H2H, prediction of Illya Marchenko vs Matija Pecotic in Salinas Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 29th July 2023

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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Matija Pecotic

Illya Marchenko and Matija Pecotic will face off in the final of the Salinas Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL A. GĂ“MEZ. 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 Matija Pecotic who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Matija Pecotic is the pick to win this match.
Matija Pecotic -> 1.87
Illya Marchenko -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Matija Pecotic

There is no head to head record between Illya Marchenko and Matija Pecotic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Illya Marchenko

Illya Marchenko
Illya Marchenko

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
536
High
49
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 8-22 6-13 0-1 2-6 0-2 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. 328, the Ukrainian got to the final after beating Omni Kumar 3-6 6-3 6-4, Evgeny Donskoy 7-5 7-5, Rio Noguchi 6-3 3-6 7-62 and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-60 6-4.

In the semifinal, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Mpetshi Perricard (7-60 6-4). During the match, Marchenko scored 80 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 64. Illya was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Marchenko struck 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Illya Marchenko was quite efficient on serve to win 84% (36/43) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marchenko broke Mpetshi Perricard once after converting 9% of his break points (1/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Illya has conceded 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Marchenko has good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (284-219). 13-3 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Marchenko has an aggregate 113-88 record in the last years on hard.

Marchenko’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger and the Salinas Challenger.

Marchenko has a composed 25-14 win-loss record in 2023, 13-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Salinas Challenger

Marchenko has never competed in this tournament before.

Marchenko
Salinas Challenger
Marchenko's Record

Matija Pecotic

Matija Pecotic
Matija Pecotic

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
765
High
206
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 7-9 2-4 3-4 2-1 0-0 0-0
2023 18-11 12-5 4-4 2-1 0-1 0-0
2022 4-3 3-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 10-12 0-0 8-9 2-3 0-0 0-0
2020 17-4 14-2 2-0 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 611, the Croatian reached the final after beating Andres Urrea 6-1 6-1, Blake Ellis 6-3 4-6 6-1, Tristan Schoolkate 7-5 7-67, Dane Sweeny 7-68 6-1, Omar Jasika 6-3 7-5 and Altug Celikbilek 7-5 6-1.

In the semifinal, Matija had a good straight sets win against Celikbilek (7-5 6-1). During the match Pecotic scored 65 points vs Celikbilek’s 43. Matija was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Pecotic fired 4 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matija Pecotic lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pecotic put 67% of his first serves in, winning 63% (22/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 82% (14/17) on the 2nd serve. Matija broke Celikbilek 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Matija started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Pecotic’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Orange Park.

Matija has a compiled 16-8 win-loss record in 2023, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Pecotic
Salinas Challenger
Pecotic's Record
Bonus
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

I.Marchenko
M.Pecotic
8h:17
8h:17
Time on court​
10h:22
10h:22
1h:37
1h:37
Last match​
1h:24
1h:24
4
4
Match played
!
6
6
106
106
Games Played​
125
125
10
10
Set played​​
13
13
345
345
Total points​
456
456
86.3
86.3
Avg point​
76
76
136
136
Winners
167
167
34
34
Avg Winners​
27.8
27.8
39%
39%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
31
31
Aces
23
23
7.8
7.8
Avg Aces
3.8
3.8
12
12
Double Faults
6
6
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
136/181
136/181
1st won total​
167/261
167/261
!
75%
75%
1st won %
64%
64%
74/138
74/138
2nd won total​
90/138
90/138
54%
54%
2nd won %
!
65%
65%
-- Break Points --
14/38
14/38
BP won
27/48
27/48
3.5/9.5
3.5/9.5
Avg BP won
4.5/8
4.5/8
37%
37%
Won
!
56%
56%
23
23
Conceded
25
25
5.8
5.8
Avg Conceded
4.2
4.2
10
10
Broken
11
11
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
1.8
1.8
13
13
Saved
14
14

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Marchenko Pecotic
Match played 4 6
Tot Set 10 13
Tot Games 106 125
Pts 345-304 456-356
Total Points 649 812
Winners 136 167
%Winners 39% 37%

