Cem Ilkel and Flavio Cobolli will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Rome 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Flavio Cobolli who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Flavio Cobolli is the pick to win this match.
Flavio Cobolli -> 1.66
Cem Ilkel -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Flavio Cobolli
There is no head to head record between Cem Ilkel and Flavio Cobolli since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Cem Ilkel
Ranked no. 210, the Turk reached the semifinal after beating Daniel Masur 4-6 6-4 7-62, Lorenzo Giustino 6-4 6-2 and Nino Serdarusic 7-63 3-6 6-3.
In the quarter, The Turk defeated Serdarusic (7-63 3-6 6-3). During the match Ilkel scored 94 points vs Serdarusic’s 90. Ilkel was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ilkel recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cem Ilkel lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ilkel put 65% of his first serves in, winning 77% (47/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Serdarusic twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Turk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.
Ilkel has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (297-211). 8-4 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ilkel has a 48-48 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Cem’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger and the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger.
Cem has a 16-11 win-loss record in 2021, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome 2 Challenger
Ilkel has never competed in this tournament before.
Flavio Cobolli
Ranked no. 639 (career high), the Italian got to the semifinal after beating Steven Diez 6-4 6-1, Danilo Petrovic 6-2 6-2 and Andrea Pellegrino 7-63 6-1.
In the quarter, Cobolli had a good straight sets win against Pellegrino (7-63 6-1). During the match Cobolli scored 74 points vs Pellegrino’s 53. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Cobolli managed to score 3 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Flavio Cobolli lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cobolli put 63% of his first serves in, winning 59% (22/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. Cobolli broke Pellegrino 7 times after converting 39% of his break points (7/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
Flavio has a 16-8 win-loss record in 2021, 13-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ilkel | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 82 | 53 |
| Pts | 280-260 | 193-134 |
| Total Points | 540 | 327 |
| Winners | 120 | 56 |
| %Winners | 43% | 29% |
Both Ilkel and Cobolli played 3 matches. At the moment, Cem Ilkel dropped 2 sets while Flavio Cobolli hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ilkel has played 2 sets more than Cobolli (8 vs 6). Therefore, Ilkel played 29 games more than Cobolli. The Turk scored 120 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Cobolli bagged 56 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ilkel | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 185/301 | 82/165 |
| %1st in | 61% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 120/185 | 56/82 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 58/116 | 49/83 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 59% |
Ilkel blasted 11 aces (3.7 per match). Cobolli blasted 9 aces (3 per match). Ilkel won 65% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Cobolli won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ilkel | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 16 |
| Converted | 13/23 | 16/33 |
| % Converted | 57% | 48% |
| Conceded | 33 | 14 |
| Saved | 23 | 8 |
| % Saved | 70% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 6 |
Ilkel broke his opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. Ilkel lost his serve 10 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Cobolli broke his opponents 16 times with a 48% conversion rate. Flavio conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ilkel | |||||
| R1 Masur |
R2 Giustino |
1/4 Serdarusic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 7-62 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-63 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 18 | 31 | 82 | |
| pts | 115-110 | 71-60 | 94-90 | 280-260 | |
| Total points | 225 | 131 | 184 | 540 | |
| Winners | 45 | 28 | 47 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | 50% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 84/129 | 40/78 | 61/94 | 185/301 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 51% | 65% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 45/84 | 28/40 | 47/61 | 120/185 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 70% | 77% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/45 | 17/38 | 16/33 | 58/116 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 45% | 48% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/9 | 2/6 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 56% | 33% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 15 | 6 | 33 | |
| Saved | 6/12 | 13/15 | 4/6 | 23 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 87% | 67% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Cobolli | |||||
| R1 Diez |
R2 Petrovic |
1/4 Pellegrino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 6-2 | 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 20 | 53 | |
| pts | 62-45 | 57-36 | 74-53 | 193-134 | |
| Total points | 107 | 93 | 127 | 327 | |
| Winners | 20 | 14 | 22 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 25% | 30% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 27/60 | 18/46 | 37/59 | 82/165 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 39% | 63% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 14/18 | 22/37 | 56/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 78% | 59% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 20/28 | 12/22 | 49/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 71% | 55% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/8 | 7/18 | 16/33 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 50% | 39% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 1/1 | 2/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 100% | 33% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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