Sergiy Stakhovsky and Vitaliy Sachko will play each other in the 2nd round of the Lugano Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vitaliy Sachko who should win in 3 sets.
Vitaliy Sachko -> 1.78
Sergiy Stakhovsky -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Sergiy Stakhovsky vs. Vitaliy Sachko
There is no head to head record between Sergiy Stakhovsky and Vitaliy Sachko since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Ranked no. 193, the Ukrainian reached the 2nd round after beating Francesco Forti 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Sergiy had a good straight sets win against Forti (6-4 6-2). During the match Stakhovsky scored 52 points vs Forti’s 36. Stakhovsky was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Stakhovsky made 10 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Sergiy Stakhovsky was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 90% (28/31) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Ukrainian broke Forti 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Stakhovsky has a good record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (329-287). 4-4 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Stakhovsky has a 111-92 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Ukrainian has a 8-6 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Stakhovsky has never competed in this tournament before.
Vitaliy Sachko
Ranked no. 389, the Ukrainian got to the 2nd round after defeating Nick Chappell 6-3 6-1, Johan Nikles 6-2 7-5 and Marc Polmans 2-6 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round against Polmans, Sachko recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Sachko scored 105 points vs Polmans’s 93. The Ukrainian was very aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about serving, Sachko made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Vitaliy Sachko lost the serve 4 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Sachko put 72% of his first serves in, winning 66% (56/85) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (11/33) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Polmans 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Vitaliy’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Bratislava.
The Ukrainian has a 10-4 win-loss record in 2021, 8-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stakhovsky | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 62 |
| Pts | 52-36 | 232-185 |
| Total Points | 88 | 417 |
| Winners | 28 | 109 |
| %Winners | 54% | 47% |
Stakhovsky played 1 match while Sachko competed in 3 matches. Sachko started his run from the qualifications while Stakhovsky had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Vitaliy Sachko lost 1 set while Sergiy Stakhovsky hasn’t conceded a set so far. Stakhovsky has played 5 set(s) less than Sachko (2 vs 7). Therefore, Stakhovsky played 44 games less than Sachko. Stakhovsky scored 28 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Sachko managed to score 109 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stakhovsky | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 31/44 | 150/224 |
| %1st in | 70% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 109/150 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 31/74 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 42% |
Stakhovsky scored 10 aces . Sachko managed to score 7 aces (2.3 per match). Stakhovsky won 90% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Sachko won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stakhovsky | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 14 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 14/34 |
| % Converted | 75% | 41% |
| Conceded | 0 | 23 |
| Saved | 0 | 17 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Stakhovsky broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Stakhovsky extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Ukrainian broke his opponents 14 times with a 41% conversion rate. Sachko conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
| Stakhovsky | |||
| R1 Forti | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 52-36 | 52-36 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/44 | 31/44 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 28/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sachko | |||||
| Q1 Chappell | Q3 Nikles | R1 Polmans | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-2 7-5 | 2-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 26 | 62 | |
| pts | 60-36 | 67-56 | 105-93 | 232-185 | |
| Total points | 96 | 123 | 198 | 417 | |
| Winners | 24 | 29 | 56 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 43% | 53% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 39/62 | 85/118 | 150/224 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 63% | 72% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 29/39 | 56/85 | 109/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 74% | 66% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/23 | 11/33 | 31/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 43% | 33% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/14 | 5/9 | 14/34 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | 56% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/4 | 12/16 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | 225% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
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- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (5-7 6-4 7-67) – Stats, scores, rankings
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