Illya Marchenko and Alex Bolt will play each other in the 1st round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Illya Marchenko is the pick to win this match.
Illya Marchenko -> 1.66
Alex Bolt -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Alex Bolt
This will be the 2nd time that Illya Marchenko and Alex Bolt fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Marchenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Marchenko won 6-1 7-6(1) in the 1st round in the Busan Challenger back in April 2024.
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. 240, Illya will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Bellucci in the 1st round on the 23rd of April.
Marchenko has a compiled 4-10 win-loss record in 2024, 2-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Ukrainian has an overall 593-437 record. He has a positive 245-171 record on hard.
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2008. See his history.
Alex Bolt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-11 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9-0 | 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. 244, Bolt will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Schoolkate in the 2nd round on the 25th of April.
Alex has a composed 26-9 win-loss record in 2024, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Alex’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Burnie 1 Challenger,M25 Traralgon,M25 Mildura and M25 Swan Hill.
In terms of his career, Alex has an overall 317-231 record. He has a positive 201-152 record on hard.
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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