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Alexei Popyrin #71 def. Steve Johnson #86

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 24, 2021*
Tournament	Winston-Salem
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Alexei Popyrin
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Steve Johnson
Duration	1h 39m

Stat	Alexei Popyrin	Steve Johnson
Aces	8	8
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	59	48
First serve points won %	76	65
Second serve points won %	59	55
Break points saved %	0	70
Break points converted %	30	100
Service points won %	69	60
Return points won %	40	31
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexei Popyrin	Steve Johnson
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 5, 1999	Dec 24, 1989
Age	22	31
Height	196	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	71	86
Ranking points (entering)	970	876
Elo (entering)	1,715	1,761
Career W-L	113–148	196–201
Career earnings	$9,660,664	$8,082,688

Pre-match H2H

Alexei Popyrin 0 – 1 Steve Johnson

Path

Alexei Popyrin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2021	Q2	Yosuke Watanuki	6-2 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2021	Q1	Sasi Kumar Mukund	6-1 7-6(6)	W	—	Match data

Alexei Popyrin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2021	R32	Carlos Alcaraz	7-6(9) 1-6 6-7(1)	L	H2H	Match data

Steve Johnson's path

No prior matches in this tournament.