Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2		Moscow, Russia	Clay	Aleksandre Metreveli	Facundo Argüello Roberto Maytín	2–6, 5–7
Win	1–2		Málaga, Spain	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)

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

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kazakhstan | ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour.
2. Web site: Davis Cup: Kazakh team confirms its roster in match vs China.
3. Web site: US Open Qualifying 2016: Results, Scores and Reaction from Wednesday. Adam. Wells.
4. Web site: NextGen Stars Soar Into Second Round Of Roland Garros Qualifying - ATP World Tour - Tennis.
5. Web site: Wimbledon Day One Qualifying Wrap 2016 - ATP World Tour - Tennis.
6. Web site: POPKO'S SIZZLING ITF WINNING-STREAK HALTED IN BRAZIL. 11 March 2024.