Illya Marchenko and Cannon Kingsley will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.54
Cannon Kingsley -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Cannon Kingsley
There is no head to head record between Illya Marchenko and Cannon Kingsley since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Illya Marchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-14 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 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. 338, the Ukrainian got to the qualifications after beating Jaimee Floyd Angele 7-64 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Floyd Angele (7-64 6-4). During the match, Marchenko scored 76 points vs Floyd Angele’s 74. The Ukrainian was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Marchenko fired 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Illya Marchenko was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (34/43) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marchenko broke Floyd Angele twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Marchenko has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (277-217). 7-2 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Marchenko has a compiled 107-87 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Illya’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger.
The Ukrainian has an overall 18-12 win-loss record in 2023, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.
Cannon Kingsley
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-17 | 17-12 | 0-1 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-12 | 7-6 | 2-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-10 | 13-5 | 2-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 537, the American reached the qualifications after beating Hiroki Moriya 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kingsley had a good straight sets win against Moriya (6-2 6-3). During the match Kingsley scored 65 points vs Moriya’s 45. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Kingsley made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cannon Kingsley was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Moriya 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Kingsley has an overall 6-3 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marchenko | Kingsley |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 |
| Pts | 76-74 | 65-45 |
| Total Points | 150 | 110 |
| Winners | 34 | 24 |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% |
Both Marchenko and Kingsley played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Marchenko and Kingsley have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Marchenko played 6 games more than Kingsley. Marchenko scored 34 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Kingsley managed to score 24 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marchenko | Kingsley |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 9 |
| 1st in | 43/74 | 34/56 |
| %1st in | 58% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 24/34 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 16/22 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 73% |
Marchenko recorded 2 aces . Kingsley struck 9 aces . Marchenko won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kingsley won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marchenko | Kingsley |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 29% | 38% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Illya broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Illya conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Kingsley broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Marchenko | |||
| Q1 Floyd |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-74 | 76-74 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 43/74 | 43/74 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 34/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kingsley | |||
| Q1 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-45 | 65-45 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/56 | 34/56 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 24/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 16/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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