Ricardas Berankis and Cem Ilkel will face off in the 1st round of the Seoul Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT 12. 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 Ricardas Berankis who should win in 3 sets.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.76
Cem Ilkel -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Ricardas Berankis vs. Cem Ilkel
This will be the 4th time that Ricardas Berankis and Cem Ilkel play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Berankis won 6-2 6-0 in the 1st round in the St. Brieuc Challenger back in March 2023.
Ricardas Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-17 | 11-9 | 4-3 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-27 | 18-14 | 5-1 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 217, the Lithuanian will start his run in the Seoul Challenger after he played his last match in the Lille Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-5 to Diallo in the 2nd round on the 30th of March.
Berankis has an overall 16-7 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the St. Brieuc Challenger where he defeated Dan Added in the final 6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(5).
Talking about his overall career, The Lithuanian has an overall 559-356 record. He has a positive 246-160 record on hard.
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Cem Ilkel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-11 | 30-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-27 | 7-13 | 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 |
Ranked no. 228, Cem will start his run in the Seoul Challenger after he played his last match in the Lille Challenger where he lost 7-6(3) 6-4
to Celikbilek in the 2nd round on the 29th of March.Ilkel has an aggregate 22-10 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Cem’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Lugano Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Turk has an overall 359-255 record. He has a positive 226-128 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Seoul Challenger
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Brandon HoltHolt (4-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-63 7-60) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-3 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Richard BerankisBerankis (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Denis KudlaKudla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Li TuTu – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Jea Moon LeeMoon Lee (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hyeon ChungChung – Jordan ThompsonThompson (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction