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H2H, prediction of Gastao Elias vs Cem Ilkel in Manama Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 13th February 2024

PREVIEW. Manama Challenger. Elias and Ilkel will face off in the 1st round of the Manama Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Tuesday the 13th of February

Mark Hall

13 February 2024

Prediction and head to head Gastao Elias vs. Cem Ilkel

Gastao Elias and Cem Ilkel will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Manama Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 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 Gastao Elias who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gastao Elias is the pick to win this match.
Gastao Elias -> 1.5
Cem Ilkel -> 2.47

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Prediction and head to head Gastao Elias vs. Cem Ilkel

This will be the 3^rd time that Gastao Elias and Cem Ilkel clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Elias (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Elias won 6-2 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Oeiras 2 Challenger back in January 2024.

Gastao Elias

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
318

High
57

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2025	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0
2024	42-32	8-5	27-25	7-2	0-0	0-0
2023	21-18	10-8	11-10	0-0	0-0	0-0
2022	23-24	4-3	18-17	0-3	1-1	0-0
2021	37-18	13-5	24-12	0-1	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 295, Gastao reached the 1^st round after defeating Marko Nikolic 6-3 6-1 and Yanki Erel 1-6 7-6⁵ 7-5.

In the qualifications against Erel, Gastao recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-6⁵ 7-5).During the match, Elias scored less points (13) than Erel. In fact, the world no. 295 won 93 points vs Erel’s. That means that Elias was more focused during the important points. The Portuguese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about the service games, Elias recorded 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Gastao Elias lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Elias put 62% of his first serves in, winning 75% (46/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (14/38) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Erel 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gastao started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Elias has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (267-214). 2-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Elias has an overall 59-55 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Elias’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.

Elias has an overall 9-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Manama Challenger

Gastao has never competed in this tournament before.

Manama Challenger

Elias's Record

Cem Ilkel

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
747

High
144

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2025	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0
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

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Ranked no. 324, Cem reached the 1^st round after defeating Vladyslav Orlov 2-6 6-1 6-2 and Marat Sharipov (RUS) 6-1 ret..

In the qualifications against Sharipov (RUS), Ilkel had a free pass after Sharipov (RUS) retired on a 6-1 . scoreline.

The Turk has a composed 4-4 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Manama Challenger

Ilkel's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

G.Elias

C.Ilkel

3h:17

Time on court

2h:38

2h:23

Last match

0h:27

Match played

Games Played

Set played

149

Total points

74.5

Avg point

49.5

Winners

34.5

Avg Winners

46%

Ratio winners

44%

-- Serve --

Aces

6.5

Avg Aces

Double Faults

Avg Double Faults

1.5

69/91

1st won total

44/57

76%

1st won %

77%

19/48

2nd won total

18/32

40%

2nd won %

56%

-- Break Points --

9/16

BP won

6/8

4.5/8

Avg BP won

3/4

56%

Won

75%

Conceded

Avg Conceded

3.5

Broken

Avg Broken

Saved

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Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Elias	Ilkel
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	48	30
Pts	149-138	99-74
Total Points	287	173
Winners	69	44
%Winners	46%	44%

Both Elias and Ilkel played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Gastao Elias dropped 1 set, while Cem Ilkel surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Elias and Ilkel have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Elias played 18 games more than Ilkel. Elias scored 69 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk recorded 44 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Elias	Ilkel
Aces	13	12
Avg per match	6.5	6
1st in	91/139	57/89
%1st in	65%	64%
1st pts	69/91	44/57
%1st pts	76%	77%
2nd pts	19/48	18/32
%2nd pts	40%	56%

Elias fired 13 aces (6.5 per match). Ilkel struck 12 aces (6 per match). Elias won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Elias	Ilkel
Won	9	6
Converted	9/16	6/8
% Converted	56%	75%
Conceded	16	7
Saved	10	5
% Saved	63%	71%
Times Broken	6	2

Gastao broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Gastao conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Ilkel broke his opponents 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Ilkel conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

	Q1 Nikolic	Q3 Erel	Total
Elias
Score	6-3 6-1	1-6 7-6⁵ 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	16	32	48
pts	56-32	93-106	149-138
Total points	88	199	287
Winners	23	46	69
%Winners	41%	49%	46%
SERVE
Aces	5	8	13
Double Faults	1	7	8
1st in	30/40	61/99	91/139
% 1st in	75%	62%	65%
1st pts	23/30	46/61	69/91
% 1st pts	77%	75%	76%
2nd pts	5/10	14/38	19/48
% 2nd pts	50%	37%	40%
Breaks
Won	6	3	9
Converted	6/9	3/7	9/16
Converted %	67%	43%	56%
Conceded	3	13	16
Saved	1/3	9/13	10
Saved %	33%	69%	51%
Times Broken	2	4	6

	Q1 Orlov	Q3 Sharipov	Total
Ilkel
Score	2-6 6-1 6-2	6-1 ret.
Tot Set	3	1	4
Tot Games	23	7	30
pts	72-60	27-14	99-74
Total points	132	41	173
Winners	32	12	44
%Winners	44%	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	7	5	12
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	42/68	15/21	57/89
% 1st in	62%	71%	64%
1st pts	32/42	12/15	44/57
% 1st pts	76%	80%	77%
2nd pts	14/26	4/6	18/32
% 2nd pts	54%	67%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/6	2/2	6/8
Converted %	67%	100%	75%
Conceded	7	0	7
Saved	5/7	0/0	5
Saved %	71%	–	36%
Times Broken	2	0	2