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Dmitry Popko

{{short description|Kazakhstani tennis player}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Dmitry Popko

|image = Popko RGQ22 (12) (52129553023).jpg

|caption = Popko at the 2022 French Open

|fullname =

|country = {{KAZ}} (2011–present)
{{flagu|Russia}} (2010–2011)

|residence = Astana, Kazakhstan

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|10|24}}

|birth_place = Saint Petersburg, Russia

|height = {{convert|1.91|m|abbr=on}}

|weight =

|turnedpro = 2011

|coach = Ilya Drozdov

|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

|careerprizemoney = US $784,987

|singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=4|lost=8|details=in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup|small=yes}}

|singlestitles = 0

|highestsinglesranking = No. 155 (21 April 2025)

|currentsinglesranking = No. 164 (19 May 2025)

|AustralianOpenresult = Q3 (2020, 2022)

|FrenchOpenresult = Q3 (2020)

|Wimbledonresult = Q1 (2016, 2021)

|USOpenresult = Q2 (2016, 2022)

|doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=0|lost=2|details=in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup|small=yes}}

|doublestitles = 0

|highestdoublesranking = No. 304 (1 May 2017)

|currentdoublesranking = No. 562 (26 May 2025)

|updated = 31 May 2025

}}

Dmitry Yevgenyevich Popko ({{lang|ru|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. 3 Kazakh player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles?rankRange=0-5000®ion=KAZ|title=Kazakhstan | ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.inform.kz/en/davis-cup-kazakh-team-confirms-its-roster-in-match-vs-china_a3011960|title=Davis Cup: Kazakh team confirms its roster in match vs China}}

Popko has participated in qualifying for all four of the Grand Slams.{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2659624-us-open-qualifying-2016-results-scores-and-reaction-from-wednesday|title=US Open Qualifying 2016: Results, Scores and Reaction from Wednesday|first=Adam|last=Wells}}{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/nextgen-stars-soar-into-second-round-of-roland-garros-qualifying|title=NextGen Stars Soar Into Second Round Of Roland Garros Qualifying - ATP World Tour - Tennis}}{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/wimbledon-day-one-qualifying-wrap-2016|title=Wimbledon Day One Qualifying Wrap 2016 - ATP World Tour - Tennis}}

ATP Challenger Tour finals

=Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)=

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!Result

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!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|2019 Shymkent Challenger – Singles

|style="background:moccasin"|Shymkent, Kazakhstan

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Andrej Martin

|7–5, 4–6, 4–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–2

|2021 ATP Prague Open – Singles

|style="background:moccasin"|Prague, Czech Republic

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Dalibor Svrčina

|0–6, 5–7

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|1–2

|2021 Lisboa Belém Open – Men's singles

|style="background:moccasin"|Lisbon, Portugal

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Pellegrino

|6–2, 6–4

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|1–3

|2024 Challenger AAT – Singles

|style="background:moccasin"|Buenos Aires, Argentina

|Clay

|{{flagicon|PER}} Gonzalo Bueno

|4–6, 6–2, 6–7(4–7)

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|1–4

|2024 Ion Țiriac Challenger – Singles

|style=background:moccasin;|Brașov, Romania

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BOL}} Murkel Dellien

|3–6, 5–7

bgcolor= 98FB98 |Win

|2–4

|2025 Morelia Open – Singles

|style=background:moccasin;|Morelia, Mexico

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} James Duckworth

| 1–6, 6–2, 6–4

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

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|ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)

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!Tournament

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|2016 Karshi Challenger – Doubles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Karshi, Uzbekistan

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GEO}} Aleksandre Metreveli

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Enrique López Pérez
{{flagicon|IND}} Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan

|1–6, 4–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–2

|2016 Hoff Open – Doubles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Moscow, Russia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GEO}} Aleksandre Metreveli

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Facundo Argüello
{{flagicon|VEN}} Roberto Maytín

|2–6, 5–7

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|1–2

|2022 Málaga Open – Doubles

|style="background:moccasin;"|Málaga, Spain

|Hard

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Altuğ Çelikbilek

|{{flagicon|ISR}} Daniel Cukierman
{{flagicon|ECU}} Emilio Gómez

|6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–6]

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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

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|ITF Futures/WTT (25–8)

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

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!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

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!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Nov 2014}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Turkey F39, Antalya

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Cem İlkel

|3–6, 1–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–2

|{{dts|May 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Romania F1, Galați

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Alexandar Lazov

|6–4, 5–7, 4–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–3

|{{dts|May 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Romania F2, Galați

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BLR}} Maxim Dubarenco

|6–7(5–7), 3–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|1–3

|{{dts|May 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Romania F3, Bucharest

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Victor Crivoi

|6–4, 7–6(7–1)

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|2–3

|{{dts|Jun 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Serbia F1, Belgrade

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Adrian Partl

|6–3, 6–4

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|2–4

|{{dts|Jul 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Austria F2, Seefeld

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Basso

|2–6, 6–4, 4–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|3–4

|{{dts|Aug 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Austria F8, Vogau

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Sebastian Ofner

|6–0, 6–2

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|4–4

|{{dts|Oct 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Kazakhstan F6, Shymkent

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GEO}} Aleksandre Metreveli

|6–4, 2–0 ret.

