Cem Ilkel and Viktor Durasovic will face off in the qualifications of the Lugano Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CAMPO 1. 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 -> 1.28
Viktor Durasovic -> 3.42
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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Viktor Durasovic
This will be the 4th time that Cem Ilkel and Viktor Durasovic play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Ilkel won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Bergamo Challenger back in 2020.
Cem Ilkel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-16 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 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. 282, Cem got to the qualifications after beating Kenny de Schepper 6-75 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against de Schepper, Cem recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-2). During the match, Ilkel scored 94 points vs de Schepper’s 81. Ilkel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ilkel bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cem Ilkel was very effective on serve to win 84% (52/62) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Turk broke de Schepper 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Ilkel has good record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (352-251). 15-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ilkel has a composed 68-51 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Ilkel’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger and the Vilnius Challenger.
The Turk has an overall 15-6 win-loss record in 2023, 15-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
The Turk has never competed in this tournament before.
Viktor Durasovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-20 | 8-4 | 9-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-37 | 5-8 | 17-18 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 28-36 | 2-7 | 15-18 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-24 | 2-4 | 13-12 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-14 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 336, Durasovic got to the qualifications after beating Giovanni Oradini 7-64 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Oradini (7-64 6-4). During the match Durasovic scored 77 points vs Oradini’s 67. Viktor was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Durasovic made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Viktor Durasovic was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (39/50) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Norwegian broke Oradini once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Durasovic has a compiled 6-8 win-loss record in 2023, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ilkel | Durasovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 23 |
| Pts | 94-81 | 77-67 |
| Total Points | 175 | 144 |
| Winners | 52 | 39 |
| %Winners | 55% | 51% |
Both Ilkel and Durasovic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Cem Ilkel lost 1 set while Viktor Durasovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Ilkel has played 1 set more than Durasovic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ilkel played 7 games more than Durasovic. Cem scored 52 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Viktor blasted 39 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ilkel | Durasovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 9 |
| 1st in | 62/90 | 50/74 |
| %1st in | 69% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 52/62 | 39/50 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 14/24 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 58% |
Ilkel recorded 3 aces . Durasovic bagged 9 aces . Ilkel won 84% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Durasovic won 78% 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 | Durasovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 1 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 1/2 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Cem broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Ilkel very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. Durasovic broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. Viktor was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Ilkel | |||
| Q1 de Schepper |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 94-81 | 94-81 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 62/90 | 62/90 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 52/62 | 52/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Durasovic | |||
| Q1 Oradini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 77-67 | 77-67 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/74 | 50/74 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 39/50 | 39/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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