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

Max Purcell

9 - 13win/loss

Hard
6-10
I Hard
1-1
Clay
2-2
Rank
103
High
40
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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
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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

Taipei Challenger
Purcell's Record

Illya Marchenko

Illya Marchenko

6 - 12win/loss

Hard
4-8
I Hard
2-4
Rank
536
High
49
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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
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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).

Taipei Challenger
Marchenko's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Purcell
I.Marchenko
4h:14
4h:14
Time on court​
3h:45
3h:45
!
2h:11
2h:11
Last match​
1h:58
1h:58
2
2
Match played
2
2
59
59
Games Played​
50
50
6
6
Set played​​
5
5
201
201
Total points​
168
168
100.5
100.5
Avg point​
84
84
85
85
Winners
63
63
42.5
42.5
Avg Winners​
31.5
31.5
42%
42%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
21
21
Aces
13
13
!
10.5
10.5
Avg Aces
6.5
6.5
5
5
Double Faults
1
1
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
0.5
0.5
85/115
85/115
1st won total​
63/90
63/90
!
74%
74%
1st won %
70%
70%
34/64
34/64
2nd won total​
40/60
40/60
53%
53%
2nd won %
!
67%
67%
-- Break Points --
8/17
8/17
BP won
6/13
6/13
4/8.5
4/8.5
Avg BP won
3/6.5
3/6.5
47%
47%
Won
46%
46%
11
11
Conceded
11
11
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
5.5
5.5
4
4
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
7
7
Saved
8
8
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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

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