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|4–5

|{{dts|Nov 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Tunisia F29, El Kantaoui

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ESP}} David Pérez Sanz

|6–3, 6–7(4–7), 3–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|5–5

|{{dts|Apr 2016}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Kazakhstan F4, Shymkent

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Artem Smirnov

|6–3, 4–6, 6–3

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|6–5

|{{dts|Nov 2016}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Turkey F45, Antalya

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Altuğ Çelikbilek

|6–2, 7–5

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|7–5

|{{dts|Nov 2016}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Turkey F46, Antalya

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Victor Baluda

|Walkover

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|8–5

|{{dts|Dec 2016}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Thailand F6, Hua Hin

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Fabien Reboul

|6–4, 6–2

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|9–5

|{{dts|Mar 2017}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Turkey F8, Antalya

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Anıl Yüksel

|6–1, 6–2

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|10–5

|{{dts|Mar 2017}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F10, Bakersfield

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Kimmer Coppejans

|6–3, 7–6(8–6)

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|10–6

|{{dts|Apr 2017}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Uzbekistan F1, Bukhara

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|BLR}} Egor Gerasimov

|1–6, 5–7

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|11–6

|{{dts|Oct 2017}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Turkey F38, Antalya

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Dimitar Kuzmanov

|7–5, 3–6, 6–3

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|12–6

|{{dts|Feb 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25, Weston, United States

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CHI}} Alejandro Tabilo

|6–2, 6–3

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|13–6

|{{dts|Feb 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15, Antalya, Turkey

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Sebastian Korda

|6–4, 3–6, 6–3

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|14–6

|{{dts|Mar 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15, Antalya, Turkey

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Sebastian Korda

|5–7, 7–5, 7–5

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|14–7

|{{dts|Mar 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15, Antalya, Turkey

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Ivan Nedelko

|4–6, 7–5, 2–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|15–7

|{{dts|Mar 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15, Antalya, Turkey

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Pietro Rondoni

|5–7, 6–4, 6–1

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|16–7

|{{dts|Apr 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15, Sunrise, United States

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Sebastian Korda

|6–3, 3–6, 6–4

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|17–7

|{{dts|Apr 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15, Orange Park, United States

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Agustín Velotti

|6–0, 5–7, 6–3

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|18–7

|{{dts|May 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25, Vero Beach, United States

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Sekou Bangoura

|6–1, 7–6(7–1)

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|20–9

|{{dts|May 2023}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25, Pensacola, United States

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Aidan Kim

|6–1, 6–4

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|21–9

|{{dts|Dec 2023}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15, Antalya, Turkey

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Sergey Fomin

|6–4, 3–6, 6–2

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|22–9

|{{dts|Dec 2023}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15, Antalya, Turkey

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Max Alcala Gurri

|6–4, 7–5

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|23–10

|{{dts|Feb 2024}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15, Sunrise, United States

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Alex Rybakov

|7–5, 6–2

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|24–10

|{{dts|Feb 2024}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15, Palm Coast, United States

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ECU}} Andres Andrade

|7–5, 1–6, 7–5

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|25–10

|{{dts|Feb 2024}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15, Naples, United States

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ECU}} Andres Andrade

|3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4

NP

|25–10

|{{dts|Feb 2024}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25, Tucumán, Argentina

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Pedro Sakamoto

|not played (due to heavy rain)

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|25–11

|{{dts|Mar 2024}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25, Recife, Brazil

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Pablo Ficovich

|4–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6{{cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/popkos-sizzling-itf-winning-streak-comes-to-an-end-in-brazil/|title=POPKO'S SIZZLING ITF WINNING-STREAK HALTED IN BRAZIL|date=11 March 2024}}

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|26–11

|{{dts|Mar 2024}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25, Feira de Santana, Brazil

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Hard

|{{flagicon|USA}} Harrison Adams

|6–4, 6–4

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

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{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%

!Legend

bgcolor=cffcff

|ITF Futures/WTT (6–4)

|

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!Finals by surface

Hard (1–2)
Clay (5–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|1–0

|{{dts|Jun 2014}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Hungary F2, Siófok

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Kirill Dmitriev

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Isak Arvidsson
{{flagicon|SWE}} Robin Olin

|6–2, 4–6, [15–13]

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|1–1

|{{dts|Aug 2014}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Austria F6, Wels

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Kirill Dmitriev

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Pascal Brunner
{{flagicon|AUT}} Dennis Novak

|4–6, 3–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|1–2

|{{dts|Aug 2014}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Austria F8, Vogau

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Tristan-Samuel Weissborn

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Pascal Brunner
{{flagicon|AUT}} Thomas Statzberger

|6–2, 1–6, [10–12]

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|1–3

|{{dts|Apr 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Qatar F3, Doha

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Kirill Dmitriev

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Scott Clayton
{{flagicon|GBR}} James Marsalek

|3–6, 2–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|2–3

|{{dts|Jun 2015}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Serbia F1, Belgrade

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Kirill Dmitriev

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Denis Bejtulahi
{{flagicon|HUN}} Viktor Filipenkó

|6–2, 3–6, [10–6]

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|3–5

|{{dts|Nov 2016}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Turkey F44, Antalya

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Bogdan Bobrov

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Maxim Ratniuk
{{flagicon|UKR}} Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi

|6–7(4–7), 6–0, [10–7]

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|3–6

|{{dts|Nov 2016}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Turkey F45, Antalya

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Victor Baluda
{{flagicon|RUS}} Alexander Pavlioutchenkov

|3–6, 6–7(2–7)

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|4–6

|{{dts|Oct 2017}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Turkey F38, Antalya

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Nikola Ćaćić

|{{flagicon|GER}} Peter Torebko
{{flagicon|BEL}} Jeroen Vanneste

|6–1, 6–4

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|5–6

|{{dts|Feb 2019}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 Antalya, Turkey

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Riccardo Bellotti

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Hernan Casanova
{{flagicon|ARG}} Tomas Lipovsek Puches

|6–4, 7–6(7–3)

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|7–6

|{{dts|Mar 2024}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 Recife, Brazil

|style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Daniel Dutra da Silva

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Luís Britto
{{flagicon|BRA}} Paulo André Saraiva dos Santos

|6–3, 6–4

References

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External links

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