Cem Ilkel and Chun Hsin Tseng will square off in the 2nd round of the Potchefstroom 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 8. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Chun Hsin Tseng who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Chun Hsin Tseng is the pick to win this match.
Chun Hsin Tseng -> 1.833
Cem Ilkel -> 1.97

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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Chun Hsin Tseng

There is no head to head record between Cem Ilkel and Chun Hsin Tseng since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Cem Ilkel

Ranked no. 214, Cem got to the 2nd round after beating Julien Cagnina 6-1 7-61.

In the 1st round, Ilkel had a good straight sets win against Cagnina (6-1 7-61). During the match Ilkel scored 92 points vs Cagnina’s 74. The Turk was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ilkel bagged 4 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Cem Ilkel lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ilkel put 62% of his first serves in, winning 77% (33/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Cem broke Cagnina 4 times after converting 22% of his break points (4/18).

Ilkel has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (289-205). 5-2 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ilkel has a 212-116 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Turk’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger and the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger.

The Turk has a 8-5 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Potchefstroom 2 Challenger

The Turk didn’t play in the Potchefstroom 2 Challenger in 2020.

Chun Hsin Tseng

Ranked no. 283, Hsin reached the 2nd round after beating Mirza Basic 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Chinese defeated Basic (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Hsin scored 84 points vs Basic’s 80. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Hsin managed to score 3 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Chun Hsin Tseng was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (40/55) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Chun broke Basic 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

The Chinese has a 4-3 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ilkel Hsin
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 20 28
Pts 92-74 84-80
Total Points 166 164
Winners 33 40
%Winners 36% 48%

Both Ilkel and Hsin played 1 match. At the moment, Chun Hsin Tseng surrendered 1 set while Cem Ilkel hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ilkel has played 1 set(s) less than Hsin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ilkel played 8 games less than Hsin. Cem scored 33 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Chun bagged 40 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ilkel Hsin
Aces 4 3
Avg per match 4 3
1st in 43/69 55/87
%1st in 62% 63%
1st pts 33/43 40/55
%1st pts 77% 73%
2nd pts 11/26 17/32
%2nd pts 42% 53%

Ilkel scored 4 aces . Hsin bagged 3 aces . Ilkel won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Hsin won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ilkel Hsin
Won 4 3
Converted 4/18 3/5
% Converted 22% 60%
Conceded 5 6
Saved 3 4
% Saved 60% 67%
Times Broken 2 2

The Turk broke his opponent 4 times with a 22% conversion rate. The Turk dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Hsin broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Ilkel
R1
Cagnina		 Total
Score 6-1 7-61
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 92-74 92-74
Total points 166 166
Winners 33 33
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 43/69 43/69
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 33/43 33/43
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 11/26 11/26
% 2nd pts 42% 42%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/18 4/18
Converted % 22% 22%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Hsin
R1
Basic		 Total
Score 6-4 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 84-80 84-80
Total points 164 164
Winners 40 40
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 55/87 55/87
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 40/55 40/55
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 17/32 17/32
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/5 3/5
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 4/6 4
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Potchefstroom 2 Challenger

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