Vitaliy Sachko and Ergi Kirkin will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Vilnius Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:30 pm 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 Vitaliy Sachko who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vitaliy Sachko is the pick to win this match.
Vitaliy Sachko -> 1.31
Ergi Kirkin -> 3.22
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Prediction and head to head Vitaliy Sachko vs. Ergi Kirkin
This will be the 3rd time that Vitaliy Sachko and Ergi Kirkin face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Sachko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Sachko won 7-5 6-3 in the qualifications in the Oeiras 2 Challenger back in January 2023.
Vitaliy Sachko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-13 | 3-3 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-32 | 4-3 | 28-16 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 24-33 | 2-3 | 12-18 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 42-28 | 0-2 | 24-17 | 18-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 8-5 | 7-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 338, Vitaliy reached the qualifications after defeating Tadas Babelis 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, Vitaliy had a good straight sets win against Babelis (6-3 7-5). During the match, Sachko scored 67 points vs Babelis’s 52. Sachko was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sachko recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Vitaliy Sachko was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sachko broke Babelis 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Sachko has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (244-166). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sachko has an overall38-25 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Sachko has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vilnius Challenger
The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-17 | 11-4 | 24-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-26 | 3-4 | 39-15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 3-5 | 27-19 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 4-8 | 29-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-8 | 14-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 383, the Turk reached the qualifications after defeating Julius Tverijonas 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kirkin had a good straight sets win against Tverijonas (6-3 6-4). During the match Kirkin scored 62 points vs Tverijonas’s 50. Kirkin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Kirkin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 53% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Tverijonas 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Ergi has a compiled 2-3 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sachko | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 |
| Pts | 67-52 | 62-50 |
| Total Points | 119 | 112 |
| Winners | 29 | 21 |
| %Winners | 43% | 34% |
Both Sachko and Kirkin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sachko and Kirkin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sachko played 2 games more than Kirkin. Vitaliy scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Kirkin struck 21 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sachko | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 31/58 |
| %1st in | 59% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 21/31 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 12/27 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 44% |
Sachko fired 5 aces . Kirkin struck 1 ace . Sachko won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kirkin won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sachko | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Sachko broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Vitaliy dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Turk broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ergi conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sachko | |||
| Q1 Babelis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 67-52 | 67-52 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 38/64 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kirkin | |||
| Q1 Tverijonas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 62-50 | 62-50 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/58 | 31/58 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 12/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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