Marchenko played 4 matches while Pecotic competed in 6 matches. Pecotic started his run from the qualifications while Marchenko had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Illya Marchenko conceded 2 sets, while Matija Pecotic lost 1 set. Marchenko has played 3 set(s) less than Pecotic (10 vs 13). Therefore, Marchenko played 19 games less than Pecotic. Marchenko scored 136 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Matija bagged 167 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Marchenko Pecotic
Aces 31 23
Avg per match 7.8 3.8
1st in 181/319 261/399
%1st in 57% 65%
1st pts 136/181 167/261
%1st pts 75% 64%
2nd pts 74/138 90/138
%2nd pts 54% 65%

Marchenko recorded 31 aces (7.8 per match). Pecotic fired 23 aces (3.8 per match). Marchenko won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Pecotic won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Marchenko Pecotic
Won 14 27
Converted 14/38 27/48
% Converted 37% 56%
Conceded 23 25
Saved 13 14
% Saved 57% 56%
Times Broken 10 11

The Ukrainian broke his opponents 14 times with a 37% conversion rate. Illya lost his serve 10 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Matija broke his opponents 27 times with a 56% conversion rate. Pecotic conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Marchenko
R1
Kumar
R2
Donskoy
1/4
Noguchi
1/2
Mpetshi
Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-4 7-5 7-5 6-3 3-6 7-62 7-60 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 3 2 10
Tot Games 28 24 31 23 106
pts 85-78 76-63 104-99 80-64 345-304
Total points 163 139 203 144 649
Winners 35 24 41 36 136
%Winners 41% 32% 39% 45% 39%
SERVE
Aces 8 5 7 11 31
Double Faults 5 3 1 3 12
1st in 46/90 35/64 57/105 43/60 181/319
% 1st in 51% 55% 54% 72% 57%
1st pts 35/46 24/35 41/57 36/43 136/181
% 1st pts 76% 69% 72% 84% 75%
2nd pts 24/44 12/29 25/48 13/17 74/138
% 2nd pts 55% 41% 52% 76% 54%
Breaks
Won 3 7 3 1 14
Converted 3/4 7/13 3/10 1/11 14/38
Converted % 75% 54% 30% 9% 37%
Conceded 7 6 10 0 23
Saved 5/7 1/6 7/10 0/0 13
Saved % 71% 17% 70% 40%
Times Broken 2 5 3 0 10
Pecotic
Q1
Urrea
Q3
Ellis
R1
Schoolkate
R2
Sweeny
1/4
Jasika
1/2
Celikbilek
Total
Score 6-1 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-1 7-5 7-67 7-68 6-1 6-3 7-5 7-5 6-1
Tot Set 2 3 2 2 2 2 13
Tot Games 14 26 25 20 21 19 125
pts 60-33 89-68 92-88 72-61 78-63 65-43 456-356
Total points 93 157 180 133 141 108 812
Winners 24 35 35 27 24 22 167
%Winners 40% 39% 38% 38% 31% 34% 37%
SERVE
Aces 0 5 4 4 6 4 23
Double Faults 0 1 1 2 2 0 6
1st in 31/45 48/72 56/88 51/78 40/64 35/52 261/399
% 1st in 69% 67% 64% 65% 63% 67% 65%
1st pts 24/31 35/48 35/56 27/51 24/40 22/35 167/261
% 1st pts 77% 73% 63% 53% 60% 63% 64%
2nd pts 8/14 16/24 21/32 17/27 14/24 14/17 90/138
% 2nd pts 57% 67% 66% 63% 58% 82% 65%
Breaks
Won 5 4 3 5 5 5 27
Converted 5/5 4/11 3/7 5/6 5/11 5/8 27/48
Converted % 100% 36% 43% 83% 45% 63% 56%
Conceded 2 1 8 6 4 4 25
Saved 2/2 0/1 6/8 3/6 1/4 2/4 14
Saved % 100% 0% 75% 50% 25% 50% 75%
Times Broken 0 1 2 3 3 2 11

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Marchenko
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Pecotic
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2024 2023 2022
8 - 22
7 - 9
6-13
Hard
2-4
2-6
I Hard
2-1
0-1
Clay
3-4
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