Laurent Lokoli and Cem Ilkel will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Vilnius Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cem Ilkel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cem Ilkel is the pick to win this match.
Cem Ilkel -> 1.727
Laurent Lokoli -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Laurent Lokoli vs. Cem Ilkel
This will be the 3rd time that Laurent Lokoli and Cem Ilkel clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Lokoli and Ilkel (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Ilkel won 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in the Vilnus Challenger back in 2022.
Laurent Lokoli
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 29-20 | 21-13 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 29-26 | 12-10 | 5-6 | 6-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 59-22 | 26-10 | 27-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 18-18 | 14-12 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 6-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 174, Lokoli reached the 2nd round after defeating Kacper Zuk 0-6 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round against Zuk, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-2 7-5). During the match, Lokoli scored 94 points vs Zuk’s 90. Lokoli was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lokoli struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Laurent Lokoli lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Lokoli put 65% of his first serves in, winning 62% (33/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Zuk 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Lokoli has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (302-172). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lokoli has an aggregate 50-40 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Lokoli’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Noumea Challenger.
The French player has an overall 7-3 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vilnius Challenger
Lokoli has never competed in this tournament before.
Cem Ilkel
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 14-22 | 6-11 | 3-5 | 5-6 | 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. 303, the Turk reached the 2nd round after defeating Nino Serdarusic 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ilkel had a good straight sets win against Serdarusic (6-2 6-4). During the match Ilkel scored 62 points vs Serdarusic’s 47. Cem was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Ilkel struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Cem Ilkel was extremely efficient on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Turk broke Serdarusic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Cem’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
The Turk has a composed 12-4 win-loss record in 2023, 12-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Lokoli | Ilkel |
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Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
Tot Games | 26 | 18 |
Pts | 94-90 | 62-47 |
Total Points | 184 | 109 |
Winners | 33 | 24 |
%Winners | 35% | 39% |
Both Lokoli and Ilkel played 1 match. At the moment, Laurent Lokoli dropped 1 set while Cem Ilkel hasn’t dropped a set so far. Lokoli has played 1 set more than Ilkel (3 vs 2). Therefore, Lokoli played 8 games more than Ilkel. Laurent scored 33 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Cem made 24 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Lokoli | Ilkel |
---|---|---|
Aces | 7 | 4 |
Avg per match | 7 | 4 |
1st in | 53/82 | 28/53 |
%1st in | 65% | 53% |
1st pts | 33/53 | 24/28 |
%1st pts | 62% | 86% |
2nd pts | 12/29 | 13/25 |
%2nd pts | 41% | 52% |
Lokoli recorded 7 aces . Ilkel scored 4 aces . Lokoli won 62% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Lokoli | Ilkel |
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Won | 5 | 4 |
Converted | 5/12 | 4/7 |
% Converted | 42% | 57% |
Conceded | 9 | 2 |
Saved | 4 | 1 |
% Saved | 44% | 50% |
Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Lokoli broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Laurent dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Ilkel broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
Lokoli | |||
R1 Zuk |
Total | ||
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Score | 0-6 6-2 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
pts | 94-90 | 94-90 | |
Total points | 184 | 184 | |
Winners | 33 | 33 | |
%Winners | 35% | 35% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 7 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 53/82 | 53/82 | |
% 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
1st pts | 33/53 | 33/53 | |
% 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
2nd pts | 12/29 | 12/29 | |
% 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Ilkel | |||
R1 Serdarusic |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
pts | 62-47 | 62-47 | |
Total points | 109 | 109 | |
Winners | 24 | 24 | |
%Winners | 39% | 39% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 4 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 28/53 | 28/53 | |
% 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
% 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
% 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Vilnius Challenger
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Dominic StrickerStricker (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (2-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Kacper ZukZuk (0-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Edas ButvilasButvilas (1-6 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-2 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Karol Drzewiecki/Szymon WalkowDrzewiecki/Szymon Walkow – Liam Broady/Charles BroomBroady/Charles Broom (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Daniel MasurMasur (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Vilius GaubasGaubas (4-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (7-5 6-74 7-62) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Dennis NovakNovak (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Laurent LokoliLokoli (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Evan FurnessFurness – Ergi KirkinKirkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Zdenek KolarKolar (2-0) – H2H and prediction