H2H, PREDICTION Mate Valkusz vs Cem Ilkel | Vilnus Challenger odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Mate Valkusz vs. Cem Ilkel

Mate Valkusz and Cem Ilkel will face off in the 2nd round of the Vilnus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Cem Ilkel is the pick to win this match.
Cem Ilkel -> 1.68
Mate Valkusz -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Mate Valkusz vs. Cem Ilkel

There is no head to head record between Mate Valkusz and Cem Ilkel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Mate Valkusz

Mate Valkusz
Mate Valkusz

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Rank
505
High
204
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 6-8 3-2 3-5 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 33-24 5-2 23-14 5-7 0-0 0-1
2022 33-14 5-5 27-6 1-2 0-1 0-0
2021 31-9 4-2 27-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 275, Mate got to the 2nd round after beating Ernests Gulbis 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, Mate had a good straight sets win against Gulbis (6-2 6-3). During the match, Valkusz scored 70 points vs Gulbis’s 49. Mate was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about the service games, Valkusz managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Mate Valkusz was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (17/21) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mate broke Gulbis 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Valkusz has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 71% of his matches (168-68). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Valkusz has a composed2-4 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Mate’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Opatija.

The Hungarian has a compiled 33-12 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Vilnus Challenger

Mate has never competed in this tournament before.

Valkusz
Vilnus Challenger
Valkusz's Record

Cem Ilkel

Cem Ilkel
Cem Ilkel

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Rank
486
High
144
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-24 7-12 3-5 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. 416, Cem got to the 2nd round after beating Tomas Vaise 6-2 6-1, Luca Potenza 6-4 6-0 and Matteo Arnaldi 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Arnaldi (6-3 6-2). During the match Ilkel scored 57 points vs Arnaldi’s 34. Ilkel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about serving, Ilkel recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Cem Ilkel was very effective on serve to win 77% (17/22) of his 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Turk broke Arnaldi 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Cem has an aggregate 8-13 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Ilkel
Vilnus Challenger
Ilkel's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Valkusz
C.Ilkel
1h:12
1h:12
Time on court​
!
3h:27
3h:27
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
1h:06
1h:06
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
17
17
Games Played​
48
48
2
2
Set played​​
6
6
70
70
Total points​
181
181
70
70
Avg point​
60.3
60.3
17
17
Winners
56
56
17
17
Avg Winners​
18.7
18.7
24%
24%
Ratio winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
17
17
7
7
Avg Aces
5.7
5.7
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2
2
17/21
17/21
1st won total​
56/69
56/69
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
13/23
13/23
2nd won total​
36/58
36/58
57%
57%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
14/29
14/29
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
4.7/9.7
4.7/9.7
50%
50%
Won
48%
48%
2
2
Conceded
1
1
2
2
Avg Conceded
0.3
0.3
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0.3
0.3
1
1
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Valkusz Ilkel
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 6
Tot Games 17 48
Pts 70-49 181-114
Total Points 119 295
Winners 17 56
%Winners 24% 31%

Valkusz played 1 match while Ilkel competed in 3 matches. Ilkel started his run from the qualifications while Valkusz had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Valkusz has played 4 set(s) less than Ilkel (2 vs 6). Therefore, Valkusz played 31 games less than Ilkel. The Hungarian scored 17 winners (24% of the total points). On the other side, Cem scored 56 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve Valkusz Ilkel
Aces 7 17
Avg per match 7 5.7
1st in 21/44 69/127
%1st in 48% 54%
1st pts 17/21 56/69
%1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 13/23 36/58
%2nd pts 57% 62%

Valkusz managed to score 7 aces . Ilkel blasted 17 aces (5.7 per match). Valkusz won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Valkusz Ilkel
Won 5 14
Converted 5/10 14/29
% Converted 50% 48%
Conceded 2 1
Saved 1 0
% Saved 50% 0%
Times Broken 1 1

Valkusz broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mate surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Ilkel broke his opponents 14 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Valkusz
R1
Gulbis
Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 70-49 70-49
Total points 119 119
Winners 17 17
%Winners 24% 24%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 21/44 21/44
% 1st in 48% 48%
1st pts 17/21 17/21
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 13/23 13/23
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Ilkel
Q1
Vaise
Q3
Potenza
R1
Arnaldi
Total
Score 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-0 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 15 16 17 48
pts 67-44 57-36 57-34 181-114
Total points 111 93 91 295
Winners 18 21 17 56
%Winners 27% 37% 30% 31%
SERVE
Aces 1 13 3 17
Double Faults 4 1 1 6
1st in 20/45 27/46 22/36 69/127
% 1st in 44% 59% 61% 54%
1st pts 18/20 21/27 17/22 56/69
% 1st pts 90% 78% 77% 81%
2nd pts 13/25 12/19 11/14 36/58
% 2nd pts 52% 63% 79% 62%
Breaks
Won 5 4 5 14
Converted 5/13 4/5 5/11 14/29
Converted % 38% 80% 45% 48%
Conceded 0 0 1 1
Saved 0/0 0/0 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 0 0 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Valkusz
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Ilkel
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2024 2023 2022
5 - 6
15 - 22
3-2
Hard
7-11
0-0
I Hard
5-7
2-4
Clay
3-4

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