Henri Squire and Illya Marchenko will face off in the qualifications of the Ostrava Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Henri Squire who should win in 3 sets.
Henri Squire -> 1.68
Illya Marchenko -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Henri Squire vs. Illya Marchenko
There is no head to head record between Henri Squire and Illya Marchenko since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Henri Squire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-21 | 1-2 | 14-8 | 16-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-38 | 7-4 | 30-25 | 15-6 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 1-2 | 8-11 | 27-16 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-12 | 0-0 | 21-8 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 5-3 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 317, the German reached the qualifications after defeating Jan Jermar 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Squire had a good straight sets win against Jermar (6-2 6-4). During the match, Squire scored 65 points vs Jermar’s 50. The German was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Squire recorded 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Henri Squire was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Jermar 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Squire has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (103-75). 4-4 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Squire has a composed40-37 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Henri’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Bath and M25 Montreal.
Henri has a compiled 25-13 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ostrava Challenger
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 324, Illya got to the qualifications after beating Dominik Kellovsky 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Marchenko had a good straight sets win against Kellovsky (6-4 6-1). During the match Marchenko scored 69 points vs Kellovsky’s 51. Marchenko was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Marchenko recorded 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Illya Marchenko lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Marchenko put 52% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Marchenko broke Kellovsky 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Illya’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger.
Marchenko has a compiled 12-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Squire | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 |
| Pts | 65-50 | 69-51 |
| Total Points | 115 | 120 |
| Winners | 28 | 22 |
| %Winners | 43% | 32% |
Both Squire and Marchenko 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, Squire and Marchenko have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Squire played 1 game more than Marchenko. Henri scored 28 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Marchenko fired 22 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Squire | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 32/61 |
| %1st in | 66% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 22/32 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 12/29 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 41% |
Squire bagged 4 aces . Marchenko scored 2 aces . Squire won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Marchenko won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Squire | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 60% | 55% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The German broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Henri was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. Illya broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Squire | |||
| Q1 Jermar | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 65-50 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 37/56 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Marchenko | |||
| Q1 Kellovsky | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 69-51 | 69-51 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 32/61 | 32/61 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 22/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 12/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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