Alex Rybakov and Illya Marchenko will play each other in the qualifications of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:30 pm on CANCHA 7 LEGUAS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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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 -> 1.83
Alex Rybakov -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Alex Rybakov vs. Illya Marchenko
There is no head to head record between Alex Rybakov and Illya Marchenko since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alex Rybakov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-13 | 4-4 | 12-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-25 | 5-8 | 7-9 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-23 | 5-7 | 20-12 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-26 | 4-4 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 12-5 | 9-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 360, Alex got to the qualifications after defeating Enzo Frances Tessari 7-62 6-1.
In the qualifications, Rybakov had a good straight sets win against Frances Tessari (7-62 6-1). During the match, Rybakov scored 68 points vs Frances Tessari’s 47. Rybakov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rybakov blasted 6 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Alex Rybakov was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Frances Tessari 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Rybakov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (165-109). 1-2 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rybakov has an aggregate 59-47 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Alex has a compiled 4-5 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
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. 388, Marchenko got to the qualifications after beating Nicolas Barrientos 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Illya had a good straight sets win against Barrientos (6-1 6-3). During the match Marchenko scored 62 points vs Barrientos’s 36. Illya was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Marchenko fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Illya Marchenko was very effective on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Illya broke Barrientos 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Marchenko has an overall 7-5 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rybakov | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 |
| Pts | 68-47 | 62-36 |
| Total Points | 115 | 98 |
| Winners | 32 | 19 |
| %Winners | 47% | 31% |
Both Rybakov and Marchenko played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rybakov and Marchenko have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rybakov played 4 games more than Marchenko. The American scored 32 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Marchenko recorded 19 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rybakov | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 39/51 | 25/45 |
| %1st in | 76% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 19/25 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 15/20 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 75% |
Rybakov made 6 aces . Marchenko blasted 4 aces . Rybakov won 82% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Marchenko won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rybakov | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 38% | 42% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Rybakov dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Illya broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Illya conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rybakov | |||
| Q1 Frances |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 68-47 | 68-47 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/51 | 39/51 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 32/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Marchenko | |||
| Q1 Barrientos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-36 | 62-36 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/45 | 25/45 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 19/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/20 | 15/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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