Cem Ilkel and Julien Cagnina will square off in the 2nd round of the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 10. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the 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 -> 1.37
Julien Cagnina -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Julien Cagnina
There is no head to head record between Cem Ilkel and Julien Cagnina since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Cem Ilkel
Ranked no. 214, the Turk reached the 2nd round after beating Jenson Brooksby 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ilkel had a good straight sets win against Brooksby (6-3 6-4). During the match Ilkel scored 69 points vs Brooksby’s 57. Ilkel was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ilkel fired 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Cem Ilkel was very effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Cem broke Brooksby 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Ilkel has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (286-204). 2-1 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ilkel has a 209-115 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Ilkel’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger.
Ilkel has a 5-4 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger
Cem didn’t play in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger in 2020.
Julien Cagnina
Currently unranked, Cagnina reached the 2nd round after beating Khololwam Montsi 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Julien had a good straight sets win against Montsi (6-3 6-1). During the match Cagnina scored 71 points vs Montsi’s 46. Julien was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Cagnina recorded 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Julien Cagnina lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cagnina put 52% of his first serves in, winning 70% (19/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Montsi 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Julien has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ilkel | Cagnina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 |
| Pts | 69-57 | 71-46 |
| Total Points | 126 | 117 |
| Winners | 27 | 19 |
| %Winners | 39% | 27% |
Both Ilkel and Cagnina played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ilkel and Cagnina have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ilkel played 3 games more than Cagnina. The Turk scored 27 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Cagnina blasted 19 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ilkel | Cagnina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 35/69 | 27/52 |
| %1st in | 51% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 19/27 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 14/25 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 56% |
Ilkel struck 3 aces . Cagnina blasted 3 aces . Ilkel won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Cagnina won 70% of the points behind 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 | Ilkel | Cagnina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 43% | 43% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Ilkel broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Cem surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Julien broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Cagnina conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ilkel | |||
| R1 Brooksby |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-57 | 69-57 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/69 | 35/69 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 18/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Cagnina | |||
| R1 Montsi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 71-46 | 71-46 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/52 | 27/52 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 19/27 | 19/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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