Cem Ilkel and Kenny de Schepper will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Lille Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.24
Kenny de Schepper -> 3.74
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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Kenny de Schepper
This will be the 3rd time that Cem Ilkel and Kenny de Schepper fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Ilkel won 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in the Lugano Challenger back in March 2023.
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. 231, Ilkel reached the qualifications after beating Jules Marie 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, Ilkel had a good straight sets win against Marie (6-1 6-1). During the match, Ilkel scored 64 points vs Marie’s 38. Ilkel was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ilkel fired 6 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Cem Ilkel was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Turk broke Marie 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Ilkel has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (358-253). 21-7 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ilkel has a compiled 74-53 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Ilkel’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Lugano Challenger.
Ilkel has an overall 21-8 win-loss record in 2023, 21-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
Kenny de Schepper
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 7-4 | 8-14 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-35 | 6-7 | 18-16 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-24 | 22-8 | 5-5 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 6-4 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 348, De Schepper reached the qualifications after beating Jurgen Briand 1-6 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Briand, Kenny recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-2). During the match de Schepper scored 88 points vs Briand’s 83. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, de Schepper made 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kenny de Schepper lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, de Schepper put 69% of his first serves in, winning 71% (39/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Briand 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
De Schepper has an aggregate 9-8 win-loss record in 2023, 8-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ilkel | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 24 |
| Pts | 64-38 | 88-83 |
| Total Points | 102 | 171 |
| Winners | 21 | 39 |
| %Winners | 33% | 44% |
Both Ilkel and de Schepper played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kenny de Schepper dropped 1 set while Cem Ilkel hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ilkel has played 1 set(s) less than de Schepper (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ilkel played 10 games less than de Schepper. Cem scored 21 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The French player bagged 39 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ilkel | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 8 |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 55/80 |
| %1st in | 61% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 39/55 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/25 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 40% |
Ilkel struck 6 aces . de Schepper made 8 aces . Ilkel won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, de Schepper won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ilkel | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 12 |
| Saved | 1 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Ilkel broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Turk very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. De Schepper broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ilkel | |||
| Q1 Marie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 64-38 | 64-38 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 27/44 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| de Schepper | |||
| Q1 Briand |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 88-83 | 88-83 | |
| Total points | 171 | 171 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 55/80 | 55/80 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 39/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 10/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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