Illya Marchenko page on bravadoaustralia.com.au offers livescore, results, fixtures, draws and match details. Illya Vasylovych Marchenko (Ukrainian: Ілля Васильович Марченко) (born 8 September ) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. He has a career high in. Illya Vasylovych Marchenko is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. He has a career high in singles marchenko illya World No. 49 achieved on 26 September and of No. in doubles achieved on 25 August On the ATP Tour, Marchenko reached the. Followers, Following, Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Illya Marchenko (@bravadoaustralia.com.aullo).
Illya began playing tennis at age seven. His father Vassili and mother Anna are both engineers. Has one older brother, Igor Marchenko , a manager and former ice skater who took part in the Winter Olympics. Growing up, he admired Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer. He has played doubles on the Futures level with fellow Ukrainian Artem Smirnov.
Marchenko also has a YouTube channel with close to 3, subscribers and , views where he posts tennis-related content. Marchenko turned professional in and played mostly on the ITF Futures circuit and Challengers level from to In , he reached his first Futures final Nigeria F5 and won his first futures title a week later Nigeria F6. Petersburg Open qualifier a week later.
This was his best Challenger performance to date. In August , however, Marchenko topped out his previous Challenger performances by reaching the final of the Bukhara Challenger in Uzbekistan before losing to hometown favorite Denis Istomin in 3 sets. Marchenko then closed out his year with solid performances in two Ukrainian Challengers, reaching the Quarterfinals and Semifinals in each, respectively.
Marchenko played his first Davis Cup tie in , winning his only rubber. In March, Marchenko played his first live rubber in Davis Cup after being selected as second singles man for the Ukrainian team in the tie versus Great Britain. Marchenko defeated Josh Goodall , Britain's first singles man in the absence of Andy Murray in straight sets. Marchenko played the fifth dead rubber against Chris Eaton and lost.
However, he lost to Mischa Zverev in 3 sets, despite winning the first set. In August, Marchenko won the Istanbul Challenger in Turkey, beating 4 players ranked inside the Top best of the world, including Karol Beck ranked at the time. Marchenko beat Florian Mayer to win the title, the first Challenger title of his entire career singles or doubles.
Marchenko attempted to qualify for the first time into the main draw of a Grand Slam at the US Open , but lost to Marco Chiudinelli in the final round of qualification. In October, Marchenko won 6 matches in a row before losing to countryman Sergiy Stakhovsky in the semi-final of the Mons Challenger in Belgium. Marchenko illya He followed his good form at the Kremlin Cup event in Moscow, Russia.
He then played at the St. Petersburg Open , where he won his first round match against 56th ranked Fabio Fognini. Marchenko started by qualifying for the Australian Open. In the first round he beat former world No. The same month he also travelled to Marseille and qualified. He subsequently lost the match. Much of the year was pretty much the same for Marchenko, just missing out in qualifying or bowing out in the first or second rounds of tournaments.
Petersburg Open after reaching the semifinals, losing to eventual champion Mikhail Kukushkin. Marchenko started the year ranked No. He qualified for the Australian Open. In Bogota at the Claro Open Colombia , Marchenko played a first round hard court match against Matteo Viola and lost 3—6, 6—2, 0—6. He had a total of 12 double faults.
In the 2nd and 3rd sets, he had 13 second serves and double faulted on 9 of them. In the deciding set alone, he double faulted 6 out of 9 times when faced with a second serve. Early marked a real boost in Marchenko's career. At the Qatar ExxonMobil Open he managed to defeat three top 50 players, including a first round win against the defending champion David Ferrer , much against all expectations.
This also marked the first victory against a top player of his career. He lost to second seed Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. Marchenko was leading opponent and 14th seed Nick Kyrgios 4—6, 6—1, 6—4 when Kyrgios retired with a hip injury. Marchenko then lost in four sets to third seed Stan Wawrinka in the fourth round, his best showing at a Grand Slam in his career. As a result he made his top 50 debut on 12 September After struggling for the entirety of , which included in the beginning of the season a cancelled Challenger final due to COVID concerns in Bergamo, Italy [5] Marchenko was able to once again find success at the Biella Challenger Indoor , also in Italy a year later.
He defeated the fifth seed and former World No. In the quarterfinals he won a tight three-setter against fourth seed Lorenzo Giustino. In the semifinals he defeated the second seed Federico Gaio 7—5, 6—1. In the final, Marchenko upset the top seed and former World No. Marchenko made his Davis Cup debut in at the age of During his time with the Ukrainian Davis Cup team , he posted a win—loss record of 17—13 in singles, 1—0 in doubles, and 18—13 overall.
Current through the Australian Open. Gilles Simon received a walkover in round 2, after Marchenko withdrew because of a shoulder injury. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons.
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