Nikoloz Basilashvili and Cem Ilkel will face off in the qualifications of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on GRANDSTAND 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 3 sets.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.55
Cem Ilkel -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Cem Ilkel
There is no head to head record between Nikoloz Basilashvili and Cem Ilkel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-29 | 18-13 | 9-10 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-32 | 11-8 | 27-15 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 18-11 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 84, Basilashvili will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in Rotterdam where he lost 7-5 6-4 to Lestienne in the qualifications on the 12th of February.
The Georgean has a compiled 2-5 win-loss record in 2023, 0-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Basilashvili has an overall 390-345 record. He has a positive 164-142 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.
Cem Ilkel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-11 | 30-10 | 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. 279, the Turk will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in the Vilnius Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3
to Kolar in the semifinal on the 11th of February.Cem has a composed 14-5 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Cem’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger and the Vilnius Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Turk has an overall 351-250 record. He has a positive 226-127 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Cem IlkelIlkel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mubarak Shannan ZayidShannan Zayid – Liam BroadyBroady (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Alexandre MullerMuller (2-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (1-0) – H2H and prediction