Illya Marchenko and Daniel Masur will play each other in the semifinal of the Biella 4 Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on PALAPJETTA COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Illya Marchenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Illya Marchenko is the pick to win this match.
Illya Marchenko -> 1.57
Daniel Masur -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Daniel Masur
This will be the 2nd time that Illya Marchenko and Daniel Masur fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Masur (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Masur won 7-6(2) 6-2 in the quarter in the Mallorca Challenger back in 2019.
Illya Marchenko
Ranked no. 169, Illya reached the semifinal after beating Flavio Cobolli 6-3 7-5, Lucas Pouille 6-4 6-3 and Gregoire Barrere 7-68 6-1.
In the quarter, Marchenko had a good straight sets win against Barrere (7-68 6-1). During the match Marchenko scored 80 points vs Barrere’s 70. Marchenko was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Marchenko scored 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Illya Marchenko lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Marchenko put 56% of his first serves in, winning 76% (37/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Marchenko broke Barrere 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Marchenko has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (309-210). 19-4 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Marchenko has a 140-67 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Marchenko’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Biella 1 Challenger.
The Ukrainian has a 19-5 win-loss record in 2021, 19-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biella 4 Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.
Daniel Masur
Ranked no. 249, the German got to the semifinal after beating Matija Pecotic 6-0 6-3, Andrea Arnaboldi 7-5 4-6 6-4, Yuichi Sugita 7-64 6-73 6-3, Jonas Forejtek 7-5 6-74 6-4 and Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-63 6-4.
In the quarter, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Stakhovsky (7-63 6-4). During the match Masur scored 70 points vs Stakhovsky’s 64. Daniel was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Masur struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Daniel Masur was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (38/46) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Daniel was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Stakhovsky once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The German has a 10-7 win-loss record in 2021, 10-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marchenko | Masur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 140 |
| Pts | 221-186 | 486-441 |
| Total Points | 407 | 927 |
| Winners | 93 | 237 |
| %Winners | 42% | 49% |
Marchenko played 3 matches while Masur competed in 5 matches. Masur started his run from the qualifications while Marchenko had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Daniel Masur surrendered 3 sets while Illya Marchenko hasn’t dropped a set so far. Marchenko has played 7 set(s) less than Masur (6 vs 13). Therefore, Marchenko played 80 games less than Masur. Illya scored 93 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel scored 237 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marchenko | Masur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 65 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 13 |
| 1st in | 118/204 | 303/485 |
| %1st in | 58% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 93/118 | 237/303 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 44/86 | 89/182 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 49% |
Marchenko managed to score 24 aces (8 per match). Masur struck 65 aces (13 per match). Marchenko won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Masur won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marchenko | Masur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 14 |
| Converted | 10/25 | 14/38 |
| % Converted | 40% | 37% |
| Conceded | 16 | 33 |
| Saved | 13 | 28 |
| % Saved | 81% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
The Ukrainian broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Marchenko lost his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel broke his opponents 14 times with a 37% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marchenko | |||||
| R1 Cobolli |
R2 Pouille |
1/4 Barrere |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-3 | 7-68 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 20 | 60 | |
| pts | 73-59 | 68-57 | 80-70 | 221-186 | |
| Total points | 132 | 125 | 150 | 407 | |
| Winners | 26 | 30 | 37 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/58 | 37/58 | 49/88 | 118/204 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 64% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 30/37 | 37/49 | 93/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | 76% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 12/21 | 18/39 | 44/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 57% | 46% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 3/6 | 3/5 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 50% | 60% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 4/4 | 8/9 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | 89% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Masur | |||||||
| Q1 Pecotic |
Q3 Arnaboldi |
R1 Sugita |
R2 Forejtek |
1/4 Stakhovsky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 7-5 4-6 6-4 | 7-64 6-73 6-3 | 7-5 6-74 6-4 | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 23 | 140 | |
| pts | 60-40 | 107-106 | 124-113 | 125-118 | 70-64 | 486-441 | |
| Total points | 100 | 213 | 237 | 243 | 134 | 927 | |
| Winners | 26 | 49 | 62 | 62 | 38 | 237 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% | 50% | 50% | 54% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 6 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 65 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 27 | |
| 1st in | 35/54 | 57/100 | 81/132 | 84/125 | 46/74 | 303/485 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 57% | 61% | 67% | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 49/57 | 62/81 | 62/84 | 38/46 | 237/303 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 86% | 77% | 74% | 83% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 18/43 | 24/51 | 19/41 | 17/28 | 89/182 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 42% | 47% | 46% | 61% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/14 | 3/8 | 3/9 | 1/1 | 14/38 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 21% | 38% | 33% | 100% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 33 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/6 | 13/15 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 28 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 87% | 80% | 100% | 145% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLWWLL Tennis Scores in Biella 4 Challenger
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Matthias BachingerBachinger – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-65 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (7-68 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Matthias BachingerBachinger – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-6(5) 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Daniel MasurMasur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matthias BachingerBachinger – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
