Dimitar Kuzmanov and Cem Ilkel will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Sofia Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on CENTER 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 Cem Ilkel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cem Ilkel is the pick to win this match.
Cem Ilkel -> 1.9
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Cem Ilkel
This will be the 4th time that Dimitar Kuzmanov and Cem Ilkel fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Ilkel won 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger back in 2021.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-15 | 2-5 | 5-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 9-7 | 22-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 10-7 | 16-13 | 4-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 8-6 | 22-15 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 4-1 | 13-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 189, the Bulgarian will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match in the Olbia Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) ret. to Molcan in the 1st round on the 17th of October.
Dimitar has a composed 31-24 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Dimitar’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Bratislava 1 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Dimitar has an overall 491-272 record. He has a negative 13-28 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Sofia
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
Cem Ilkel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-14 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 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. 259, the Turk will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match in the Bergamo Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-1 to Herbert in the 2nd round on the 2nd of November.
The Turk has a compiled 31-26 win-loss record in 2023, 25-13 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Cem’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Lugano Challenger and M25 Roda de Bara.
In terms of his career, Ilkel has an overall 368-271 record. He has a positive 78-59 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Sofia
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Billy HarrisHarris – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Nerman FaticFatic (6-72 6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (7-63 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (4-6) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Max PurcellPurcell (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Maximilian MartererMarterer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
