PRAGUE CHALLENGER. Tomas Machac upsets Stakhovsky in the 1st round

Tomas Machac shocks Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-5 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Prague Challenger on Sunday. Machac will fight against Ilya Ivashka in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

Machac enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Stakhovsky in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for the Czech to win the set since the Ukrainian found the way to break back in the 4^th (2-2) game. The Czech maintained his focus to break Sergiy in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

The Czech converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 9^th (4-4 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Stakhovsky converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4^th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12^th game (5-6 30-40).

They contested 74 points. This set was so close that, Tomas won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The Czech conceded 16 points on serve (23-16). On the other side, the Ukrainian conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).

Machac had a strong start of this set after breaking Stakhovsky in the 1^st game (1-0). Tomas improved his lead after breaking Sergiy in the 5^th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

The Czech missed the opportunity to break Sergiy in the 7^th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Machac converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5^th (3-1 30-40) and the 7^th game (5-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Sergiy wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6^th game (1-4 30-40).

They played 54 points. The Czech conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the Ukrainian (33-21). Machac conceded 6 points on serve (18-6). On the losing side, Sergiy conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).

The Czech will add to his prize money € 660 after conquering this match. He has won already € 1,320 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Czech will add € 860 to his earnings to earn € 2,180 in total.

Match Statistics

Machac

Stakhovsky

7-5 6-2

70

70

Total points

58

58

26

26

Winners

24

24

37%

37%

Ratio Winners

41%

41%

-- Serve --

4

4

Aces

1

1

1

1

Double Faults

6

6

59%

59%

1st in

57%

57%

70%

70%

1st won

65%

65%

26/37

26/37

1st won

24/37

24/37

58%

58%

2nd won

43%

43%

15/26

15/26

2nd won

12/28

12/28

-- Break Points --

4/11

4/11

Total

1/4

1/4

36%

36%

Won

25%

25%

See Full Stats

After this match, the head to head between Machac and Stakhovsky is 1-0 for Tomas.

Draw and next match H2H: Tomas Machac vs. Ilya Ivashka – stats

Machac will come up against Ivashka in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Tomas Machac and Ilya Ivashka play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ivashka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Ivashka won 6-3 6-0 in the 2^nd round in Eckental Challenger back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger

• Tomas MachacMachac – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Dmitry PopkoPopko (7-6³ 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Petr NouzaNouza (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (7-6⁴ 7-6⁵) – Stats and score progression
• Mats MoraingMoraing – Alexey VatutinVatutin (5-7 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Daniel MasurMasur (7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Oscar OtteOtte – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
• Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-6⁴ 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Lukas RosolRosol (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Jan SatralSatral – Ruben BemelmansBemelmans (7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Arthur De GreefDe Greef – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
• Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Filip HoranskyHoransky (6-3 2-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Robin HaaseHaase (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

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• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Robin HaaseHaase – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (1-0) – H2H details and stats
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Jan SatralSatral (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Arthur De GreefDe Greef – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (0-1) – H2H details and stats
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Blaz RolaRola – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Oscar OtteOtte – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Elias YmerYmer – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Steven DiezDiez (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Tomas MachacMachac – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Filip HoranskyHoransky (0-0) – H2H details and stats