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Holger Rune #7 def. Alexei Popyrin #77

6-4 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 17, 2023*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Holger Rune
Score	6-4 5-7 6-4
Loser	Alexei Popyrin
Duration	3h

Stat	Holger Rune	Alexei Popyrin
Aces	2	11
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	61	54
First serve points won %	73	80
Second serve points won %	65	44
Break points saved %	75	87
Break points converted %	13	25
Service points won %	70	63
Return points won %	37	30
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Holger Rune	Alexei Popyrin
Country	DEN	AUS
Birth date	Apr 29, 2003	Aug 5, 1999
Age	20	23
Height	188	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	77
Ranking points (entering)	3,865	726
Elo (entering)	2,057	1,765
Career W-L	170–100	113–148
Career earnings	$15,739,774	$9,660,664

Pre-match H2H

Holger Rune 0 – 0 Alexei Popyrin

Path

Holger Rune's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2023	R32	Fabio Fognini	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2023	R64	Arthur Fils	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Holger Rune's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2023	QF	Novak Djokovic	6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alexei Popyrin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2023	R32	Roman Safiullin	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2023	R64	Felix Auger-Aliassime	6-4 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2023	R128	Christopher O'Connell	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2023	Q2	Andrea Pellegrino	6-0 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2023	Q1	Riccardo Bonadio	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data