Illya Marchenko and Quentin Halys will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Istanbul 2 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 9. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Quentin Halys who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Quentin Halys is the pick to win this match.
Quentin Halys -> 1.65
Illya Marchenko -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Quentin Halys
This will be the 3rd time that Illya Marchenko and Quentin Halys square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Marchenko and Halys (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Halys won 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in the Cherbourg Challenger back in 2020.
Illya Marchenko
Ranked no. 155, the Ukrainian reached the 2nd round after defeating Thomas Fabbiano 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Fabbiano (7-5 6-2). During the match, Marchenko scored 76 points vs Fabbiano’s 62. Illya was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Marchenko fired 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Illya Marchenko lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Marchenko put 53% of his first serves in, winning 62% (21/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Marchenko broke Fabbiano 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
Marchenko has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (320-226). 5-6 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Marchenko has an overall 125-94 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Biella 1 Challenger where he overcame Andy Murray in the final 6-2 6-4.
Marchenko has an aggregate 30-21 win-loss record in 2021, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul 2 Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2009. See his history.
Quentin Halys
Ranked no. 171, Quentin got to the 2nd round after defeating Bernard Tomic 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Tomic (6-0 6-1). During the match Halys scored 52 points vs Tomic’s 17. Quentin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Halys struck 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Quentin Halys was quite effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Halys broke Tomic 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Quentin’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Forli Challenger and the Porto Challenger.
Quentin has a compiled 25-19 win-loss record in 2021, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marchenko | Halys |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 13 |
| Pts | 76-62 | 52-17 |
| Total Points | 138 | 69 |
| Winners | 21 | 22 |
| %Winners | 28% | 42% |
Both Marchenko and Halys played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Marchenko and Halys have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Marchenko played 7 games more than Halys. Illya scored 21 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 22 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marchenko | Halys |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 9 |
| 1st in | 34/64 | 26/36 |
| %1st in | 53% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 21/34 | 22/26 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 7/10 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 70% |
Marchenko managed to score 3 aces . Halys fired 9 aces . Marchenko won 62% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Halys won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marchenko | Halys |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 64% | 83% |
| Conceded | 12 | 1 |
| Saved | 8 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Marchenko broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Ukrainian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Halys broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Marchenko | |||
| R1 Fabbiano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 76-62 | 76-62 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/64 | 34/64 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 21/34 | 21/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Halys | |||
| R1 Tomic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 52-17 | 52-17 | |
| Total points | 69 | 69 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/36 | 26/36 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 22/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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