Cem Ilkel and Vitaliy Sachko will play each other in the quarter of the Lugano Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTRALE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.41
Vitaliy Sachko -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Vitaliy Sachko
This will be the 2nd time that Cem Ilkel and Vitaliy Sachko face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Ilkel won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the qualifications in the Bratislava Challenger back in 2022.
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. 280, Cem got to the quarter after defeating Kenny de Schepper 6-75 6-3 6-2, Viktor Durasovic 4-6 6-2 6-2, Lukas Klein 6-4 4-6 7-5 and Alexander Ritschard 2-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Ritschard, The Turk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Ilkel scored 80 points vs Ritschard’s 71. Cem was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ilkel recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Cem Ilkel lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ilkel put 58% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the 2nd serve. Ilkel broke Ritschard 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Turk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 4 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Ilkel has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (355-251). 18-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ilkel has a composed 71-51 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Ilkel’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger and the Vilnius Challenger.
The Turk has an overall 18-6 win-loss record in 2023, 18-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Ilkel has never competed in this tournament before.
Vitaliy Sachko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-13 | 3-3 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-32 | 4-3 | 28-16 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 24-33 | 2-3 | 12-18 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 42-28 | 0-2 | 24-17 | 18-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 8-5 | 7-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 338, the Ukrainian reached the quarter after defeating Timofey Stepanov 6-1 6-0, Edas Butvilas 6-4 3-6 6-1, Jakub Paul 6-4 6-3 and Altug Celikbilek 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Celikbilek (6-4 6-3). During the match Sachko scored 67 points vs Celikbilek’s 56. Vitaliy was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Sachko struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Vitaliy Sachko was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Ukrainian broke Celikbilek 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sachko started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Vitaliy has an overall 10-4 win-loss record in 2023, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ilkel | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 12 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 113 | 77 |
| Pts | 351-309 | 274-206 |
| Total Points | 660 | 480 |
| Winners | 165 | 116 |
| %Winners | 47% | 42% |
Both Ilkel and Sachko played 4 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Cem Ilkel surrendered 4 sets, while Vitaliy Sachko surrendered 1 set. Ilkel has played 3 sets more than Sachko (12 vs 9). Therefore, Ilkel played 36 games more than Sachko. The Turk scored 165 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian bagged 116 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ilkel | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 218/330 | 157/230 |
| %1st in | 66% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 165/218 | 116/157 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 59/112 | 38/73 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 52% |
Ilkel scored 20 aces (5 per match). Sachko blasted 18 aces (4.5 per match). Ilkel won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Sachko won 74% 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 | Ilkel | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 17 |
| Converted | 17/35 | 17/37 |
| % Converted | 49% | 46% |
| Conceded | 25 | 19 |
| Saved | 16 | 14 |
| % Saved | 64% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 5 |
Cem broke his opponents 17 times with a 49% conversion rate. Cem surrendered his serve 9 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Vitaliy broke his opponents 17 times with a 46% conversion rate. Sachko conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ilkel | ||||||
| Q1 de Schepper |
Q3 Durasovic |
R1 Klein |
R2 Ritschard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-3 6-2 | 4-6 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 4-6 7-5 | 2-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 113 | |
| pts | 94-81 | 80-68 | 97-89 | 80-71 | 351-309 | |
| Total points | 175 | 148 | 186 | 151 | 660 | |
| Winners | 52 | 37 | 46 | 30 | 165 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 46% | 47% | 38% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 62/90 | 53/73 | 58/89 | 45/78 | 218/330 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 73% | 65% | 58% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 52/62 | 37/53 | 46/58 | 30/45 | 165/218 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 70% | 79% | 67% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 9/20 | 14/31 | 19/33 | 59/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 45% | 45% | 58% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 6/9 | 4/9 | 4/9 | 17/35 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 67% | 44% | 44% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 25 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 3/6 | 6/9 | 2/5 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 67% | 40% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Sachko | ||||||
| Q1 Stepanov |
Q3 Butvilas |
R1 Paul |
R2 Celikbilek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 77 | |
| pts | 56-21 | 89-77 | 62-52 | 67-56 | 274-206 | |
| Total points | 77 | 166 | 114 | 123 | 480 | |
| Winners | 21 | 37 | 32 | 26 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 52% | 39% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 23/38 | 54/81 | 44/60 | 36/51 | 157/230 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 67% | 73% | 71% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 37/54 | 32/44 | 26/36 | 116/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 69% | 73% | 72% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 15/27 | 5/16 | 9/15 | 38/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 56% | 31% | 60% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/9 | 4/7 | 4/11 | 17/37 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 57% | 36% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 19 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 9/11 | 4/6 | 1/2 | 14 | |
| Saved % | – | 82% | 67% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
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