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Vitaliy Sachko

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Vitaliy Sachko
Віталій Сачко
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceProstějov, Czech Republic
Born (1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 (age 27)
Kremenchuk, Ukraine
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2013
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS $429,566
Singles
Career record0–7
Career titles0
1 Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 156 (31 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 256 (14 April 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2022, 2024)
French OpenQ1 (2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2022, 2024)
US OpenQ1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
9 Challengers
Highest rankingNo. 137 (14 April 2025)
Current rankingNo. 137 (14 April 2025)
Last updated on: 14 April 2025.

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 a doubles ranking of No. 137, achieved on 14 April 2025.[1] He is currently the No. 1 player from Ukraine.[2]

Professional career

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2020: ATP debut

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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

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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.

2022-2023: First Challenger title, top 200

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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]

Ranked No. 286, in May, he qualified for the 2023 Geneva Open but lost to Bernabe Zapata Miralles.[6]

He won his first singles Challenger at the 2023 Bratislava Open defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov. As a result he moved close to 80 positions into the top 200 at world No. 187 on 19 June 2023.[7] Ranked No. 166, he also qualified for the 2023 Sofia Open but lost to Sebastian Ofner.[8][9]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2021 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Hard (i) Switzerland Dominic Stricker 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2021 Perugia, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry 5–7, 2–6
Win 1–2 Jun 2023 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Clay Bulgaria Dimitar Kuzmanov 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 1–3 Jul 2023 Verona, Italy Challenger Clay Czech Republic Vít Kopřiva 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss 1–4 Apr 2025 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Czech Republic Dalibor Svrčina 5–7, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Apr 2025 Monza, Italy Challenger Clay Belgium Raphaël Collignon 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (9–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (5–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2020 Lima, Peru Challenger Hard United States Collin Altamirano Spain Íñigo Cervantes
Spain Oriol Roca Batalla
3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2021 Almaty, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay Netherlands Jesper de Jong Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
Russia Evgenii Tiurnev
7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win 2–1 Jun 2021 Almaty II, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov France Corentin Denolly
Spain Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
6–1, 6–4
Win 3–1 Jul 2021 Perugia, Italy Challenger Clay Switzerland Dominic Stricker Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry
Argentina Renzo Olivo
6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 3–2 Dec 2021 Forlì II, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol Croatia Antonio Šančić
Austria Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
6-7(4-7), 6-4, [7-10]
Win 4–2 Feb 2022 Forlì V, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Italy Marco Bortolotti Romania Victor Vlad Cornea
Germany Fabian Fallert
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–5]
Win 5–2 Sep 2023 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Czech Republic Andrew Paulson Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář

Spain Sergio Martos Gornés

6–1, 7–6 (8–6)
Win 6–2 Sep 2024 Tulln, Austria Challenger Clay Slovakia Miloš Karol Poland Piotr Matuszewski
Poland Karol Drzewiecki
6–4, 2–6, [11–9]
Win 7–2 Oct 2024 Olbia, Italy Challenger Hard Ukraine Oleksii Krutykh Spain Íñigo Cervantes
Austria David Pichler
4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Win 8–2 Feb 2025 Manama, Bahrain Challenger Hard Kazakhstan Beibit Zhukayev Ivan Liutarevich
France Luca Sanchez
6–4, 6–0
Win 9–2 Mar 2025 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard (i) Ukraine Oleg Prihodko Slovakia Lukáš Pokorný
Italy Giorgio Ricca
6–2, 6–2

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF WTT (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 M15 Chornomorsk, Ukraine WTT Clay Italy Marco Bortolotti 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Dec 2019 M15 Heraklion, Greece WTT Hard Austria David Pichler 1–6, ret.
Win 2–1 Mar 2021 M15 Bratislava, Slovakia WTT Hard (i) France Jurgen Briand 6–1, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 2–2 May 2021 M25 Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic WTT Clay Czech Republic Jiří Lehečka 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (5–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (2–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2015 Ukraine F6, Cherkassy Futures Clay Ukraine Vitalii Shcherba Czech Republic Libor Salaba
Ukraine Marat Deviatiarov
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 WTT Hard Ukraine Vitalii Shcherba Spain Pablo Vivero González
Spain Andrés Artuñedo
5–7, 7–5, [9–11]
Win 1–3 Jul 2019 M15 Telfs, Austria WTT Clay Czech Republic Michal Konečný Czech Republic Vít Kopřiva
Austria David Pichler
6–2, 6–3
Win 2–3 Nov 2019 M15 Mishref, Kuwait WTT Hard Austria David Pichler India Adil Kalyanpur
Germany Kai Wehnelt
6–4, 6–1
Loss 2–4 Nov 2019 M15 Mishref, Kuwait WTT Hard Hungary Mátyás Füle Japan Soichiro Moritani
Japan Kento Takeuchi
6–7(1–7), 4–6
Win 3–4 Nov 2019 M15 Heraklion, Greece WTT Hard Austria David Pichler Switzerland Rémy Bertola
Germany Daniel Masur
7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss 3–5 Dec 2019 M15 Heraklion, Greece WTT Hard Austria David Pichler Greece Eleftherios Theodorou
Greece Aristotelis Thanos
walkover
Win 4–5 Sep 2020 M15 Curtea de Argeș, Romania WTT Clay Poland Michał Dembek Romania Adrian Barbu
Romania Stefan Palosi
6–4, 6–3
Win 5–5 Oct 2020 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov Ukraine Yurii Dzhavakian
Latvia Mārtiņš Podžus
6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–6 Mar 2021 M15 Bratislava, Slovakia WTT Hard (i) Poland Michał Dembek Poland Michał Mikuła
Austria Neil Oberleitner
7–6(7–2), 3–6, [5–10]
Loss 5–7 May 2021 M25 Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic WTT Clay Belarus Uladzimir Ignatik Czech Republic Andrew Paulson
Czech Republic Patrik Rikl
6–0, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss 5–8 Oct 2024 M25 Trnava, Slovakia Futures Hard (i) Slovakia Miloš Karol Switzerland Rémy Bertola
Italy Filippo Romano
3–6, 3–6

Record against top 10 players

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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

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  1. ^ "Sachko ATP Profile". Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Ukraine ATP Rankings | 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. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Geneva Open: Zapata Miralles advances to second round".
  7. ^ "Ukrainian Vitaliy Sachko is the winner!". bratislavaopen.com.
  8. ^ "Purcell, Ofner Advance at Sofia Open; Fognini Wins in Metz". 7 November 2023.
  9. ^ "ATP Sofia: Ofner und Rodionov erkämpfen sich Auftaktsiege" (in German). 7 November 2023.
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