Illya Marchenko and Omni Kumar will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Winston-Salem for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Illya Marchenko is the pick to win this match.
Illya Marchenko -> 1.333
Omni Kumar -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Omni Kumar
This will be the 2nd time that Illya Marchenko and Omni Kumar clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Marchenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Marchenko won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in the Salinas Challenger back in July 2023.
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. 264, Marchenko reached the qualifications after beating Filippo Moroni 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Illya had a good straight sets win against Moroni (6-3 6-4). During the match, Marchenko scored 60 points vs Moroni’s 46. Illya was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Marchenko made 5 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Illya Marchenko was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Ukrainian broke Moroni 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Marchenko has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (286-219). 15-3 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Marchenko has a composed 115-88 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Salinas Challenger where he defeated Matija Pecotic in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Ukrainian has a composed 27-14 win-loss record in 2023, 15-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Omni Kumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-9 | 8-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-32 | 54-31 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-36 | 47-29 | 1-1 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 75-29 | 73-27 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-10 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 383, Omni reached the qualifications after beating Robin Haase 6-1 1-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, Omni defeated Haase (6-1 1-6 7-5). During the match Kumar scored 81 points vs Haase’s 79. Omni was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Kumar recorded 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Omni Kumar lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kumar put 54% of his first serves in, winning 73% (33/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Haase 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Omni’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Los Angeles.
Omni has an overall 37-23 win-loss record in 2023, 37-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marchenko | Kumar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 |
| Pts | 60-46 | 81-79 |
| Total Points | 106 | 160 |
| Winners | 28 | 33 |
| %Winners | 47% | 41% |
Both Marchenko and Kumar played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Omni Kumar conceded 1 set while Illya Marchenko hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Marchenko has played 1 set(s) less than Kumar (2 vs 3). Therefore, Marchenko played 7 games less than Kumar. Illya scored 28 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 33 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marchenko | Kumar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 45/84 |
| %1st in | 66% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 33/45 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 17/39 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 44% |
Marchenko bagged 5 aces . Kumar made 2 aces . Marchenko won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Kumar won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marchenko | Kumar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 60% | 57% |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Marchenko broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Illya dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Kumar broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kumar conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marchenko | |||
| Q1 Moroni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 60-46 | 60-46 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 37/56 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kumar | |||
| Q1 Haase |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 1-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 81-79 | 81-79 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/84 | 45/84 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 33/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/39 | 17/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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