Jack Draper and Cem Ilkel will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sofia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:30 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 Jack Draper who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jack Draper is the pick to win this match.
Jack Draper -> 1.137
Cem Ilkel -> 5.8
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Prediction and head to head Jack Draper vs. Cem Ilkel
There is no head to head record between Jack Draper and Cem Ilkel since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jack Draper
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-22 | 19-10 | 5-7 | 7-3 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-15 | 15-8 | 3-3 | 16-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-19 | 12-6 | 2-2 | 26-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-16 | 6-6 | 7-5 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 17-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 82, Jack got to the quarter after defeating Maximilian Marterer 6-3 6-2 and Lorenzo Musetti 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Draper had a good straight sets win against Musetti (7-5 6-2). During the match, Draper scored 78 points vs Musetti’s 53. Draper was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Draper struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jack Draper lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Draper put 58% of his first serves in, winning 89% (31/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Draper broke Musetti 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Draper hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Draper has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 70% of his matches (185-80). 14-2 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Draper has an aggregate70-22 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Bergamo Challenger where he overcame David Goffin in the final 1-6 7-6(3) 6-3.
Draper has an aggregate 32-13 win-loss record in 2023, 14-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.
Cem Ilkel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-26 | 7-12 | 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 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 2-3 | 1-7 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 259, the Turk got to the quarter after beating Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-0 6-3 and Max Purcell 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Ilkel defeated Purcell (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Ilkel scored 86 points vs Purcell’s 81. Cem was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Ilkel struck 11 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Cem Ilkel was very efficient on serve to win 74% (43/58) of his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Turk broke Purcell twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ilkel has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Cem’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Lugano Challenger and M25 Roda de Bara.
Ilkel has an overall 33-26 win-loss record in 2023, 27-13 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Draper | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 44 |
| Pts | 136-90 | 153-125 |
| Total Points | 226 | 278 |
| Winners | 56 | 64 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Both Draper and Ilkel played 2 matches. At the moment, Cem Ilkel dropped 1 set while Jack Draper hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Draper has played 1 set(s) less than Ilkel (4 vs 5). Therefore, Draper played 7 games less than Ilkel. Jack scored 56 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk managed to score 64 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Draper | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 8 |
| 1st in | 64/100 | 83/134 |
| %1st in | 64% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 56/64 | 64/83 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 30/51 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 59% |
Draper made 14 aces (7 per match). Ilkel blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Draper won 88% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Draper | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/15 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 53% | 39% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 83% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Draper broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Jack conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Turk broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Ilkel conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Draper | ||||
| R1 Marterer |
R2 Musetti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| pts | 58-37 | 78-53 | 136-90 | |
| Total points | 95 | 131 | 226 | |
| Winners | 25 | 31 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 29/40 | 35/60 | 64/100 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 58% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 31/35 | 56/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 89% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 12/25 | 19/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 48% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/8 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 83% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ilkel | ||||
| R1 Kuzmanov |
R2 Purcell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 29 | 44 | |
| pts | 67-44 | 86-81 | 153-125 | |
| Total points | 111 | 167 | 278 | |
| Winners | 21 | 43 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 50% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 11 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/41 | 58/93 | 83/134 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 43/58 | 64/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 21/35 | 30/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 60% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 2/4 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 50% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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