Cem Ilkel and Michael Geerts will square off in the semifinal of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 9:30 pm on PISTA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cem Ilkel who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cem Ilkel is the pick to win this match.
Cem Ilkel -> 1.57
Michael Geerts -> 2.25

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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Michael Geerts

This will be the 2nd time that Cem Ilkel and Michael Geerts play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Ilkel won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Turkey F5 back in 1970.

Cem Ilkel

Ranked no. 209, Ilkel got to the semifinal after defeating Johannes Haerteis 6-2 7-63, Hiroki Moriya 6-3 6-2 and Tim Van Rijthoven 7-5 7-65.

In the quarter, Ilkel had a good straight sets win against Van Rijthoven (7-5 7-65). During the match, Ilkel scored 87 points vs Van Rijthoven’s 81. Cem was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ilkel made 5 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Cem Ilkel was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (35/46) of his 1st serve and 62% (26/42) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Turk broke Van Rijthoven once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cem started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Ilkel has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (302-217). 9-4 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ilkel has an overall216-118 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Ilkel’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger,the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger and the Rome 2 Challenger.

Ilkel has an aggregate 21-17 win-loss record in 2021, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger

Ilkel has never competed in this tournament before.

Pozoblanco Challenger
Ilkel's Record

Michael Geerts

Ranked no. 348, the Belgian got to the semifinal after beating Mark Vervoort 6-1 6-0, Diego Hidalgo 7-64 6-3, Kaichi Uchida 6-1 6-2, Benjamin Bonzi 7-63 6-2 and Emilio Nava 7-62 7-63.

In the quarter, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Nava (7-62 7-63). During the match Geerts scored 97 points vs Nava’s 86. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Geerts bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Michael Geerts was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (40/53) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Geerts broke Nava once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Geerts’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Troisdorf.

Geerts has an overall 22-15 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Pozoblanco Challenger
Geerts's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Ilkel
M.Geerts
4h:33
4h:33
Time on court​
!
6h:50
6h:50
!
2h:02
2h:02
Last match​
!
2h:10
2h:10
3
3
Match played
!
5
5
63
63
Games Played​
97
97
6
6
Set played​​
10
10
219
219
Total points​
342
342
73
73
Avg point​
68.4
68.4
84
84
Winners
146
146
28
28
Avg Winners​
29.2
29.2
38%
38%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
37
37
5
5
Avg Aces
7.4
7.4
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
1.2
1.2
84/109
84/109
1st won total​
146/182
146/182
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
58/87
58/87
2nd won total​
64/106
64/106
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
7/17
7/17
BP won
16/28
16/28
2.3/5.7
2.3/5.7
Avg BP won
3.2/5.6
3.2/5.6
41%
41%
Won
!
57%
57%
6
6
Conceded
11
11
2
2
Avg Conceded
2.2
2.2
1
1
Broken
3
3
!
0.3
0.3
Avg Broken
!
0.6
0.6
5
5
Saved
8
8
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ilkel Geerts
Match played 3 5
Tot Set 6 10
Tot Games 63 97
Pts 219-176 342-249
Total Points 395 591
Winners 84 146
%Winners 38% 43%

Ilkel played 3 matches while Geerts competed in 5 matches. Geerts started his run from the qualifications while Ilkel had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Ilkel has played 4 set(s) less than Geerts (6 vs 10). Therefore, Ilkel played 34 games less than Geerts. Cem scored 84 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Michael scored 146 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ilkel Geerts
Aces 15 37
Avg per match 5 7.4
1st in 109/196 182/288
%1st in 56% 63%
1st pts 84/109 146/182
%1st pts 77% 80%
2nd pts 58/87 64/106
%2nd pts 67% 60%

Ilkel managed to score 15 aces (5 per match). Geerts managed to score 37 aces (7.4 per match). Ilkel won 77% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ilkel Geerts
Won 7 16
Converted 7/17 16/28
% Converted 41% 57%
Conceded 6 11
Saved 5 8
% Saved 83% 73%
Times Broken 1 3

Cem broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Cem lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Geerts broke his opponents 16 times with a 57% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Ilkel
R1
Haerteis		 R2
Moriya		 1/4
Van Rijthoven		 Total
Score 6-2 7-63 6-3 6-2 7-5 7-65
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 21 17 25 63
pts 73-62 59-33 87-81 219-176
Total points 135 92 168 395
Winners 28 21 35 84
%Winners 38% 36% 40% 38%
SERVE
Aces 1 9 5 15
Double Faults 2 2 0 4
1st in 39/65 24/43 46/88 109/196
% 1st in 60% 56% 52% 56%
1st pts 28/39 21/24 35/46 84/109
% 1st pts 72% 88% 76% 77%
2nd pts 17/26 15/19 26/42 58/87
% 2nd pts 65% 79% 62% 67%
Breaks
Won 3 3 1 7
Converted 3/9 3/4 1/4 7/17
Converted % 33% 75% 25% 41%
Conceded 1 0 5 6
Saved 0/1 0/0 5/5 5
Saved % 0% – 100% 33%
Times Broken 1 0 0 1
Geerts
Q1
Vervoort		 Q3
Hidalgo		 R1
Uchida		 R2
Bonzi		 1/4
Nava		 Total
Score 6-1 6-0 7-64 6-3 6-1 6-2 7-63 6-2 7-62 7-63
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 2 10
Tot Games 13 22 15 21 26 97
pts 51-20 69-55 54-33 71-55 97-86 342-249
Total points 71 124 87 126 183 591
Winners 15 35 23 33 40 146
%Winners 29% 51% 43% 46% 41% 43%
SERVE
Aces 2 8 10 10 7 37
Double Faults 0 2 1 2 1 6
1st in 18/29 42/68 31/52 38/63 53/76 182/288
% 1st in 62% 62% 60% 60% 70% 63%
1st pts 15/18 35/42 23/31 33/38 40/53 146/182
% 1st pts 83% 83% 74% 87% 75% 80%
2nd pts 10/11 13/26 14/21 13/25 14/23 64/106
% 2nd pts 91% 50% 67% 52% 61% 60%
Breaks
Won 6 2 4 3 1 16
Converted 6/13 2/2 4/4 3/5 1/4 16/28
Converted % 46% 100% 100% 60% 25% 57%
Conceded 0 2 4 3 2 11
Saved 0/0 1/2 4/4 2/3 1/2 8
Saved % – 50% 100% 67% 50% 89%
Times Broken 0 1 0 1 1 3

Tennis Scores in Pozoblanco Challenger

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