Vitaliy Sachko and Dominic Stephan Stricker will square off in the final of the Lugano Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 pm on CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vitaliy Sachko who should win in 3 sets.
Vitaliy Sachko -> 1.76
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Vitaliy Sachko vs. Dominic Stephan Stricker
There is no head to head record between Vitaliy Sachko and Dominic Stephan Stricker since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Vitaliy Sachko
Ranked no. 389, the Ukrainian reached the final after defeating Nick Chappell 6-3 6-1, Johan Nikles 6-2 7-5, Marc Polmans 2-6 6-4 6-2, Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3 6-1, Roman Safiullin 6-4 6-3 and Altug Celikbilek 7-5 6-0.
In the semifinal, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Celikbilek (7-5 6-0). During the match Sachko scored 62 points vs Celikbilek’s 45. Sachko was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sachko struck 2 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Vitaliy Sachko lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sachko put 74% of his first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Sachko broke Celikbilek 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sachko started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Sachko has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (187-107). 11-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sachko has a 19-7 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Sachko’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Bratislava.
The Ukrainian has a 13-4 win-loss record in 2021, 11-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.
Dominic Stephan Stricker
Ranked no. 874 (career high), the Swiss reached the final after beating Jay Clarke 6-4 6-4, Tim Van Rijthoven 5-7 6-4 7-67, Daniel Masur 6-2 6-4 and Yuichi Sugita 5-7 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal against Sugita, Dominic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match Stephan scored 110 points vs Sugita’s 97. The Swiss was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Stephan submerged his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dominic Stephan Stricker was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (43/56) of his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Stephan broke Sugita 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Stephan’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Grenoble and the Lugano Challenger.
The Swiss has a 10-3 win-loss record in 2021, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sachko | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 13 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 115 | 105 |
| Pts | 431-333 | 339-293 |
| Total Points | 764 | 632 |
| Winners | 202 | 164 |
| %Winners | 47% | 48% |
Sachko played 6 matches while Stephan competed in 4 matches. Sachko started his run from the qualifications while Stephan had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Vitaliy Sachko lost 1 set, while Dominic Stephan Stricker lost 2 sets. Sachko has played 3 sets more than Stephan (13 vs 10). Therefore, Sachko played 10 games more than Stephan. The Ukrainian scored 202 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Dominic managed to score 164 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sachko | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 55 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 13.8 |
| 1st in | 276/401 | 197/300 |
| %1st in | 69% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 202/276 | 164/197 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 55/125 | 57/103 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 55% |
Sachko recorded 18 aces (3 per match). Stephan fired 55 aces (13.8 per match). Sachko won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Stephan won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sachko | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 27 | 9 |
| Converted | 27/54 | 9/25 |
| % Converted | 50% | 36% |
| Conceded | 41 | 15 |
| Saved | 32 | 12 |
| % Saved | 78% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 3 |
The Ukrainian broke his opponents 27 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sachko surrendered his serve 9 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Stephan broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. Stephan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sachko | ||||||||
| Q1 Chappell | Q3 Nikles | R1 Polmans | R2 Stakhovsky | 1/4 Safiullin | 1/2 Celikbilek | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-2 7-5 | 2-6 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 115 | |
| pts | 60-36 | 67-56 | 105-93 | 66-43 | 71-60 | 62-45 | 431-333 | |
| Total points | 96 | 123 | 198 | 109 | 131 | 107 | 764 | |
| Winners | 24 | 29 | 56 | 28 | 38 | 27 | 202 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 43% | 53% | 42% | 54% | 44% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 39/62 | 85/118 | 33/45 | 53/78 | 40/54 | 276/401 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 63% | 72% | 73% | 68% | 74% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 29/39 | 56/85 | 28/33 | 38/53 | 27/40 | 202/276 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 74% | 66% | 85% | 72% | 68% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/23 | 11/33 | 6/12 | 12/25 | 6/14 | 55/125 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 43% | 33% | 50% | 48% | 43% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 27 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/14 | 5/9 | 4/6 | 3/5 | 6/9 | 27/54 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | 56% | 67% | 60% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 41 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/4 | 12/16 | 2/2 | 10/11 | 3/5 | 32 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | 100% | 91% | 60% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Stephan | ||||||||
| R1 Clarke | R2 Van Rijthoven | 1/4 Masur | 1/2 Sugita | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 5-7 6-4 7-67 | 6-2 6-4 | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |||
| Tot Games | 20 | 35 | 18 | 32 | 105 | |||
| pts | 68-52 | 102-96 | 59-48 | 110-97 | 339-293 | |||
| Total points | 120 | 198 | 107 | 207 | 632 | |||
| Winners | 38 | 53 | 30 | 43 | 164 | |||
| %Winners | 56% | 52% | 51% | 39% | 48% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 11 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 55 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 1st in | 43/60 | 61/96 | 37/54 | 56/90 | 197/300 | |||
| % 1st in | 72% | 64% | 69% | 62% | 66% | |||
| 1st pts | 38/43 | 53/61 | 30/37 | 43/56 | 164/197 | |||
| % 1st pts | 88% | 87% | 81% | 77% | 83% | |||
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 21/35 | 8/17 | 20/34 | 57/103 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 60% | 47% | 59% | 55% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Converted | 2/4 | 1/3 | 3/5 | 3/13 | 9/25 | |||
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 60% | 23% | 36% | |||
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | |||
| Saved | 4/4 | 0/1 | 3/3 | 5/7 | 12 | |||
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 100% | 71% | 45% | |||
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||