Illya Marchenko and Christian Langmo will face off in the 2nd round of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA 7 LEGUAS. 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 Illya Marchenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Illya Marchenko is the pick to win this match.
Illya Marchenko -> 1.41
Christian Langmo -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Christian Langmo
There is no head to head record between Illya Marchenko and Christian Langmo since this will be the first time that they will square off 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. 386, the Ukrainian got to the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Barrientos 6-1 6-3, Alex Rybakov 7-60 7-61 and Guido Andreozzi 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Illya had a good straight sets win against Andreozzi (6-3 6-4). During the match, Marchenko scored 63 points vs Andreozzi’s 51. Marchenko was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Marchenko bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Illya Marchenko was very effective on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Illya broke Andreozzi 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Marchenko has positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (268-210). 4-1 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Marchenko has an aggregate 104-86 record in the last years on hard.
Illya has a composed 9-5 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Marchenko has never competed in this tournament before.
Christian Langmo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-17 | 16-12 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-31 | 30-23 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-24 | 15-16 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-25 | 40-19 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-9 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 462, Christian reached the 2nd round after defeating Omni Kumar 6-4 6-3, Gabriel Decamps 6-4 1-6 6-3 and Jan Choinski 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Langmo had a good straight sets win against Choinski (6-4 6-4). During the match Langmo scored 71 points vs Choinski’s 61. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Langmo recorded 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Christian Langmo was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Choinski twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Langmo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Wesley Chapel and M15 Weston.
Christian has a composed 12-4 win-loss record in 2023, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marchenko | Langmo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 65 |
| Pts | 214-167 | 209-190 |
| Total Points | 381 | 399 |
| Winners | 76 | 100 |
| %Winners | 36% | 48% |
Both Marchenko and Langmo played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Christian Langmo conceded 1 set while Illya Marchenko hasn’t dropped a set so far. Marchenko has played 1 set(s) less than Langmo (6 vs 7). Therefore, Marchenko played 4 games less than Langmo. The Ukrainian scored 76 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Christian made 100 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marchenko | Langmo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 8.7 |
| 1st in | 101/181 | 130/201 |
| %1st in | 56% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 76/101 | 100/130 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 50/80 | 35/71 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 49% |
Marchenko made 16 aces (5.3 per match). Langmo fired 26 aces (8.7 per match). Marchenko won 75% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Langmo won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marchenko | Langmo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/28 | 8/18 |
| % Converted | 36% | 44% |
| Conceded | 14 | 10 |
| Saved | 10 | 7 |
| % Saved | 71% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The Ukrainian broke his opponents 10 times with a 36% conversion rate. Marchenko conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Christian broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marchenko | |||||
| Q1 Barrientos |
Q3 Rybakov |
R1 Andreozzi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-60 7-61 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 26 | 19 | 61 | |
| pts | 62-36 | 89-80 | 63-51 | 214-167 | |
| Total points | 98 | 169 | 114 | 381 | |
| Winners | 19 | 34 | 23 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 38% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 25/45 | 44/81 | 32/55 | 101/181 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 54% | 58% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 34/44 | 23/32 | 76/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 77% | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/20 | 22/37 | 13/23 | 50/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 59% | 57% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 1/9 | 4/7 | 10/28 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 11% | 57% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4/5 | 2/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | 50% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Langmo | |||||
| Q1 Kumar |
Q3 Decamps |
R1 Choinski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 | 20 | 65 | |
| pts | 63-53 | 75-76 | 71-61 | 209-190 | |
| Total points | 116 | 151 | 132 | 399 | |
| Winners | 31 | 35 | 34 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 47% | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 43/63 | 43/70 | 44/68 | 130/201 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 61% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 35/43 | 34/44 | 100/130 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 81% | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 9/27 | 13/24 | 35/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 33% | 54% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/8 | 2/7 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 38% | 29% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 25% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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