Cem Ilkel and Moez Echargui will play each other in the 1st round of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.57
Moez Echargui -> 2.29

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Prediction and head to head Cem Ilkel vs. Moez Echargui

There is no head to head record between Cem Ilkel and Moez Echargui since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Cem Ilkel

Cem Ilkel

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Rank
594
High
144
LWLLLWWWLW
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. 252, Cem will start his run in the Yokkaichi Challenger after he played his last match in the Yokohama Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-0 to Polmans in the 1st round on the 20th of November.

The Turk has a compiled 33-28 win-loss record in 2023, 6-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Turk’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Lugano Challenger and M25 Roda de Bara.

Talking about his overall career, The Turk has an overall 370-273 record. He has a positive 232-136 record on hard.

Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger

The Turk has never competed in this tournament before.

Yokkaichi Challenger
Ilkel's Record

Moez Echargui

Moez Echargui

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Rank
135
High
135
LLWLLLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 70-22 63-13 4-4 3-5 0-0 0-0
2024 26-28 12-13 12-14 2-1 0-0 0-0
2023 46-34 23-10 23-22 0-2 0-0 0-0
2022 44-29 7-2 37-26 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 43-24 38-17 4-6 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 280, the Tunisian will start his run in the Yokkaichi Challenger after he played his last match in the Yokohama Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-2 to Mmoh in the 1st

round on the 20th of November.

Moez has a compiled 45-33 win-loss record in 2023, 22-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Moez’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Monastir.

In terms of his career, The Tunisian has an overall 265-195 record. He has a positive 152-82 record on hard.

Yokkaichi Challenger
Echargui's Record

Tennis Scores in Yokkaichi Challenger

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