Alex Bolt and Illya Marchenko will face off in the 1st round of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm 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 Alex Bolt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.57
Illya Marchenko -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Illya Marchenko
There is no head to head record between Alex Bolt and Illya Marchenko since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alex Bolt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-13 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 14-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 247, Bolt will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he won the title in M25 Swan Hill after beating 6-1 6-2 Noguchi in the final.
Alex has an overall 24-6 win-loss record in 2024, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Burnie 1 Challenger,M25 Traralgon,M25 Mildura and M25 Swan Hill.
Bolt won his last 9 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Bolt has an overall 315-228 record. He has a positive 199-149 record on hard.
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2015. See his history.
Illya Marchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-14 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 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. 252, the Ukrainian will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he played his last match in the Hamburg Challenger where he lost 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Kirkin in the 1st round on the 13th of March.
Marchenko has a composed 2-7 win-loss record in 2024, 0-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Illya has an overall 591-434 record. He has a positive 243-168 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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