Cem Ilkel and Illya Marchenko will face off in the qualifications of the Bergamo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on ITALCEMENTI. 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.
Cem Ilkel -> 1.52
Illya Marchenko -> 2.39
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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Illya Marchenko
There is no head to head record between Cem Ilkel and Illya Marchenko since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 316, the Turk reached the qualifications after defeating Alexander Ritschard 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Ilkel had a good straight sets win against Ritschard (6-1 6-3). During the match, Ilkel scored 58 points vs Ritschard’s 39. The Turk was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ilkel bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cem Ilkel conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Ilkel put 62% of his first serves in, winning 86% (25/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Ritschard 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Ilkel has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (331-243). 10-5 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ilkel has an aggregate47-44 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Cem’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Vilnus Challenger.
The Turk has an overall 12-14 win-loss record in 2022, 10-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
Illya Marchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-22 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-22 | 17-5 | 6-6 | 18-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-25 | 9-10 | 3-4 | 8-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-28 | 5-7 | 2-5 | 26-12 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-14 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 435, the Ukrainian got to the qualifications after defeating Mate Valkusz 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Valkusz (6-2 6-3). During the match Marchenko scored 69 points vs Valkusz’s 46. Illya was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Marchenko scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Illya Marchenko was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (17/21) of his 1st serve and 69% (22/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Ukrainian broke Valkusz 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The Ukrainian has a compiled 16-22 win-loss record in 2022, 3-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2015 and 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ilkel | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 |
| Pts | 58-39 | 69-46 |
| Total Points | 97 | 115 |
| Winners | 25 | 17 |
| %Winners | 43% | 25% |
Both Ilkel and Marchenko played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ilkel and Marchenko have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ilkel played 1 game less than Marchenko. Cem scored 25 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Marchenko struck 17 winners (25%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ilkel | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 21/53 |
| %1st in | 62% | 40% |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 17/21 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 22/32 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 69% |
Ilkel fired 6 aces . Marchenko made 1 ace . Ilkel won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Marchenko won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ilkel | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 80% | 33% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Turk broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Turk was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Marchenko broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Ukrainian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Ilkel | |||
| Q1 Ritschard | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-39 | 58-39 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 25/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Marchenko | |||
| Q1 Valkusz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 69-46 | 69-46 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 21/53 | 21/53 | |
| % 1st in | 40% | 40% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 17/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/32 | 22/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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