Altug Celikbilek and Cem Ilkel will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Lille Challenger for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on CENTER. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.46
Altug Celikbilek -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Cem Ilkel
This will be the 8th time that Altug Celikbilek and Cem Ilkel face off. The head to head is 4-3 for Celikbilek (see full H2H stats), but Ilkel has a winning record of 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Celikbilek won 6-1 6-7(2) 6-3 in the final in the Pozoblanco Challenger back in 2021.
Altug Celikbilek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-15 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-27 | 8-12 | 0-3 | 9-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-30 | 13-13 | 4-7 | 10-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-24 | 23-11 | 1-2 | 15-8 | 3-2 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 3-2 | 7-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 208, Celikbilek reached the 2nd round after defeating Antoine Escoffier 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Altug had a good straight sets win against Escoffier (6-4 6-2). During the match, Celikbilek scored 73 points vs Escoffier’s 57. Celikbilek was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Celikbilek scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 64% of his first serves in, winning 59% (26/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Escoffier 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Celikbilek has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (290-206). 7-6 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Celikbilek has a composed50-33 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
The Turk’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Neuve Challenger.
The Turk has a compiled 7-6 win-loss record in 2023, 7-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
The Turk has never competed in this tournament before.
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, the Turk reached the 2nd round after defeating Jules Marie 6-1 6-1 and Gauthier Onclin 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Onclin (6-3 6-2). During the match Ilkel scored 63 points vs Onclin’s 43. The Turk was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Ilkel recorded 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Cem Ilkel lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ilkel put 63% of his first serves in, winning 88% (28/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Cem broke Onclin 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Ilkel’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Lugano Challenger.
The Turk has an aggregate 22-9 win-loss record in 2023, 22-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Celikbilek | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 31 |
| Pts | 73-57 | 127-81 |
| Total Points | 130 | 208 |
| Winners | 26 | 49 |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% |
Celikbilek played 1 match while Ilkel competed in 2 matches. Ilkel started his run from the qualifications while Celikbilek had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Celikbilek has played 2 set(s) less than Ilkel (2 vs 4). Therefore, Celikbilek played 13 games less than Ilkel. The Turk scored 26 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk scored 49 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Celikbilek | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7 |
| 1st in | 44/69 | 59/95 |
| %1st in | 64% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 26/44 | 49/59 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 18/36 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 50% |
Celikbilek managed to score 4 aces . Ilkel recorded 14 aces (7 per match). Celikbilek won 59% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Celikbilek | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 50% | 47% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Altug broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Cem broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Ilkel conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Celikbilek | |||
| R1 Escoffier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 73-57 | 73-57 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/69 | 44/69 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/44 | 26/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Ilkel | |||||
| Q1 Marie |
Q3 de Schepper |
R1 Onclin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 17 | 17 | 48 | |
| pts | 64-38 | – | 63-43 | 127-81 | |
| Total points | 102 | 0 | 106 | 208 | |
| Winners | 21 | 28 | 49 | ||
| %Winners | 33% | 0% | 44% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 8 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 27/44 | / | 32/51 | 59/95 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 0% | 63% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | / | 28/32 | 49/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 0% | 88% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | / | 8/19 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 0% | 42% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 5/10 | / | 4/9 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 0% | 44% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/ | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 67% | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Head 2 Head
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- Kacper ZukZuk – Evan FurnessFurness (6-4 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Edan LeshemLeshem (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Omar JasikaJasika (7-5 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-61 2-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Norbert GombosGombos (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (5-7 7-61 6-4) – See score progression
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- Max PurcellPurcell – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Kacper ZukZuk (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dan AddedAdded – Antoine HoangHoang (0-2) – H2H and prediction
