Ilya Ivashka and Cem Ilkel will face off in the 2^nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on LIMAK COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ilya Ivashka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ilya Ivashka is the pick to win this match.
Ilya Ivashka -> 1.34
Cem Ilkel -> 3.14

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This will be the 3^rd time that Ilya Ivashka and Cem Ilkel clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Ivashka won 6-3 6-7⁶ 6-3 in the 1^st round in Belarus F3 back in 1970.

Ilya Ivashka

Ranked no. 129, Ilya got to the 1^st round after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Kirkin (6-2 6-4). During the match Ivashka scored 70 points vs Kirkin’s 50. The Belarussian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ivashka bagged 2 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Ilya Ivashka was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Belarussian broke Kirkin 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).

Ivashka has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (268-175). 8-4 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ivashka has a 160-91 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Belarussian has a 16-12 win-loss record in 2020, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Istanbul Challenger

Ilya didn’t compete in the Istanbul Challenger in 2019.

Cem Ilkel

Ranked no. 215, Ilkel reached the 1^st round after beating Elliot Benchetrit 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Ilkel had a good straight sets win against Benchetrit (6-4 6-3). During the match Ilkel scored 67 points vs Benchetrit’s 53. Ilkel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about serving, Ilkel fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cem Ilkel lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Ilkel put 49% of his first serves in, winning 76% (19/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Ilkel broke Benchetrit 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Ilkel’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger.

Cem has a 12-11 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Istanbul Challenger

Ilkel didn’t play in the Istanbul Challenger in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Ivashka and Ilkel played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ivashka and Ilkel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ivashka played 1 game less than Ilkel. The Belarussian scored 26 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk managed to score 19 winners (28%).

Serve Performance

Ivashka bagged 2 aces . Ilkel blasted 3 aces . Ivashka won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Belarussian broke his opponent 4 times with a 25% conversion rate. Ivashka lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Turk broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ilkel conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Ilya
Ivashka

2:1

Cem
Ilkel

Rank

448

High

40

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Rank

406

High

144

Win Loss

Ivashka

LL

Ilkel

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0 - 2

9 - 15

0-2

Hard

4-7

0-0

I Hard

5-6

Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger

• Jason JungJung – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Borna GojoGojo – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-7⁵ 7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (4-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

• Jason JungJung – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Martin KlizanKlizan – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Cem IlkelIlkel (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Borna GojoGojo – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction

Ivashka

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Ilkel