Christopher O Connell and Cem Ilkel will play each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on COURT 7. 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 Christopher O Connell who should win in 3 sets.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.6
Cem Ilkel -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Cem Ilkel
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Cem Ilkel since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Christopher O Connell
Ranked no. 122, O Connell will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Pospisil in the 1st round on the 9th of March.
Christopher has a 3-3 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 253-144 record. He has a positive 97-66 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Cem Ilkel
Ranked no. 210, Cem will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger where he lost 5-7 6-4 6-4
to Sock in the 1st round on the 9th of March.Ilkel has a 11-8 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Turk’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger and the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger.
In terms of his career, Ilkel has an overall 292-208 record. He has a positive 213-117 record on hard.
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