Frances Tiafoe and Illya Marchenko will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Nottingham 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.33
Illya Marchenko -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Illya Marchenko
There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Illya Marchenko since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Frances Tiafoe
Ranked no. 74, Francis got to the 2nd round after defeating Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Tiafoe had a good straight sets win against Huesler (6-3 6-4). During the match, Tiafoe scored 66 points vs Huesler’s 59. Tiafoe was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tiafoe scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 60% of his first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Huesler 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Tiafoe has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (236-172). 1-0 on grass in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tiafoe has an overall10-11 win-loss record in the last 8 years on grass.
Francis has an aggregate 12-12 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 1 Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Illya Marchenko
Ranked no. 161, the Ukrainian got to the 2nd round after beating Federico Gaio 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Illya had a good straight sets win against Gaio (6-2 6-3). During the match Marchenko scored 59 points vs Gaio’s 40. The Ukrainian was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Marchenko bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Illya Marchenko was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marchenko broke Gaio 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Illya’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Biella 1 Challenger.
Marchenko has an aggregate 22-12 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 |
| Pts | 66-59 | 59-40 |
| Total Points | 125 | 99 |
| Winners | 32 | 26 |
| %Winners | 48% | 44% |
Both Tiafoe and Marchenko played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tiafoe and Marchenko have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tiafoe played 2 games more than Marchenko. Tiafoe scored 32 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Marchenko made 26 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 32/45 |
| %1st in | 60% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 26/32 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 7/13 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 54% |
Tiafoe bagged 1 ace . Marchenko also fired 3 aces . Tiafoe won 78% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Marchenko won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 83% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Marchenko broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Ukrainian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Tiafoe | |||
| R1 Huesler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-59 | 66-59 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 41/68 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 32/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 11/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Marchenko | |||
| R1 Gaio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-40 | 59-40 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 26/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Nottingham 1 Challenger
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Federico GaioGaio (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Marc PolmansPolmans (7-610 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (6-0 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Antoine HoangHoang – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (7-65 7-63) – See score progression
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Matthew EbdenEbden – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 7-60) – See score progression
- Lukas RosolRosol – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Borna GojoGojo (6-3 6-710 7-66) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Alex BoltBolt (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (4-6 7-61 7-65) – See score progression
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
- Antoine HoangHoang – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (7-6(5) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Borna GojoGojo (6-3 6-7(10) 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 7-6(0)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Antoine HoangHoang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas RosolRosol – Kevin AndersonAnderson (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marius CopilCopil – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel EvansEvans – Matthew EbdenEbden (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Denis KudlaKudla (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-1) – H2H and prediction
