Cem Ilkel and Alexandre Muller will fight against each other in the quarter of the Bengalaru 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Alexandre Muller who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexandre Muller is the pick to win this match.
Alexandre Muller -> 1.77
Cem Ilkel -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Alexandre Muller
This will be the 2nd time that Cem Ilkel and Alexandre Muller fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Ilkel won 6-4 7-5 in the semifinal in Egypt F34 (Sharm El Sheikh) back in 2017.
Cem Ilkel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-27 | 7-13 | 4-7 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-29 | 6-10 | 0-4 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-16 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 16-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-29 | 17-9 | 13-11 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 2-3 | 1-7 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 186, Cem reached the quarter after defeating Steven Diez 6-2 6-3 and Evgeny Donskoy 2-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Donskoy, Cem recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Ilkel scored 88 points vs Donskoy’s 85. Ilkel was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ilkel bagged 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Cem Ilkel lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ilkel put 52% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (19/41) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Donskoy 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cem has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Ilkel has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (321-233). 2-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ilkel has a compiled226-126 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Cem has a composed 2-4 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengalaru 1 Challenger
The Turk has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexandre Muller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-32 | 11-14 | 20-12 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 208, Alexandre got to the quarter after defeating Stefano Travaglia 6-1 7-62 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 7-64 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Kuzmanov (7-64 6-4). During the match Muller scored 98 points vs Kuzmanov’s 88. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Muller scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexandre Muller lost the serve twice and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Muller put 74% of his first serves in, winning 63% (45/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. Muller broke Kuzmanov 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexandre hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Muller has a compiled 8-4 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ilkel | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 43 |
| Pts | 157-135 | 180-149 |
| Total Points | 292 | 329 |
| Winners | 55 | 73 |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% |
Both Ilkel and Muller played 2 matches. At the moment, Cem Ilkel lost 1 set while Alexandre Muller hasn’t lost a set so far. Ilkel has played 1 set more than Muller (5 vs 4). Therefore, Ilkel played 3 games more than Muller. Ilkel scored 55 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Muller bagged 73 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ilkel | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 78/152 | 108/168 |
| %1st in | 51% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 55/78 | 73/108 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 37/74 | 33/60 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 55% |
Ilkel made 10 aces (5 per match). Muller recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Ilkel won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Muller won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ilkel | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 7 |
| Converted | 10/15 | 7/26 |
| % Converted | 67% | 27% |
| Conceded | 14 | 18 |
| Saved | 8 | 14 |
| % Saved | 57% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
The Turk broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Cem lost his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Alexandre broke his opponents 7 times with a 27% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ilkel | ||||
| R1 Diez |
R2 Donskoy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 2-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 29 | 46 | |
| pts | 69-50 | 88-85 | 157-135 | |
| Total points | 119 | 173 | 292 | |
| Winners | 24 | 31 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 34/67 | 44/85 | 78/152 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 52% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 31/44 | 55/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 19/41 | 37/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 46% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 6/10 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 60% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 5/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Muller | ||||
| R1 Travaglia |
R2 Kuzmanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-62 | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| pts | 82-61 | 98-88 | 180-149 | |
| Total points | 143 | 186 | 329 | |
| Winners | 28 | 45 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/72 | 71/96 | 108/168 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 74% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 45/71 | 73/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 63% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 15/25 | 33/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 60% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 3/13 | 7/26 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 23% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 | 18 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 11/13 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 85% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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