Vitaliy Sachko and Niels Visker will play each other in the qualifications of the Lyon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 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 Vitaliy Sachko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vitaliy Sachko is the pick to win this match.
Vitaliy Sachko -> 1.49
Niels Visker -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Vitaliy Sachko vs. Niels Visker
There is no head to head record between Vitaliy Sachko and Niels Visker since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Vitaliy Sachko
23 - 26win/loss
387
156
LWWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-28 | 3-5 | 14-17 | 10-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-32 | 4-3 | 28-16 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 24-33 | 2-3 | 12-18 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 42-28 | 0-2 | 24-17 | 18-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 8-5 | 7-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 392, Vitaliy reached the qualifications after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Vitaliy had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-2 6-4). During the match, Sachko scored 63 points vs Blancaneaux’s 43. Vitaliy was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sachko bagged 4 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Vitaliy Sachko lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sachko put 73% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the 2nd serve. Sachko broke Blancaneaux 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Sachko has winning record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (310-222). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sachko has a composed 55-38 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Sachko’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Trnava.
Vitaliy has an overall 23-26 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Vitaliy has never competed in this tournament before.
Niels Visker
46 - 26win/loss
501
496
LWWLWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-30 | 16-7 | 20-15 | 14-7 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 45-27 | 19-11 | 26-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 28-16 | 7-2 | 21-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-6 | 9-3 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 496 (career-high), will start his run in the Lyon Challenger after he played his last match in the Lyon Challenger where he overcame 6-2 7-6(4) to Klizan in the qualifications on the 10th of November.
The Dutch has a compiled 45-26 win-loss record in 2024, 12-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The Dutch’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Antalya.
In terms of his career, Niels has an overall 139-79 record. He has a positive 12-5 record on indoor hard courts.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sachko | Visker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 |
| Pts | 63-43 | 66-54 |
| Total Points | 106 | 120 |
| Winners | 26 | 36 |
| %Winners | 41% | 55% |
Both Sachko and Visker played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sachko and Visker have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sachko played 3 games less than Visker. Sachko scored 26 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch recorded 36 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sachko | Visker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 12 |
| 1st in | 37/51 | 41/61 |
| %1st in | 73% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 36/41 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/20 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 50% |
Sachko managed to score 4 aces . Visker struck 12 aces . Sachko won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Visker won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sachko | Visker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/2 |
| % Converted | 67% | 100% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Vitaliy broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Ukrainian lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Visker was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Sachko | |||
| Q1 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 63-43 | 63-43 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/51 | 37/51 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Visker | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | 0% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | 0% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 0% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | 0% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
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