Max Purcell and Illya Marchenko will clash against each other in the quarter of the Taipei Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.44
Illya Marchenko -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Illya Marchenko
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Illya Marchenko since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 84, Max reached the quarter after beating James Kent Trotter 6-73 6-3 6-2 and Remy Bertola 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Australian defeated Bertola (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match, Purcell scored 104 points vs Bertola’s 94. Purcell was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell recorded 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Max Purcell lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 57% of his first serves in, winning 83% (43/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Bertola 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Purcell has dropped 2 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Purcell has winning record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (271-200). 6-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has an overall 201-137 record in the last years on hard.
The Australian has a composed 9-13 win-loss record in 2024, 6-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei Challenger
Illya Marchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-22 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 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. 242, Marchenko got to the quarter after beating Hiroki Moriya 6-3 7-64 and Evgeny Donskoy 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Donskoy, Marchenko recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Marchenko scored 91 points vs Donskoy’s 78. Marchenko was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Marchenko bagged 9 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Illya Marchenko was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (38/48) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marchenko broke Donskoy twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Ukrainian has an overall 6-12 win-loss record in 2024, 4-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 50 |
| Pts | 201-176 | 168-141 |
| Total Points | 377 | 309 |
| Winners | 85 | 63 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Both Purcell and Marchenko played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Max Purcell surrendered 2 sets, while Illya Marchenko conceded 1 set. Purcell has played 1 set more than Marchenko (6 vs 5). Therefore, Purcell played 9 games more than Marchenko. Purcell scored 85 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Marchenko recorded 63 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 10.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 115/179 | 90/150 |
| %1st in | 64% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 85/115 | 63/90 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 34/64 | 40/60 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 67% |
Purcell made 21 aces (10.5 per match). Marchenko bagged 13 aces (6.5 per match). Purcell won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Marchenko won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 47% | 46% |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 |
| Saved | 7 | 8 |
| % Saved | 64% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Purcell lost his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Marchenko broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | ||||
| R1 Kent |
R2 Bertola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 29 | 59 | |
| pts | 97-82 | 104-94 | 201-176 | |
| Total points | 179 | 198 | 377 | |
| Winners | 42 | 43 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 11 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 63/87 | 52/92 | 115/179 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 57% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 42/63 | 43/52 | 85/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 83% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 19/40 | 34/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 48% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 3/7 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 4/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 67% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Marchenko | ||||
| R1 Moriya |
R2 Donskoy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 28 | 50 | |
| pts | 77-63 | 91-78 | 168-141 | |
| Total points | 140 | 169 | 309 | |
| Winners | 25 | 38 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/75 | 48/75 | 90/150 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 64% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 25/42 | 38/48 | 63/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 79% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/33 | 17/27 | 40/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 63% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/7 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 29% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 2/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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