Savage wouldn't be able to cope very well with Lumiya at all, to be honest. Her lightwhip would leave him incapable of defending himself because he has no experience or knowledge of it's mechanics. The best you could argue is that a saberstaff could be considered an inherently good defence against a lightwhip because of the large surface area it can cover but even then it doesn't change much for Savage. Lumiya would also find success with her illusions against Savage because he's obviously susceptible to this type of attack.
Savage has a healthy strength advantage and much better combative telekinesis, and high levels of durability, and if Lumiya's illusions backfired she could prompt Savage into a rage which could amplify him instead of confusing or scaring him. But she should still take a majority for having the most prevalent and useful advantages.
Lumiya can't use Illusions because it's morals on and the place isn't even a Force nexus to enable her to do so. She might use emotional or mental manipulations, though. That might be a counter for Savage's rage, since if she was able to increase anger and similar emotions through the Force, it would stand to reason that she could decrease it as well. That being said, Savage is not the only one who can tap into Rage, and whilst it makes his attacks more devastating, his lightsaber strikes would continue to miss and his power is essentially his only way of winning. Choke isn't an option since Lumiya's body is mostly prosthetic and she doesn't breathe normally, and Lumiya can still swing her lightwhip to disarm Savage when she's Gripped.
Savage's strength edge is irrelevant - he would always miss if he tried to hit her because of her nimbleness, and his strength would make no difference if his saber collided with Lumiya's whip, since a saber-lock style approach is impossible.
His durability could help him, though, because Lumiya's lightwhip isn't necessarily as devastating as a lightsaber in some circumstances, like when only a few lashes strike Savage, which would be painful but not destructive. That being said, I personally don't see it as very hard for Lumiya to take off one of his arms or hands, and he was crippled by that instead of being enraged, or at least that's what happened when Obi-Wan took his arm. It'd be funny if she took off his head.
Power is his only means of winning, since Lumiya's offensive telekinesis is rather pitiful. She was only about even with Nelani Dinn, who has no impressive power showings that I recall. But I doubt it would actually allow him to win anything, though, since again, Choke is not an option, and Grip is not going to find much success. That means that all he can do is push her around, and I doubt that would be enough for a win.
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