Liam Broady and Cem Ilkel will play each other in the semifinal of the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on COURT 10. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cem Ilkel who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cem Ilkel is the pick to win this match.
Cem Ilkel -> 1.74
Liam Broady -> 2.09

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There is no head to head record between Liam Broady and Cem Ilkel since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Liam Broady

Ranked no. 191, Liam got to the semifinal after beating Pierre Malan 6-1 6-4, Vaclav Safranek 6-3 6-2, Brayden Schnur 6-4 6-3, Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 6-4 7-6³ and Chun Hsin Tseng 6-3 6-3.

In the quarter, Liam had a good straight sets win against Hsin Tseng (6-3 6-3). During the match Broady scored 60 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 48. Broady was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Broady blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Liam Broady lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Broady put 72% of his first serves in, winning 65% (28/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Hsin Tseng 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brit hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Broady has a good record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (332-237). 5-1 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Broady has a 197-113 record in the last years on hard.

The Brit has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger

Liam didn’t compete in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger in 2020.

Cem Ilkel

Ranked no. 214, the Turk got to the semifinal after defeating Jenson Brooksby 6-3 6-4, Julien Cagnina 6-2 6-3 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 4-6 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter against Kuzmanov, The Turk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Ilkel scored 78 points vs Kuzmanov’s 64. Ilkel was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Ilkel scored 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Cem Ilkel was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (41/49) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Turk was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kuzmanov 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cem has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Turk’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger.

The Turk has a 7-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Broady played 5 matches while Ilkel competed in 3 matches. Broady started his run from the qualifications while Ilkel had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Cem Ilkel dropped 1 set while Liam Broady hasn’t lost a set so far. Broady has played 3 sets more than Ilkel (10 vs 7). Therefore, Broady played 31 games more than Ilkel. The Brit scored 138 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk fired 93 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Broady managed to score 20 aces (4 per match). Ilkel scored 14 aces (4.7 per match). Broady won 77% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Broady broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Brit lost his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Turk broke his opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 0Main
• 2Chall
• 7Minor

• 0Slam
• 0Main
• 1Chall
• 4Minor

Liam
Broady

1:1

Cem
Ilkel

Rank

555

High

93

1Hard0

0I.hard1

Rank

486

High

144

Win Loss

Broady

LWWWLLLWLW

Ilkel

LWLLWLLWWL

2024 2023 2022

10 - 18

16 - 23

8-13

Hard

7-11

2-3

I Hard

5-7

0-0

Clay

4-5

Tennis Scores in Potchefstroom 1 Challenger

• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Mirza BasicBasic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Cem IlkelIlkel – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Nick ChappellChappell – Peter PolanskyPolansky (6-4 6-7³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Liam BroadyBroady – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

• Nick ChappellChappell – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cem IlkelIlkel – Liam BroadyBroady (0-0) – H2H and prediction

Broady

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Ilkel