Cem Ilkel and Illya Marchenko will square off in the 2nd round of the Bratislava Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cem Ilkel is the pick to win this match.
Cem Ilkel -> 1.38
Illya Marchenko -> 2.94

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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Illya Marchenko

This will be the 2nd time that Cem Ilkel and Illya Marchenko clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Ilkel won 7-6(6) 6-2 in the qualifications in the Bergamo Challenger back in October 2022.

Cem Ilkel

Cem Ilkel

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Rank
720
High
144
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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
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Ranked no. 407, the Turk got to the 2nd round after beating Denis Istomin 7-62 7-5, Vitaliy Sachko 6-3 3-6 6-3 and Zizou Bergs 6-73 6-4 6-1.

In the 1st round against Bergs, Ilkel recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-1). During the match, Ilkel scored 97 points vs Bergs’s 84. Cem was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ilkel fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cem Ilkel lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ilkel put 64% of his first serves in, winning 65% (35/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the 2nd serve. Ilkel broke Bergs 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Ilkel has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (335-244). 14-6 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ilkel has an overall51-45 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

Cem’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Vilnus Challenger.

Cem has an aggregate 16-15 win-loss record in 2022, 14-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bratislava Challenger

Bratislava Challenger
Ilkel's Record

Illya Marchenko

Illya Marchenko

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Rank
538
High
49
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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
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Ranked no. 446, Marchenko reached the 2nd round after defeating Duje Ajdukovic 6-2 6-2, Karl Friberg 6-2 6-3 and Zhizhen Zhang 7-67

7-5.

In the 1st round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Zhang (7-67 7-5). During the match Marchenko scored 83 points vs Zhang’s 76. The Ukrainian was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Marchenko struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Illya Marchenko was quite effective on serve to win 76% (39/51) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Ukrainian broke Zhang twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Illya has a composed 19-23 win-loss record in 2022, 6-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bratislava Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2015. See his history.

Bratislava Challenger
Marchenko's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Ilkel
I.Marchenko
5h:51
5h:51
Time on court​
4h:10
4h:10
!
2h:16
2h:16
Last match​
1h:46
1h:46
3
3
Match played
3
3
82
82
Games Played​
58
58
8
8
Set played​​
6
6
255
255
Total points​
208
208
85
85
Avg point​
69.3
69.3
116
116
Winners
89
89
38.7
38.7
Avg Winners​
29.7
29.7
45%
45%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
14
14
4.7
4.7
Avg Aces
4.7
4.7
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
116/157
116/157
1st won total​
89/116
89/116
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
45/81
45/81
2nd won total​
35/60
35/60
56%
56%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
12/22
12/22
BP won
10/22
10/22
4/7.3
4/7.3
Avg BP won
3.3/7.3
3.3/7.3
!
55%
55%
Won
45%
45%
14
14
Conceded
8
8
4.7
4.7
Avg Conceded
2.7
2.7
6
6
Broken
2
2
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
8
8
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ilkel Marchenko
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 6
Tot Games 82 58
Pts 255-229 208-159
Total Points 484 367
Winners 116 89
%Winners 45% 43%

Both Ilkel and Marchenko played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Cem Ilkel lost 2 sets while Illya Marchenko hasn’t lost a set so far. Ilkel has played 2 sets more than Marchenko (8 vs 6). Therefore, Ilkel played 24 games more than Marchenko. Ilkel scored 116 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Illya bagged 89 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ilkel Marchenko
Aces 14 14
Avg per match 4.7 4.7
1st in 157/238 116/176
%1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 116/157 89/116
%1st pts 74% 77%
2nd pts 45/81 35/60
%2nd pts 56% 58%

Ilkel scored 14 aces (4.7 per match). Marchenko recorded 14 aces (4.7 per match). Ilkel won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Marchenko won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ilkel Marchenko
Won 12 10
Converted 12/22 10/22
% Converted 55% 45%
Conceded 14 8
Saved 8 6
% Saved 57% 75%
Times Broken 6 2

Ilkel broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Ilkel dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Illya broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Marchenko conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Ilkel
Q1
Istomin		 Q3
Sachko		 R1
Bergs		 Total
Score 7-62 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-73 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 25 27 30 82
pts 77-67 81-78 97-84 255-229
Total points 144 159 181 484
Winners 41 40 35 116
%Winners 53% 49% 36% 45%
SERVE
Aces 5 4 5 14
Double Faults 0 2 2 4
1st in 49/68 54/86 54/84 157/238
% 1st in 72% 63% 64% 66%
1st pts 41/49 40/54 35/54 116/157
% 1st pts 84% 74% 65% 74%
2nd pts 12/19 14/32 19/30 45/81
% 2nd pts 63% 44% 63% 56%
Breaks
Won 1 4 7 12
Converted 1/3 4/7 7/12 12/22
Converted % 33% 57% 58% 55%
Conceded 0 8 6 14
Saved 0/0 5/8 3/6 8
Saved % – 63% 50% 38%
Times Broken 0 3 3 6
Marchenko
Q1
Ajdukovic		 Q3
Friberg		 R1
Zhang		 Total
Score 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-3 7-67 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 16 17 25 58
pts 65-42 60-41 83-76 208-159
Total points 107 101 159 367
Winners 22 28 39 89
%Winners 34% 47% 47% 43%
SERVE
Aces 4 6 4 14
Double Faults 1 1 2 4
1st in 30/52 35/49 51/75 116/176
% 1st in 58% 71% 68% 66%
1st pts 22/30 28/35 39/51 89/116
% 1st pts 73% 80% 76% 77%
2nd pts 12/22 9/14 14/24 35/60
% 2nd pts 55% 64% 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 5 3 2 10
Converted 5/9 3/5 2/8 10/22
Converted % 56% 60% 25% 45%
Conceded 2 2 4 8
Saved 1/2 2/2 3/4 6
Saved % 50% 100% 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 0 1 2

Tennis Scores in Bratislava Challenger

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