Vitaliy Sachko
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. 220 achieved on 7 March 2022 and also reached as high as No. 162 in doubles on 7 March 2022.[1]
| Country (sports) |  Ukraine | 
|---|---|
| Residence | Prostějov, Czech Republic | 
| Born | 14 July 1997 Kremenchuk, Ukraine | 
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 
| Turned pro | 2013 | 
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | 
| Prize money | US$107,555 | 
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | 
| Career titles | 0 | 
| Highest ranking | No. 220 (7 March 2022) | 
| Current ranking | No. 220 (7 March 2022) | 
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2022) | 
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 | 
| Career titles | 0 | 
| Highest ranking | No. 162 (7 March 2022) | 
| Current ranking | No. 162 (7 March 2022) | 
| Last updated on: 31 December 2021. | |
Professional career
    
    2020: ATP debut
    
He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Erste Bank Open in the singles draw as lucky loser, losing to Dominic Thiem, 4–6, 5–7.[2]
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 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.[3] As a result, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 269 in singles and No. 220 in doubles on 12 July 2021.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
    
    Singles: 5 (2–3)
    
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | 
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| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2019 | M15 Chornomorsk, Ukraine | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Marco Bortolotti | 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 | 
| Loss | 1–1 | Dec 2019 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  David Pichler | 1–6, ret. | 
| Win | 2–1 | Mar 2021 | M15 Bratislava, Slovakia | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) |  Jurgen Briand | 6–1, 2–6, 7–6(7–3) | 
| Loss | 2–2 | Mar 2021 | Lugano, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Dominic Stricker | 4–6, 2–6 | 
| Loss | 2–3 | Jul 2021 | Perugia, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Tomás Martín Etcheverry | 5–7, 2–6 | 
Doubles: 16 (9–7)
    
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | 
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| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2015 | Ukraine F6, Cherkassy | Futures | Clay |  Vitalii Shcherba |  Marat Deviatiarov  Libor Salaba | 4–6, 3–6 | 
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2018 | Turkey F16, Antalya | Futures | Clay |  Artem Smirnov |  Alexander Boborykin  Timur Kiyamov | 3–6, 6–4, [8–10] | 
| Loss | 0–3 | Mar 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Vitalii Shcherba |  Andrés Artuñedo  Pablo Vivero González | 5–7, 7–5, [9–11] | 
| Win | 1–3 | Jul 2019 | M15 Telfs, Austria | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Michal Konečný |  Vít Kopřiva  David Pichler | 6–2, 6–3 | 
| Win | 2–3 | Nov 2019 | M15 Mishref, Kuwait | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  David Pichler |  Adil Kalyanpur  Kai Wehnelt | 6–4, 6–1 | 
| Loss | 2–4 | Nov 2019 | M15 Mishref, Kuwait | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Mátyás Füle |  Soichiro Moritani  Kento Takeuchi | 6–7(1–7), 4–6 | 
| Win | 3–4 | Nov 2019 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  David Pichler |  Rémy Bertola  Daniel Masur | 7–6(7–2), 6–4 | 
| Loss | 3–5 | Dec 2019 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  David Pichler |  Aristotelis Thanos  Eleftherios Theodorou | walkover | 
| Win | 4–5 | Sep 2020 | M15 Curtea de Argeș, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Michał Dembek |  Adrian Barbu  Stefan Palosi | 6–4, 6–3 | 
| Win | 5–5 | Oct 2020 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Vladyslav Manafov |  Yurii Dzhavakian  Mārtiņš Podžus | 6–3, 6–3 | 
| Loss | 5–6 | Nov 2020 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Hard |  Collin Altamirano |  Íñigo Cervantes  Oriol Roca Batalla | 3–6, 4–6 | 
| Win | 6–6 | Jun 2021 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Clay |  Jesper de Jong |  Vladyslav Manafov  Evgenii Tiurnev | 7–6(7–4), 6–1 | 
| Win | 7–6 | Jun 2021 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Clay |  Vladyslav Manafov |  Corentin Denolly  Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | 6–1, 6–4 | 
| Win | 8–6 | Jul 2021 | Perugia, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Dominic Stricker |  Tomás Martín Etcheverry  Renzo Olivo | 6–3, 5–7, [10–8] | 
| Loss | 8–7 | Dec 2021 | Forli, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Lukáš Rosol |  Antonio Šančić  Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | 6-7(4-7), 6-4, [7-10] | 
| Win | 9–7 | Feb 2022 | Forli, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Marco Bortolotti |  Victor Vlad Cornea  Fabian Fallert | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–5] | 
Record against top 10 players
    
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 | |||||||
|  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
    
- "Sachko ATP Profile". Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- "Thiem Passes Early Test In Vienna". ATP Tour. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- "ATP Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Altmaier and Etcheverry off the Mark". 12 July 2021.

