Dominic Stephan Stricker and Cem Ilkel will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 3 sets.
Cem Ilkel -> 1.51
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Stephan Stricker vs. Cem Ilkel
There is no head to head record between Dominic Stephan Stricker and Cem Ilkel since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Dominic Stephan Stricker
Currently unranked, the Swiss got to the 2nd round after beating Duje Ajdukovic 5-7 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round against Ajdukovic, Dominic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-2). During the match Stephan Stricker scored 109 points vs Ajdukovic’s 97. Dominic was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Stephan Stricker blasted 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Dominic Stephan Stricker lost the serve twice and he saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Stephan Stricker put 55% of his first serves in, winning 77% (43/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Ajdukovic 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Stephan Stricker has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (12-8). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Stephan Stricker has a 5-2 record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
Stephan Stricker’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Grenoble.
Dominic has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Cem Ilkel
Ranked no. 210, Ilkel reached the 2nd round after beating Shuichi Sekiguchi 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Cem had a good straight sets win against Sekiguchi (6-3 6-2). During the match Ilkel scored 53 points vs Sekiguchi’s 40. Ilkel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 14 winners.
Talking about serving, Ilkel blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cem Ilkel lost the serve once. Furthermore, Ilkel put 43% of his first serves in, winning 70% (14/20) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Sekiguchi 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Turk’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger and the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger.
Cem has a 10-6 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stephan Stricker | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 17 |
| Pts | 109-97 | 53-40 |
| Total Points | 206 | 93 |
| Winners | 43 | 14 |
| %Winners | 39% | 26% |
Both Stephan Stricker and Ilkel played 1 match. At the moment, Dominic Stephan Stricker dropped 1 set while Cem Ilkel hasn’t conceded a set so far. Stephan Stricker has played 1 set more than Ilkel (3 vs 2). Therefore, Stephan Stricker played 13 games more than Ilkel. The Swiss scored 43 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk struck 14 winners (26%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stephan Stricker | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 56/101 | 20/46 |
| %1st in | 55% | 43% |
| 1st pts | 43/56 | 14/20 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 22/45 | 18/26 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 69% |
Stephan Stricker blasted 7 aces . Ilkel scored 2 aces . Stephan Stricker won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stephan Stricker | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 40% | 80% |
| Conceded | 16 | 1 |
| Saved | 14 | 0 |
| % Saved | 88% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Swiss broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Swiss lost his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Cem broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Ilkel conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Stephan Stricker | |||
| R1 Ajdukovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 109-97 | 109-97 | |
| Total points | 206 | 206 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 56/101 | 56/101 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 43/56 | 43/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/45 | 22/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 14/16 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Ilkel | |||
| R1 Sekiguchi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 53-40 | 53-40 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 14 | 14 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 20/46 | 20/46 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 43% | |
| 1st pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg 1 Challenger
- Pavel KotovKotov – Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Duckhee LeeLee (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Igor SijslingSijsling (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Matija PecoticPecotic (7-60 6-2) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Ivan GakhovGakhov (7-5 1-6 7-67) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Matthew EbdenEbden – Pedja KrstinKrstin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Mirza BasicBasic (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Alexey VatutinVatutin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas CatarinaCatarina – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Harry BourchierBourchier (0-0) – H2H and prediction