Sebastian Ofner and Vitaliy Sachko will play each other in the 1st round of the Sofia Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Ofner who should win in 2 sets.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.44
Vitaliy Sachko -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Vitaliy Sachko
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Ofner and Vitaliy Sachko face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ofner (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ofner won 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Kitzbuhel back in 2022.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-19 | 6-7 | 7-10 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 44 (career-high), the Austrian will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match in Paris where he lost 7-6(7) 6-2 to Van De Zandschulp in the qualifications on the 29th of October.
Ofner has a compiled 58-30 win-loss record in 2023, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Salzburg Challenger where he overcame Lukas Neumayer in the final 6-3 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, The Austrian has an overall 295-212 record. He has a negative 37-40 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Sofia
Sebastian has never competed in this tournament before.
Vitaliy Sachko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-12 | 3-3 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 166, the Ukrainian reached the 1st round after defeating Altug Celikbilek 2-6 7-66 6-1 and Nerman Fatic 6-72 6-3 7-67.
In the qualifications against Fatic, Sachko recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-3 7-67). During the match Sachko scored 116 points vs Fatic’s 111. Vitaliy was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Sachko fired 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Vitaliy Sachko was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (52/73) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Vitaliy broke Fatic 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sachko started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Bratislava 1 Challenger where he defeated Dimitar Kuzmanov in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(2).
Sachko has a compiled 47-31 win-loss record in 2023, 15-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Sofia
- Andrey Golubev/Denys MolchanovGolubev/Denys Molchanov – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (7-66 2-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (4-6) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Max PurcellPurcell (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Maximilian MartererMarterer (1-0) – H2H and prediction