Cem Ilkel and Illya Marchenko will square off in the 2nd round of the Bratislava Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cem Ilkel is the pick to win this match.
Cem Ilkel -> 1.38
Illya Marchenko -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Illya Marchenko
This will be the 2nd time that Cem Ilkel and Illya Marchenko clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Ilkel won 7-6(6) 6-2 in the qualifications in the Bergamo Challenger back in October 2022.
Cem Ilkel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-27 | 7-13 | 4-7 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-29 | 6-10 | 0-4 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-16 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 16-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-29 | 17-9 | 13-11 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 2-3 | 1-7 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 407, the Turk got to the 2nd round after beating Denis Istomin 7-62 7-5, Vitaliy Sachko 6-3 3-6 6-3 and Zizou Bergs 6-73 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Bergs, Ilkel recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-1). During the match, Ilkel scored 97 points vs Bergs’s 84. Cem was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ilkel fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cem Ilkel lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ilkel put 64% of his first serves in, winning 65% (35/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the 2nd serve. Ilkel broke Bergs 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Ilkel has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (335-244). 14-6 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ilkel has an overall51-45 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Cem’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Vilnus Challenger.
Cem has an aggregate 16-15 win-loss record in 2022, 14-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
Illya Marchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-22 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-22 | 17-5 | 6-6 | 18-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-25 | 9-10 | 3-4 | 8-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-28 | 5-7 | 2-5 | 26-12 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-14 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 446, Marchenko reached the 2nd round after defeating Duje Ajdukovic 6-2 6-2, Karl Friberg 6-2 6-3 and Zhizhen Zhang 7-67 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Zhang (7-67 7-5). During the match Marchenko scored 83 points vs Zhang’s 76. The Ukrainian was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Marchenko struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Illya Marchenko was quite effective on serve to win 76% (39/51) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Ukrainian broke Zhang twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Illya has a composed 19-23 win-loss record in 2022, 6-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2015. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ilkel | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 82 | 58 |
| Pts | 255-229 | 208-159 |
| Total Points | 484 | 367 |
| Winners | 116 | 89 |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% |
Both Ilkel and Marchenko played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Cem Ilkel lost 2 sets while Illya Marchenko hasn’t lost a set so far. Ilkel has played 2 sets more than Marchenko (8 vs 6). Therefore, Ilkel played 24 games more than Marchenko. Ilkel scored 116 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Illya bagged 89 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ilkel | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 157/238 | 116/176 |
| %1st in | 66% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 116/157 | 89/116 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 45/81 | 35/60 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 58% |
Ilkel scored 14 aces (4.7 per match). Marchenko recorded 14 aces (4.7 per match). Ilkel won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Marchenko won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ilkel | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 10 |
| Converted | 12/22 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 55% | 45% |
| Conceded | 14 | 8 |
| Saved | 8 | 6 |
| % Saved | 57% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
Ilkel broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Ilkel dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Illya broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Marchenko conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ilkel | |||||
| Q1 Istomin |
Q3 Sachko |
R1 Bergs |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-5 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | 6-73 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 27 | 30 | 82 | |
| pts | 77-67 | 81-78 | 97-84 | 255-229 | |
| Total points | 144 | 159 | 181 | 484 | |
| Winners | 41 | 40 | 35 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 49% | 36% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 49/68 | 54/86 | 54/84 | 157/238 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 63% | 64% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 41/49 | 40/54 | 35/54 | 116/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 74% | 65% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 14/32 | 19/30 | 45/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 44% | 63% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 4/7 | 7/12 | 12/22 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 57% | 58% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/8 | 3/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 63% | 50% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Marchenko | |||||
| Q1 Ajdukovic |
Q3 Friberg |
R1 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | 7-67 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 25 | 58 | |
| pts | 65-42 | 60-41 | 83-76 | 208-159 | |
| Total points | 107 | 101 | 159 | 367 | |
| Winners | 22 | 28 | 39 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 47% | 47% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/52 | 35/49 | 51/75 | 116/176 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 71% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 28/35 | 39/51 | 89/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 80% | 76% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 9/14 | 14/24 | 35/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 64% | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/5 | 2/8 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 60% | 25% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/2 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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