Max Purcell and Cem Ilkel will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Sofia Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 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 Max Purcell who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.25
Cem Ilkel -> 3.95
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Cem Ilkel
This will be the 2nd time that Max Purcell and Cem Ilkel face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Ilkel won 6-1 6-7(1) 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Gwangju Challenger back in 2019.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-15 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45, Purcell got to the 2nd round after beating Rinky Hijikata 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Purcell had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-3 6-3). During the match, Purcell scored 62 points vs Hijikata’s 49. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell struck 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Max Purcell lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 54% of his first serves in, winning 77% (24/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Max broke Hijikata 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Purcell has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (262-186). 5-4 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has a compiled19-17 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he overcame Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he defeated Luca Nardi in the final 6-2 6-3.
The Australian has a composed 52-27 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
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 reached the 2nd round after defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Kuzmanov (6-0 6-3). During the match Ilkel scored 67 points vs Kuzmanov’s 44. Ilkel was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Ilkel recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cem Ilkel was pretty efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Turk broke Kuzmanov 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
The Turk’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Lugano Challenger and M25 Roda de Bara.
Cem has an overall 32-26 win-loss record in 2023, 26-13 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 |
| Pts | 62-49 | 67-44 |
| Total Points | 111 | 111 |
| Winners | 24 | 21 |
| %Winners | 39% | 31% |
Both Purcell and Ilkel played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Purcell and Ilkel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Purcell played 3 games more than Ilkel. Purcell scored 24 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Ilkel recorded 21 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 25/41 |
| %1st in | 54% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 21/25 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 9/16 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 56% |
Purcell scored 7 aces . Ilkel blasted 5 aces . Purcell won 77% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 44% | 36% |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 86% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Purcell broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Turk broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Ilkel was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Purcell | |||
| R1 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 62-49 | 62-49 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 31/57 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 24/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ilkel | |||
| R1 Kuzmanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 67-44 | 67-44 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/41 | 25/41 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 21/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLLLWLL Tennis Scores in Sofia
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-4 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-69 6-72 7-65) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-64 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-73 6-1 7-62) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrey Golubev/Denys MolchanovGolubev/Denys Molchanov – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (7-66 2-6 10-7) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-5) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Jurij RodionovRodionov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Max PurcellPurcell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jack DraperDraper (0-1) – H2H and prediction
