Hugo Gaston and Cem Ilkel will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Split 2 Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hugo Gaston who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Gaston is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Gaston -> 1.44
Cem Ilkel -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Cem Ilkel
This will be the 2nd time that Hugo Gaston and Cem Ilkel fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gaston (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Gaston won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the Bergamo Challenger back in 2020.
Hugo Gaston
Ranked no. 160, Hugo got to the 2nd round after beating Lukas Klein 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The French player defeated Klein (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match Gaston and Klein scored the same amount of points (92). However, the world no. 160 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Hugo was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gaston blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Hugo Gaston lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Gaston put 62% of his first serves in, winning 59% (41/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (26/43) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Klein 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Gaston has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (101-69). 1-0 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gaston has a 51-27 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Gaston’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Cherbourg Challenger.
The French player has a 6-7 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split 2 Challenger
Gaston has never competed in this tournament before.
Cem Ilkel
Ranked no. 213, the Turk got to the 2nd round after beating Enzo Couacaud 6-2 7-64.
In the 1st round, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Couacaud (6-2 7-64). During the match Ilkel scored 70 points vs Couacaud’s 61. Cem was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Ilkel struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cem Ilkel lost the serve once. Furthermore, Ilkel put 66% of his first serves in, winning 79% (33/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Cem broke Couacaud 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Cem’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger and the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger.
The Turk has a 12-10 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 21 |
| Pts | 92-92 | 70-61 |
| Total Points | 184 | 131 |
| Winners | 41 | 33 |
| %Winners | 45% | 47% |
Both Gaston and Ilkel played 1 match. At the moment, Hugo Gaston dropped 1 set while Cem Ilkel hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gaston has played 1 set more than Ilkel (3 vs 2). Therefore, Gaston played 6 games more than Ilkel. The French player scored 41 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Cem managed to score 33 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 69/112 | 42/64 |
| %1st in | 62% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 41/69 | 33/42 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 26/43 | 11/22 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 50% |
Gaston struck 2 aces . Ilkel struck 2 aces . Gaston won 59% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gaston | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 60% | 75% |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 |
| Saved | 8 | 0 |
| % Saved | 80% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Hugo broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Hugo dropped his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Ilkel broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaston | |||
| R1 Klein |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 92-92 | 92-92 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 69/112 | 69/112 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 41/69 | 41/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/43 | 26/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Ilkel | |||
| R1 Couacaud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-61 | 70-61 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/64 | 42/64 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 33/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLWLLLW Tennis Scores in Split 2 Challenger
- Mirza BasicBasic – Denis IstominIstomin (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Lukas KleinKlein (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Duje KekezKekez (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Kacper ZukZuk – Lukas RosolRosol (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Steven DiezDiez (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Mathias BourgueBourgue – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Dustin BrownBrown (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Alex BoltBolt (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
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- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Filip HoranskyHoransky (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Kacper ZukZuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel MasurMasur – Quentin HalysHalys (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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