Illya Marchenko and Ergi Kirkin will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Hamburg Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.54
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Ergi Kirkin
This will be the 3rd time that Illya Marchenko and Ergi Kirkin fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Marchenko and Kirkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Marchenko won 7-6(1) 6-3 in the 1st round in the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger back in 2022.
Illya Marchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 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. 228, the Ukrainian will start his run in the Hamburg Challenger after he played his last match in the Lugano Challenger where he lost 7-6(6) 7-6(2) to Ilkel in the qualifications on the 4th of March.
Illya has a composed 2-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Illya has an overall 591-433 record. He has a positive 229-132 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2023. See his history.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-11 | 11-4 | 16-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-26 | 3-4 | 39-15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 3-5 | 27-19 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 4-8 | 29-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-8 | 14-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 322, will start his run in the Hamburg Challenger after he won the title in M15 Torello after beating 7-6(8) 2-6 7-5 Soriano in the final.
The Turk has an overall 14-5 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Ergi’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Doha and M15 Torello.
Kirkin won his last 5 matches.
In terms of his career, Kirkin has an overall 224-150 record. He has a negative 14-17 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWLWL Tennis Scores in Hamburg Challenger
- Jakub PaulPaul – Remy BertolaBertola (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Michael AgwiAgwi – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (3-6 6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-5 6-75 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-2 6-76 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marko TopoTopo – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-4 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Billy HarrisHarris (6-4 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Henri SquireSquire – Steven DiezDiez (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Henri SquireSquire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jakub PaulPaul – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Nicola KuhnKuhn (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
