Illya Marchenko and Kacper Zuk will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:30 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.66
Kacper Zuk -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Kacper Zuk
There is no head to head record between Illya Marchenko and Kacper Zuk since this will be the first time that they will fight against 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. 271, the Ukrainian reached the qualifications after beating Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-2 7-68.
In the qualifications, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Karlovskiy (6-2 7-68). During the match, Marchenko scored 76 points vs Karlovskiy’s 69. Illya was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Marchenko recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Illya Marchenko was quite effective on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marchenko broke Karlovskiy twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Marchenko has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (289-223). 6-6 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Marchenko has an aggregate 118-69 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Salinas Challenger where he beat Matija Pecotic in the final 6-4 6-4.
Marchenko has an overall 30-18 win-loss record in 2023, 6-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
Kacper Zuk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 26-29 | 7-9 | 5-8 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 12-7 | 6-9 | 12-9 | 0-1 | 5-1 |
| 2021 | 41-25 | 5-5 | 17-8 | 15-8 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 31-9 | 6-2 | 10-4 | 15-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 301, the Pole got to the qualifications after beating Marko Topo 7-5 7-64.
In the qualifications, Zuk had a good straight sets win against Topo (7-5 7-64). During the match Zuk scored 87 points vs Topo’s 76. The Pole was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Zuk struck 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Kacper Zuk was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (35/45) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kacper broke Topo 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Pole’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Trimbach.
The Pole has a compiled 23-24 win-loss record in 2023, 6-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marchenko | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 25 |
| Pts | 76-69 | 87-76 |
| Total Points | 145 | 163 |
| Winners | 34 | 35 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Both Marchenko and Zuk 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, Marchenko and Zuk have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Marchenko played 4 games less than Zuk. The Ukrainian scored 34 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Pole made 35 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marchenko | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 44/75 | 45/73 |
| %1st in | 59% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 35/45 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 19/31 | 15/28 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 54% |
Marchenko made 5 aces . Zuk fired 8 aces . Marchenko won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Zuk won 78% of the points on 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 | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Illya broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Ukrainian was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Zuk broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kacper conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marchenko | |||
| Q1 Karlovskiy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 76-69 | 76-69 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/75 | 44/75 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 34/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/31 | 19/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zuk | |||
| Q1 Topo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 87-76 | 87-76 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/73 | 45/73 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 35/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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