Cem Ilkel and Jenson Brooksby will face off in the quarter of the Potchefstroom 2 Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 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 Cem Ilkel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cem Ilkel is the pick to win this match.
Cem Ilkel -> 1.65
Jenson Brooksby -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Jenson Brooksby
This will be the 3rd time that Cem Ilkel and Jenson Brooksby square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Ilkel won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger back in February 2021.
Cem Ilkel
Ranked no. 214, Cem reached the 1st round after defeating Julien Cagnina 6-1 7-61 and Chun Hsin Tseng 7-63 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Hsin Tseng (7-63 7-5). During the match Ilkel scored 77 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 70. The Turk was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ilkel fired 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Cem Ilkel was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Turk broke Hsin Tseng 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Turk hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Ilkel has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (290-205). 6-2 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ilkel has a 213-116 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Cem’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger and the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger.
Cem has a 9-5 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Potchefstroom 2 Challenger
Ilkel has never competed in this tournament before.
Jenson Brooksby
Ranked no. 315, the American got to the 1st round after defeating Ryan Peniston 6-77 6-2 6-2 and Benjamin Bonzi 6-3 5-7 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Brooksby defeated Bonzi (6-3 5-7 6-3). During the match Brooksby scored 96 points vs Bonzi’s 78. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Brooksby wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jenson Brooksby lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Brooksby put 80% of his first serves in, winning 70% (48/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Brooksby broke Bonzi 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Villena.
Jenson has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ilkel | Brooksby |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 59 |
| Pts | 169-144 | 200-161 |
| Total Points | 313 | 361 |
| Winners | 60 | 88 |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% |
Both Ilkel and Brooksby played 2 matches. At the moment, Jenson Brooksby surrendered 2 sets while Cem Ilkel hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ilkel has played 2 set(s) less than Brooksby (4 vs 6). Therefore, Ilkel played 14 games less than Brooksby. The Turk scored 60 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 88 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ilkel | Brooksby |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 81/142 | 121/174 |
| %1st in | 57% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 60/81 | 88/121 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 30/61 | 23/53 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 43% |
Ilkel bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Brooksby bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Ilkel won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Brooksby won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ilkel | Brooksby |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 13 |
| Converted | 8/24 | 13/22 |
| % Converted | 33% | 59% |
| Conceded | 12 | 16 |
| Saved | 7 | 9 |
| % Saved | 58% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
The Turk broke his opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ilkel conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Brooksby broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Jenson conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ilkel | ||||
| R1 Cagnina |
R2 Hsin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-61 | 7-63 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 25 | 45 | |
| pts | 92-74 | 77-70 | 169-144 | |
| Total points | 166 | 147 | 313 | |
| Winners | 33 | 27 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/69 | 38/73 | 81/142 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 52% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 27/38 | 60/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 71% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 19/35 | 30/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 54% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/18 | 4/6 | 8/24 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 67% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 4/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 57% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Brooksby | ||||
| R1 Peniston |
R2 Bonzi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-77 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 30 | 59 | |
| pts | 104-83 | 96-78 | 200-161 | |
| Total points | 187 | 174 | 361 | |
| Winners | 40 | 48 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 50% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 52/88 | 69/86 | 121/174 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 80% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 40/52 | 48/69 | 88/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/36 | 9/17 | 23/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 53% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 8/13 | 5/9 | 13/22 | |
| Converted % | 62% | 56% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 5/8 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 63% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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