Illya Marchenko and Luca Giacomini will square off in the 2nd round of the Ortisei Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Illya Marchenko who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Illya Marchenko is the pick to win this match.
Illya Marchenko -> 1.124
Luca Giacomini -> 5.45
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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Luca Giacomini
There is no head to head record between Illya Marchenko and Luca Giacomini 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 | 8-22 | 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. 212, Marchenko reached the 2nd round after beating Lorenzo Rottoli 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Illya had a good straight sets win against Rottoli (6-4 6-4). During the match, Marchenko scored 78 points vs Rottoli’s 69. Illya was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Marchenko made 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Illya Marchenko lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Marchenko put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Marchenko broke Rottoli 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Marchenko has positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (298-224). 15-7 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Marchenko has an aggregate 127-70 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Salinas Challenger where he overcame Matija Pecotic in the final 6-4 6-4 and the Hamburg Challenger where he overcame Dennis Novak in the final 6-2 6-3.
Illya has an aggregate 39-19 win-loss record in 2023, 15-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ortisei Challenger
Luca Giacomini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-25 | 9-8 | 9-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-21 | 19-9 | 13-9 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-10 | 6-3 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 19-16 | 18-10 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-9 | 10-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 699, the Italian reached the 2nd round after beating Hady Habib 7-5 6-3, Ryuki Matsuda 7-5 6-3 and Louis Wessels 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Giacomini had a good straight sets win against Wessels (6-3 6-4). During the match Giacomini scored 57 points vs Wessels’s 41. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Giacomini made 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Luca Giacomini was quite efficient on serve to win 90% (27/30) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Wessels 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Luca’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
Luca has an aggregate 34-19 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ortisei Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marchenko | Giacomini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 61 |
| Pts | 78-69 | 57-41 |
| Total Points | 147 | 98 |
| Winners | 29 | 27 |
| %Winners | 37% | 47% |
Marchenko played 1 match while Giacomini competed in 3 matches. Giacomini started his run from the qualifications while Marchenko had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Marchenko has played 4 set(s) less than Giacomini (2 vs 6). Therefore, Marchenko played 41 games less than Giacomini. Marchenko scored 29 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Luca recorded 27 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marchenko | Giacomini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 42/70 | 30/49 |
| %1st in | 60% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 27/30 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 12/19 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 63% |
Marchenko scored 6 aces . Giacomini scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Marchenko won 69% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Giacomini won 90% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marchenko | Giacomini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 36% | 43% |
| Conceded | 11 | 3 |
| Saved | 9 | 2 |
| % Saved | 82% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Ukrainian broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Ukrainian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Luca broke his opponents 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marchenko | |||
| R1 Rottoli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 78-69 | 78-69 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/70 | 42/70 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 29/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Giacomini | |||||
| Q1 Habib |
Q3 Matsuda |
R1 Wessels |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 19 | 61 | |
| pts | – | – | 57-41 | 57-41 | |
| Total points | 0 | 0 | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |||
| %Winners | 0% | 0% | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |||
| 1st in | / | / | 30/49 | 30/49 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | 0% | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | / | / | 27/30 | 27/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 0% | 0% | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | / | / | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | 0% | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |||
| Converted | / | / | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |||
| Saved | 0/ | 0/ | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |||
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