Cem Ilkel and Billy Harris will square off in the 2nd round of the Hamburg Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Billy Harris who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Billy Harris is the pick to win this match.
Billy Harris -> 1.615
Cem Ilkel -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Billy Harris
This will be the 2nd time that Cem Ilkel and Billy Harris square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Harris (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Harris won 7-6(8) 6-4 in the 1st round in M15 Antalya back in 2020.
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. 222, the Turk reached the 2nd round after defeating Henri Laaksonen 6-2 3-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Laaksonen, the Turk had a free pass after Laaksonen retired on a 6-2 3-1 . scoreline.
Ilkel has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (367-269). 24-11 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ilkel has a compiled 77-57 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Turk’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Lugano Challenger and M25 Roda de Bara.
The Turk has a compiled 30-24 win-loss record in 2023, 24-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Billy Harris
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-21 | 3-3 | 6-8 | 5-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-34 | 27-15 | 7-8 | 14-5 | 11-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-34 | 23-13 | 10-9 | 9-8 | 2-3 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 51-20 | 13-5 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-13 | 19-10 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 262 (career-high), Billy got to the 2nd round after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Harris had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 6-2). During the match Harris scored 68 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 47. The Brit was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Harris blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Billy Harris lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Harris put 67% of his first serves in, winning 83% (33/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (7/20) on the 2nd serve. Billy broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Harris’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger and M25 Nottingham.
Harris has an overall 46-29 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ilkel | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 12 | 18 |
| Pts | 44-30 | 68-47 |
| Total Points | 74 | 115 |
| Winners | 19 | 33 |
| %Winners | 43% | 49% |
Both Ilkel and Harris played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Ilkel has played 1 set more than Harris (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Ilkel played 6 games less than Harris. Ilkel scored 19 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Billy fired 33 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ilkel | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 22/34 | 40/60 |
| %1st in | 65% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 33/40 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 7/20 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 35% |
Ilkel fired 3 aces . Harris made 4 aces . Ilkel won 86% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Harris won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ilkel | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 60% | 57% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Ilkel broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Turk had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Brit broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Billy conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ilkel | |||
| R1 Laaksonen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 44-30 | 44-30 | |
| Total points | 74 | 74 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 22/34 | 22/34 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 19/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Harris | |||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-47 | 68-47 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 40/60 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 33/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/20 | 7/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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