Mikael Ymer and Cem Ilkel will play each other in the qualifications of the Ottignies for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikael Ymer who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikael Ymer is the pick to win this match.
Mikael Ymer -> 1.27
Cem Ilkel -> 3.5
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Prediction and head to head Mikael Ymer vs. Cem Ilkel
There is no head to head record between Mikael Ymer and Cem Ilkel since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Mikael Ymer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-18 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-25 | 9-6 | 3-8 | 17-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-24 | 9-5 | 10-7 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 69, the Swede got to the qualifications after beating Gilles Arnaud Bailly 7-5 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Swede had a good straight sets win against Arnaud Bailly (7-5 6-0). During the match, Ymer scored 73 points vs Arnaud Bailly’s 55. Mikael was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ymer struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mikael Ymer lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 79% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the 2nd serve. The Swede broke Arnaud Bailly 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Ymer has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (259-152). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ymer has a composed 95-47 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Ymer has a compiled 5-3 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Louvain
Ymer has never competed in this tournament before.
Cem Ilkel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-6 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 328, Cem got to the qualifications after beating Victor Ernaelsteen 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Ernaelsteen (7-5 6-4). During the match Ilkel scored 75 points vs Ernaelsteen’s 58. Cem was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Ilkel fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cem Ilkel was quite efficient on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 81% (17/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cem broke Ernaelsteen twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
The Turk’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
The Turk has an overall 9-2 win-loss record in 2023, 9-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ymer | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 |
| Pts | 73-55 | 75-58 |
| Total Points | 128 | 133 |
| Winners | 32 | 28 |
| %Winners | 44% | 37% |
Both Ymer and Ilkel played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ymer and Ilkel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ymer played 4 games less than Ilkel. Mikael scored 32 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Ilkel bagged 28 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ymer | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 48/61 | 33/54 |
| %1st in | 79% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 28/33 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 17/21 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 81% |
Ymer managed to score 2 aces . Ilkel managed to score 6 aces . Ymer won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 81% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ymer | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 36% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Mikael broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Mikael lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Turk broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Ilkel was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Ymer | |||
| Q1 Arnaud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 73-55 | 73-55 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/61 | 48/61 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ilkel | |||
| Q1 Ernaelsteen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-58 | 75-58 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 33/54 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/21 | 17/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 81% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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