Illya Marchenko and Karl Friberg will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Bratislava Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Illya Marchenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Illya Marchenko is the pick to win this match.
Illya Marchenko -> 1.7
Karl Friberg -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Karl Friberg
There is no head to head record between Illya Marchenko and Karl Friberg since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Illya Marchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-15 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-22 | 17-5 | 6-6 | 18-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-25 | 9-10 | 3-4 | 8-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-28 | 5-7 | 2-5 | 26-12 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-14 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 436, the Ukrainian reached the qualifications after beating Duje Ajdukovic 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Illya had a good straight sets win against Ajdukovic (6-2 6-2). During the match, Marchenko scored 65 points vs Ajdukovic’s 42. Illya was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Marchenko blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Illya Marchenko was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marchenko broke Ajdukovic 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Marchenko has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (291-233). 4-7 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Marchenko has a composed 122-71 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Ukrainian has an overall 17-23 win-loss record in 2022, 4-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
Karl Friberg
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-5 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-34 | 11-4 | 17-16 | 22-13 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 52-27 | 10-5 | 26-16 | 16-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 3-5 | 13-14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 442 (career-high), Friberg reached the qualifications after beating Benjamin Hassan 7-63 6-1.
In the qualifications, Karl had a good straight sets win against Hassan (7-63 6-1). During the match Friberg scored 71 points vs Hassan’s 45. The Swede was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Friberg scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Karl Friberg was quite effective on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Swede broke Hassan 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Karl’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Vaasa,M15 Frederiksberg,M15 Danderyd and M25 Falun.
Friberg has a composed 50-24 win-loss record in 2022, 16-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
The Swede has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marchenko | Friberg |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 |
| Pts | 65-42 | 71-45 |
| Total Points | 107 | 116 |
| Winners | 22 | 28 |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% |
Both Marchenko and Friberg played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Marchenko and Friberg have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Marchenko played 4 games less than Friberg. Illya scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Karl fired 28 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marchenko | Friberg |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 30/52 | 34/47 |
| %1st in | 58% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 28/34 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 7/13 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 54% |
Marchenko recorded 4 aces . Friberg fired 1 ace . Marchenko won 73% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Friberg won 82% of the points behind 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 | Marchenko | Friberg |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 56% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Ukrainian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Illya conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Swede broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Friberg conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marchenko | |||
| Q1 Ajdukovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 65-42 | 65-42 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/52 | 30/52 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Friberg | |||
| Q1 Hassan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-45 | 71-45 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/47 | 34/47 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 28/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 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 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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