H2H, prediction of Otto Virtanen vs Cem Ilkel in Lugano Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 7th March 2024

PREVIEW. Lugano Challenger. Virtanen and Ilkel will face off in the 2nd round of the Lugano Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 7th of March

Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Cem Ilkel

Otto Virtanen and Cem Ilkel will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Lugano Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:30 pm on CENTRALE. 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 Otto Virtanen who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.32
Cem Ilkel -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Cem Ilkel

This will be the 2nd time that Otto Virtanen and Cem Ilkel fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Virtanen (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, Virtanen won 6-4 7-6(5) in the final in the Lugano Challenger back in 2023.

Otto Virtanen

Otto Virtanen
Otto Virtanen

15 - 5win/loss

Hard
2-4
I Hard
13-1
Rank
96
High
96
WWLWWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 43-27 9-11 5-7 24-6 5-3 0-0
2023 33-31 4-6 4-10 22-11 3-4 0-0
2022 46-31 4-1 7-12 25-13 8-3 2-2
2021 40-21 2-2 16-11 19-6 0-0 3-2
2020 24-9 2-2 1-2 21-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 126, the Finn reached the 2nd round after beating Remy Bertola 7-5 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Finn had a good straight sets win against Bertola (7-5 6-3). During the match, Virtanen scored 77 points vs Bertola’s 62. Otto was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Virtanen blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Otto Virtanen was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Otto broke Bertola 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Virtanen has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (176-113). 12-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Virtanen has an overall107-42 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he beat Leandro Riedi in the final 7-5 7-5.

Virtanen has an aggregate 14-5 win-loss record in 2024, 12-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lugano Challenger

Virtanen
Lugano Challenger
Virtanen's Record

Cem Ilkel

Cem Ilkel
Cem Ilkel

7 - 7win/loss

Hard
2-2
I Hard
5-5
Rank
486
High
144
LWLLWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 16-25 7-12 4-6 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. 318, Ilkel reached the 2nd round after beating Kyle Edmund 3-6 7-65 6-2, Illya Marchenko 7-66 7-62 and Johan Nikles 6-0 6-3.

In the 1st round, Ilkel had a good straight sets win against Nikles (6-0 6-3). During the match Ilkel scored 64 points vs Nikles’s 41. Cem was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.

About the serving games, Ilkel bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Cem Ilkel lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ilkel put 51% of his first serves in, winning 68% (17/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. Cem broke Nikles 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

Cem has an overall 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lugano Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2023. See his history.

Ilkel
Lugano Challenger
Ilkel's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

O.Virtanen
C.Ilkel
1h:26
1h:26
Time on court​
!
5h:53
5h:53
1h:26
1h:26
Last match​
1h:12
1h:12
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
21
21
Games Played​
71
71
2
2
Set played​​
7
7
77
77
Total points​
254
254
77
77
Avg point​
84.7
84.7
26
26
Winners
97
97
26
26
Avg Winners​
32.3
32.3
34%
34%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
24
24
5
5
Avg Aces
8
8
1
1
Double Faults
10
10
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3.3
3.3
26/32
26/32
1st won total​
97/127
97/127
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
17/29
17/29
2nd won total​
50/100
50/100
59%
59%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
3/12
3/12
BP won
10/23
10/23
3/12
3/12
Avg BP won
3.3/7.7
3.3/7.7
!
25%
25%
Won
43%
43%
3
3
Conceded
19
19
3
3
Avg Conceded
6.3
6.3
1
1
Broken
6
6
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
2
2
Saved
13
13

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Virtanen Ilkel
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 7
Tot Games 21 71
Pts 77-62 254-217
Total Points 139 471
Winners 26 97
%Winners 34% 38%

Virtanen played 1 match while Ilkel competed in 3 matches. Ilkel started his run from the qualifications while Virtanen had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Cem Ilkel lost 1 set while Otto Virtanen hasn’t dropped a set so far. Virtanen has played 5 set(s) less than Ilkel (2 vs 7). Therefore, Virtanen played 50 games less than Ilkel. The Finn scored 26 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Cem scored 97 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Virtanen Ilkel
Aces 5 24
Avg per match 5 8
1st in 32/61 127/227
%1st in 52% 56%
1st pts 26/32 97/127
%1st pts 81% 76%
2nd pts 17/29 50/100
%2nd pts 59% 50%

Virtanen managed to score 5 aces . Ilkel bagged 24 aces (8 per match). Virtanen won 81% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Virtanen Ilkel
Won 3 10
Converted 3/12 10/23
% Converted 25% 43%
Conceded 3 19
Saved 2 13
% Saved 67% 68%
Times Broken 1 6

The Finn broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Otto surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Turk broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.

Virtanen
R1
Bertola
Total
Score 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 77-62 77-62
Total points 139 139
Winners 26 26
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 32/61 32/61
% 1st in 52% 52%
1st pts 26/32 26/32
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 17/29 17/29
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/12 3/12
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Ilkel
Q1
Edmund
Q3
Marchenko
R1
Nikles
Total
Score 3-6 7-65 6-2 7-66 7-62 6-0 6-3
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 30 26 15 71
pts 103-97 87-79 64-41 254-217
Total points 200 166 105 471
Winners 45 35 17 97
%Winners 44% 40% 27% 38%
SERVE
Aces 12 10 2 24
Double Faults 6 1 3 10
1st in 56/102 46/76 25/49 127/227
% 1st in 55% 61% 51% 56%
1st pts 45/56 35/46 17/25 97/127
% 1st pts 80% 76% 68% 76%
2nd pts 19/46 18/30 13/24 50/100
% 2nd pts 41% 60% 54% 50%
Breaks
Won 3 1 6 10
Converted 3/7 1/3 6/13 10/23
Converted % 43% 33% 46% 43%
Conceded 12 3 4 19
Saved 9/12 2/3 2/4 13
Saved % 75% 67% 50% 192%
Times Broken 3 1 2 6

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Virtanen
WWLWWWWWLW
Ilkel
LWLLWLLWWL
2024 2023 2022
42 - 24
16 - 23
9-11
Hard
7-11
23-3
I Hard
5-7
5-7
Clay
4-5
5-3
Grass
0-0

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