Antoine Escoffier and Cem Ilkel will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Lugano Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 7:00 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cem Ilkel is the pick to win this match.
Cem Ilkel -> 1.56
Antoine Escoffier -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Escoffier vs. Cem Ilkel
This will be the 3rd time that Antoine Escoffier and Cem Ilkel face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ilkel won 6-3 2-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in the Rennes Challenger back in 2020.
Antoine Escoffier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-32 | 32-15 | 0-1 | 11-15 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 21-14 | 1-2 | 17-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-33 | 12-12 | 0-2 | 31-16 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 56-26 | 19-8 | 11-8 | 26-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-6 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 2-0 |
Ranked no. 197, Escoffier got to the semifinal after defeating Zizou Bergs 6-2 6-4, Adrian Andreev 7-66 6-3 and Mika Brunold 6-0 6-3.
In the quarter, Escoffier had a good straight sets win against Brunold (6-0 6-3). During the match, Escoffier scored 58 points vs Brunold’s 33. Antoine was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Escoffier blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Antoine Escoffier conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Escoffier put 63% of his first serves in, winning 86% (25/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Brunold 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Escoffier has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (398-222). 11-4 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Escoffier has an overall 131-65 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The French player best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger and the Cherbourg Challenger.
Antoine has an aggregate 16-7 win-loss record in 2023, 11-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Escoffier has never competed in this tournament before.
Cem Ilkel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-26 | 7-12 | 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 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 2-3 | 1-7 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 280, the Turk reached the semifinal 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, Alexander Ritschard 2-6 6-1 6-4 and Vitaliy Sachko 6-2 7-5.
In the quarter, Cem had a good straight sets win against Sachko (6-2 7-5). During the match Ilkel scored 63 points vs Sachko’s 44. Ilkel was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Ilkel scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cem Ilkel lost the serve once. Furthermore, Ilkel put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. Ilkel broke Sachko 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Turk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Turk’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger and the Vilnius Challenger.
The Turk has a composed 19-6 win-loss record in 2023, 19-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escoffier | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 14 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 133 |
| Pts | 205-148 | 414-353 |
| Total Points | 353 | 767 |
| Winners | 84 | 191 |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% |
Escoffier played 3 matches while Ilkel competed in 5 matches. Ilkel started his run from the qualifications while Escoffier had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Cem Ilkel surrendered 4 sets while Antoine Escoffier hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Escoffier has played 8 set(s) less than Ilkel (6 vs 14). Therefore, Escoffier played 78 games less than Ilkel. Antoine scored 84 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Ilkel made 191 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escoffier | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4.2 |
| 1st in | 99/177 | 255/385 |
| %1st in | 56% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 84/99 | 191/255 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 40/78 | 71/130 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 55% |
Escoffier struck 18 aces (6 per match). Ilkel bagged 21 aces (4.2 per match). Escoffier won 85% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escoffier | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 21 |
| Converted | 11/18 | 21/41 |
| % Converted | 61% | 51% |
| Conceded | 9 | 26 |
| Saved | 7 | 16 |
| % Saved | 78% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 10 |
Escoffier broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Ilkel broke his opponents 21 times with a 51% conversion rate. Cem conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escoffier | |||||
| R1 Bergs |
R2 Andreev |
1/4 Brunold |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 7-66 6-3 | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 15 | 55 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 84-71 | 58-33 | 205-148 | |
| Total points | 107 | 155 | 91 | 353 | |
| Winners | 29 | 30 | 25 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 36% | 43% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 11 | 4 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 34/78 | 29/46 | 99/177 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 44% | 63% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 30/34 | 25/29 | 84/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 88% | 86% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 24/44 | 8/17 | 40/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 55% | 47% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/4 | 5/8 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 63% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 100% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ilkel | |||||||
| Q1 de Schepper |
Q3 Durasovic |
R1 Klein |
R2 Ritschard |
1/4 Sachko |
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 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 20 | 133 | |
| pts | 94-81 | 80-68 | 97-89 | 80-71 | 63-44 | 414-353 | |
| Total points | 175 | 148 | 186 | 151 | 107 | 767 | |
| Winners | 52 | 37 | 46 | 30 | 26 | 191 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 46% | 47% | 38% | 41% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 62/90 | 53/73 | 58/89 | 45/78 | 37/55 | 255/385 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 73% | 65% | 58% | 67% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 52/62 | 37/53 | 46/58 | 30/45 | 26/37 | 191/255 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 70% | 79% | 67% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 9/20 | 14/31 | 19/33 | 12/18 | 71/130 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 45% | 45% | 58% | 67% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 6/9 | 4/9 | 4/9 | 4/6 | 21/41 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 67% | 44% | 44% | 67% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 3/6 | 6/9 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 67% | 40% | 0% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Mika BrunoldBrunold (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Liam BroadyBroady (3-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
