Vitaliy Sachko and Nerman Fatic will play each other in the qualifications of the Sofia Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on SOFIA HALL 1. 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 Vitaliy Sachko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vitaliy Sachko is the pick to win this match.
Vitaliy Sachko -> 1.6
Nerman Fatic -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Vitaliy Sachko vs. Nerman Fatic
This will be the 2nd time that Vitaliy Sachko and Nerman Fatic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sachko (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Sachko won 5-7 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in the Banja Luka Challenger back in 2021.
Vitaliy Sachko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-13 | 3-3 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-32 | 4-3 | 28-16 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 24-33 | 2-3 | 12-18 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 42-28 | 0-2 | 24-17 | 18-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 8-5 | 7-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 167, Sachko got to the qualifications after defeating Altug Celikbilek 2-6 7-66 6-1.
In the qualifications against Celikbilek, Sachko recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-66 6-1). During the match, Sachko scored 86 points vs Celikbilek’s 83. The Ukrainian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sachko struck 10 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Vitaliy Sachko lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sachko put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (42/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Celikbilek twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Sachko has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (286-195). 14-11 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sachko has an aggregate48-34 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Bratislava 1 Challenger where he beat Dimitar Kuzmanov in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(2).
Vitaliy has an overall 46-31 win-loss record in 2023, 14-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.
Nerman Fatic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-16 | 3-3 | 7-12 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-28 | 0-1 | 35-25 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 37-26 | 1-1 | 30-22 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 9-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 226, Nerman got to the qualifications after defeating Yanaki Milev 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Nerman had a good straight sets win against Milev (6-3 6-1). During the match Fatic scored 61 points vs Milev’s 34. Fatic was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Fatic made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nerman Fatic was extremely efficient on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nerman broke Milev 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Sibiu Challenger where he beat Damir Dzumhur in the final 6-2 6-4.
Fatic has a composed 33-25 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sachko | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 16 |
| Pts | 86-83 | 61-34 |
| Total Points | 169 | 95 |
| Winners | 42 | 25 |
| %Winners | 49% | 41% |
Both Sachko and Fatic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Vitaliy Sachko lost 1 set while Nerman Fatic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sachko has played 1 set more than Fatic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sachko played 12 games more than Fatic. Sachko scored 42 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Nerman struck 25 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sachko | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4 |
| 1st in | 60/88 | 28/44 |
| %1st in | 68% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 42/60 | 25/28 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 63% |
Sachko blasted 10 aces . Fatic fired 4 aces . Sachko won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Fatic won 89% 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 | Sachko | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 40% | 67% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Ukrainian broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Sachko conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Fatic broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Bosnian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Sachko | |||
| Q1 Celikbilek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-66 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 86-83 | 86-83 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 60/88 | 60/88 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 42/60 | 42/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Fatic | |||
| Q1 Milev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-34 | 61-34 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 28/44 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 25/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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