Cem Ilkel and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard will face off in the 1st round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on GRAND TARABYA COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard is the pick to win this match.
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard -> 1.59
Cem Ilkel -> 2.25

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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

There is no head to head record between Cem Ilkel and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Cem Ilkel

Cem Ilkel

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Rank
590
High
144
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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. 219, the Turk will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 7-6(4) 6-1 to Hsiou in the qualifications on the 22nd of August.

Ilkel has a composed 28-20 win-loss record in 2023, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Cem’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Lugano Challenger and M25 Roda de Bara.

Talking about his overall career, Cem has an overall 365-265 record. He has a positive 232-134 record on hard.

Previously in the Istanbul Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See his history.

Istanbul Challenger
Ilkel's Record

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

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Rank
59
High
29
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-26 12-13 6-6 4-4 1-3 0-0
2024 48-25 15-9 10-5 13-7 10-4 0-0
2023 37-27 21-12 9-9 5-5 2-1 0-0
2022 33-23 0-0 31-18 2-5 0-0 0-0
2021 24-22 5-6 15-9 4-7 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 241, Mpetshi will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 7-6(6) 7-6(8)

to Mayo in the qualifications on the 24th of August.

Mpetshi has a composed 31-20 win-loss record in 2023, 19-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Leon Challenger where he defeated Juan Pablo Ficovich in the final 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 7-6(3).

In terms of his career, Giovanni has an overall 92-78 record. He has a positive 24-15 record on hard.

Istanbul Challenger
Mpetshi's Record

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