Vitaliy Sachko ( uk, Віталій Дмитрович Сачко; born 14 July 1997) is a
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tennis
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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. He is currently the No. 1 Ukrainian tennis player.
Professional career
2020: ATP debut
He made his ATP main draw debut at the
2020 Erste Bank Open
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in the singles draw as lucky loser, where he was defeated by
Dominic Thiem
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, 4–6, 5–7.
2021: Challenger Tour success, Top 250 debut
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
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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. As a result, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 269 in singles and No. 220 in doubles on 12 July 2021.
2022
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
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See also
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.
2023: First Challenger title, top 200
Ranked No. 286, in May, he qualified for the
2023 Geneva Open.
He won his first Challenger in
Bratislava
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defeating
Dimitar Kuzmanov
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. 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
Singles: 7 (3–4)
Doubles: 16 (9–7)
Record against top 10 players
Sachko's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10 (as of 27 October 2020):
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
Ukrainian male tennis players
Sportspeople from Kremenchuk
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