Vitaliy Sachko and Max Houkes will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Prague 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 4. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vitaliy Sachko is the pick to win this match.
Vitaliy Sachko -> 1.5
Max Houkes -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Vitaliy Sachko vs. Max Houkes
There is no head to head record between Vitaliy Sachko and Max Houkes since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Vitaliy Sachko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-11 | 3-3 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 268, the Ukrainian reached the qualifications after beating Vit Kalina 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Sachko had a good straight sets win against Kalina (6-3 6-2). During the match, Sachko scored 66 points vs Kalina’s 46. Sachko was exceptionally aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sachko blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Vitaliy Sachko lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sachko put 48% of his first serves in, winning 70% (16/23) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the 2nd serve. Vitaliy broke Kalina 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Sachko has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (257-174). 1-1 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sachko has a compiled151-102 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Ukrainian has a compiled 17-10 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 1 Challenger
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-16 | 2-2 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 7-3 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 303, the Dutch reached the qualifications after beating Shintaro Mochizuki 7-63 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Mochizuki (7-63 6-3). During the match Houkes scored 89 points vs Mochizuki’s 80. Houkes was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Houkes recorded 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Max Houkes lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Houkes put 62% of his first serves in, winning 59% (29/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. Houkes broke Mochizuki 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
The Dutch’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Palmanova.
The Dutch has a compiled 13-11 win-loss record in 2023, 12-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sachko | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 |
| Pts | 66-46 | 89-80 |
| Total Points | 112 | 169 |
| Winners | 16 | 29 |
| %Winners | 24% | 33% |
Both Sachko and Houkes 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, Sachko and Houkes have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sachko played 5 games less than Houkes. Vitaliy scored 16 winners (24% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch scored 29 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sachko | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 23/48 | 49/79 |
| %1st in | 48% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 16/23 | 29/49 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 12/30 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 40% |
Sachko managed to score 2 aces . Houkes recorded 3 aces . Sachko won 70% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Houkes won 59% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sachko | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 63% | 54% |
| Conceded | 4 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 75% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Vitaliy broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Vitaliy lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Max broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sachko | |||
| Q1 Kalina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 66-46 | 66-46 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 24% | 24% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 23/48 | 23/48 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Houkes | |||
| Q1 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 89-80 | 89-80 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 49/79 | 49/79 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/30 | 12/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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