Vitaliy Sachko

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Vitaliy Sachko
Віталій Сачко
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceProstějov, Czech Republic
Born (1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 (age 26)
Kremenchuk, Ukraine
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2013
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 308,038
Singles
Career record0–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 156 (31 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 189 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2022, 2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2022)
US OpenQ1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 149 (2 May 2022)
Current rankingNo. 298 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 20 January 2024.

Vitaliy Sachko (Ukrainian: Віталій Дмитрович Сачко; born 14 July 1997) is a Ukrainian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 156 achieved on 31 July 2023 and also reached as high as No. 149 in doubles on 2 May 2022.[1] He is currently the No. 1 Ukrainian tennis player.[2]

Professional career[edit]

2020: ATP debut[edit]

He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Erste Bank Open in the singles draw as lucky loser, where he was defeated by Dominic Thiem, 4–6, 5–7.[3]

2021: Challenger Tour success, Top 250 debut[edit]

In March, ranked No. 389 in the world, he made it to the final of the Challenger Tour event in Lugano, Switzerland, where he lost to Dominic Stephan Stricker. In July, he made another Challenger final in Perugia, Italy losing to Tomas Martin Etcheverry in singles. At the same tournament, he took his revenge, winning his third Challenger doubles title for 2021 by defeating the Argentinian pair Tomas Etcheverry/Renzo Olivo, partnering Dominic Stricker.[4] As a result, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 269 in singles and No. 220 in doubles on 12 July 2021.

2022[edit]

Ranked No. 265, in July, he qualified for his second ATP singles main draw at the 2022 Generali Open Kitzbühel as a lucky loser where he lost to Dusan Lajovic.[5]

2023: First Challenger title, top 200[edit]

Ranked No. 286, in May, he qualified for the 2023 Geneva Open.

He won his first Challenger in Bratislava defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov. As a result he moved close to 80 positions into the top 200 at world No. 187 on 19 June 2023.

Ranked No. 167, he also qualified for the 2023 Sofia Open.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 7 (3–4)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF World Tennis Tour (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 M15 Chornomorsk, Ukraine World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Marco Bortolotti 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Dec 2019 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Austria David Pichler 1–6, ret.
Win 2–1 Mar 2021 M15 Bratislava, Slovakia World Tennis Tour Hard (i) France Jurgen Briand 6–1, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 2–2 Mar 2021 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Hard (i) Switzerland Dominic Stricker 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 Jul 2021 Perugia, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry 5–7, 2–6
Win 3–3 Jun 2023 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Clay Bulgaria Dimitar Kuzmanov 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 2–4 Jul 2023 Verona, Italy Challenger Clay Czech Republic Vít Kopřiva 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 2–6

Doubles: 17 (10–7)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (5–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (6–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2015 Ukraine F6, Cherkassy Futures Clay Ukraine Vitalii Shcherba Ukraine Marat Deviatiarov
Czech Republic Libor Salaba
4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2018 Turkey F16, Antalya Futures Clay Ukraine Artem Smirnov Russia Alexander Boborykin
Russia Timur Kiyamov
3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 0–3 Mar 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Ukraine Vitalii Shcherba Spain Andrés Artuñedo
Spain Pablo Vivero González
5–7, 7–5, [9–11]
Win 1–3 Jul 2019 M15 Telfs, Austria World Tennis Tour Clay Czech Republic Michal Konečný Czech Republic Vít Kopřiva
Austria David Pichler
6–2, 6–3
Win 2–3 Nov 2019 M15 Mishref, Kuwait World Tennis Tour Hard Austria David Pichler India Adil Kalyanpur
Germany Kai Wehnelt
6–4, 6–1
Loss 2–4 Nov 2019 M15 Mishref, Kuwait World Tennis Tour Hard Hungary Mátyás Füle Japan Soichiro Moritani
Japan Kento Takeuchi
6–7(1–7), 4–6
Win 3–4 Nov 2019 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Austria David Pichler Switzerland Rémy Bertola
Germany Daniel Masur
7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss 3–5 Dec 2019 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Austria David Pichler Greece Aristotelis Thanos
Greece Eleftherios Theodorou
walkover
Win 4–5 Sep 2020 M15 Curtea de Argeș, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Poland Michał Dembek Romania Adrian Barbu
Romania Stefan Palosi
6–4, 6–3
Win 5–5 Oct 2020 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov Ukraine Yurii Dzhavakian
Latvia Mārtiņš Podžus
6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–6 Nov 2020 Lima, Peru Challenger Hard United States Collin Altamirano Spain Íñigo Cervantes
Spain Oriol Roca Batalla
3–6, 4–6
Win 6–6 Jun 2021 Almaty, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay Netherlands Jesper de Jong Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
Russia Evgenii Tiurnev
7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win 7–6 Jun 2021 Almaty, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov France Corentin Denolly
Spain Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
6–1, 6–4
Win 8–6 Jul 2021 Perugia, Italy Challenger Clay Switzerland Dominic Stricker Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry
Argentina Renzo Olivo
6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 8–7 Dec 2021 Forli, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol Croatia Antonio Šančić
Austria Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
6-7(4-7), 6-4, [7-10]
Win 9–7 Feb 2022 Forli, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Italy Marco Bortolotti Romania Victor Vlad Cornea
Germany Fabian Fallert
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–5]
Win 10–7 Sep 2023 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Czech Republic Andrew Paulson Czech Republic Zdenek Kolar

Spain Sergio Martos Gornés

6–1, 7–6 (8–6)

Record against top 10 players[edit]

Sachko's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10 (as of 27 October 2020):

Player Record Win% Hard Clay Grass Last Match
No. 3 ranked players
Austria Dominic Thiem 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (4–6, 5–7) at 2020 Vienna
Total 0–1 0% 0–1
(0%)
0–0
( – )
0–0
( – )

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sachko ATP Profile". Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  3. ^ "Thiem Passes Early Test In Vienna". ATP Tour. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. ^ "ATP Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Altmaier and Etcheverry off the Mark". 12 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Misolic Wins Memorable Kitzbühel Debut". 25 July 2022.

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