Cem Ilkel and Dimitar Kuzmanov will clash against each other in the quarter of the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday 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 Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dimitar Kuzmanov is the pick to win this match.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.85
Cem Ilkel -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
This will be the 3rd time that Cem Ilkel and Dimitar Kuzmanov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Ilkel won 7-6(4) 1-6 6-4 1-6 7-5 in the Rubber 1 in 2 back in 2016.
Cem Ilkel
Ranked no. 214, Ilkel reached the Rubber 1 after defeating Jenson Brooksby 6-3 6-4 and Julien Cagnina 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Cem had a good straight sets win against Cagnina (6-2 6-3). During the match Ilkel scored 60 points vs Cagnina’s 41. The Turk was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ilkel blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cem Ilkel was quite effective on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ilkel was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cagnina 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ilkel hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Ilkel has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (287-204). 3-1 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ilkel has a 210-115 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Ilkel’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger.
Cem has a 6-4 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger
The Turk didn’t compete in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger in 2020.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Ranked no. 278, the Bulgarian got to the Rubber 1 after beating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-3 6-4 and Elliot Benchetrit 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Kuzmanov had a good straight sets win against Benchetrit (6-2 7-5). During the match Kuzmanov scored 71 points vs Benchetrit’s 53. Kuzmanov was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuzmanov managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 86% (30/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Benchetrit 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dimitar hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Dimitar has a 6-3 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ilkel | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 39 |
| Pts | 129-98 | 132-101 |
| Total Points | 227 | 233 |
| Winners | 52 | 59 |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% |
Both Ilkel and Kuzmanov played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ilkel and Kuzmanov have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Ilkel played 3 games less than Kuzmanov. Cem scored 52 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian fired 59 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ilkel | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 64/122 | 77/116 |
| %1st in | 52% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 52/64 | 59/77 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 32/58 | 20/39 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 51% |
Ilkel blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Kuzmanov struck 8 aces (4 per match). Ilkel won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ilkel | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 8/21 |
| % Converted | 60% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 |
| Saved | 4 | 10 |
| % Saved | 80% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Turk broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Cem dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Dimitar broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ilkel | ||||
| R1 Brooksby |
R2 Cagnina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
| pts | 69-57 | 60-41 | 129-98 | |
| Total points | 126 | 101 | 227 | |
| Winners | 27 | 25 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/69 | 29/53 | 64/122 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 55% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 25/29 | 52/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 86% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 14/24 | 32/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 58% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/3 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 100% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 1/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kuzmanov | ||||
| R1 Gunneswaran |
R2 Benchetrit |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 61-48 | 71-53 | 132-101 | |
| Total points | 109 | 124 | 233 | |
| Winners | 29 | 30 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 42% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/61 | 35/55 | 77/116 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 64% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 30/35 | 59/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 86% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/20 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/14 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 29% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 3/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 75% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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