Illya Marchenko and Lucas Gerch will play each other in the qualifications of the Mauthausen Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.48
Lucas Gerch -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Lucas Gerch
There is no head to head record between Illya Marchenko and Lucas Gerch since this will be the first time that they will play each other 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. 324, the Ukrainian reached the qualifications after beating Joel Schwaerzler 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Schwaerzler (7-5 6-2). During the match, Marchenko scored 81 points vs Schwaerzler’s 69. Marchenko was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Marchenko bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Illya Marchenko was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Illya broke Schwaerzler 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Marchenko has good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (272-213). 2-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Marchenko has a composed 18-30 record in the last years on clay.
Illya’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger.
Marchenko has a compiled 13-8 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger
The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Gerch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-16 | 0-2 | 24-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-20 | 2-2 | 26-14 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-29 | 11-3 | 36-20 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-27 | 8-8 | 20-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-18 | 14-9 | 7-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 334, the German reached the qualifications after beating Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 7-64 6-2.
In the qualifications, Gerch had a good straight sets win against Weissborn (7-64 6-2). During the match Gerch scored 75 points vs Weissborn’s 59. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Gerch blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Lucas Gerch was very efficient on serve to win 78% (32/41) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gerch broke Weissborn 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Lucas has an aggregate 4-10 win-loss record in 2023, 1-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marchenko | Gerch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 21 |
| Pts | 81-69 | 75-59 |
| Total Points | 150 | 134 |
| Winners | 26 | 32 |
| %Winners | 32% | 43% |
Both Marchenko and Gerch 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, Marchenko and Gerch have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Marchenko played 1 game less than Gerch. The Ukrainian scored 26 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The German managed to score 32 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marchenko | Gerch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 33/65 | 41/67 |
| %1st in | 51% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 32/41 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 14/26 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 54% |
Marchenko struck 5 aces . Gerch fired 2 aces . Marchenko won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Gerch won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marchenko | Gerch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 31% | 75% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Ukrainian broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Gerch broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marchenko | |||
| Q1 Schwaerzler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 81-69 | 81-69 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/65 | 33/65 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gerch | |||
| Q1 Weissborn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 75-59 | 75-59 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/67 | 41/67 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 32/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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