Cem Ilkel and Vit Kopriva will play each other in the quarter of the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.30
Vit Kopriva -> 3.40
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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Vit Kopriva
This will be the 2nd time that Cem Ilkel and Vit Kopriva fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Ilkel won 6-2 6-7(1) 6-1 in the quarter in the Quimper Challenger back in 2020.
Cem Ilkel
Ranked no. 210, Cem got to the quarter after defeating Shuichi Sekiguchi 6-3 6-2 and Dominic Stephan Stricker 6-75 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Stephan Stricker, The Turk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-3). During the match Ilkel scored 102 points vs Stephan Stricker’s 79. Cem was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ilkel recorded 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Cem Ilkel was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (37/47) of his 1st serve and 70% (21/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ilkel broke Stephan Stricker 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Turk has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Ilkel has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (292-206). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ilkel has a 31-33 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The Turk’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger and the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger.
Cem has a 11-6 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger
Ilkel has never competed in this tournament before.
Vit Kopriva
Ranked no. 305, Kopriva reached the quarter after defeating Ivan Gakhov 7-5 1-6 7-67 and Roberto Quiroz 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Quiroz (6-2 6-4). During the match Kopriva scored 61 points vs Quiroz’s 46. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Kopriva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Vit Kopriva lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kopriva put 67% of his first serves in, winning 63% (22/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Quiroz 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Czech has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ilkel | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 50 |
| Pts | 155-119 | 165-148 |
| Total Points | 274 | 313 |
| Winners | 51 | 72 |
| %Winners | 33% | 44% |
Both Ilkel and Kopriva played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Cem Ilkel conceded 1 set, while Vit Kopriva dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ilkel and Kopriva have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Ilkel played 2 games less than Kopriva. Cem scored 51 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Kopriva fired 72 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ilkel | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 67/123 | 108/154 |
| %1st in | 54% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 51/67 | 72/108 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 39/56 | 19/46 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 41% |
Ilkel bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Kopriva fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Ilkel won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Kopriva won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ilkel | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/11 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 73% | 48% |
| Conceded | 2 | 17 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 47% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 9 |
The Turk broke his opponents 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. Cem surrendered his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Vit broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Kopriva conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ilkel | ||||
| R1 Sekiguchi |
R2 Stephan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-75 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 31 | 48 | |
| pts | 53-40 | 102-79 | 155-119 | |
| Total points | 93 | 181 | 274 | |
| Winners | 14 | 37 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 36% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 20/46 | 47/77 | 67/123 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 61% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 14/20 | 37/47 | 51/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 79% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 21/30 | 39/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/6 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 67% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kopriva | ||||
| R1 Gakhov |
R2 Quiroz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 1-6 7-67 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 18 | 50 | |
| pts | 104-102 | 61-46 | 165-148 | |
| Total points | 206 | 107 | 313 | |
| Winners | 50 | 22 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 36% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 73/102 | 35/52 | 108/154 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 67% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 50/73 | 22/35 | 72/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 63% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/29 | 8/17 | 19/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 47% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 6/10 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 60% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 7 | 17 | |
| Saved | 4/10 | 4/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 57% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
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