Nino Serdarusic and Cem Ilkel will face off in the qualifications of the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nino Serdarusic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nino Serdarusic is the pick to win this match.
Nino Serdarusic -> 1.37
Cem Ilkel -> 2.93

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Prediction and head to head Nino Serdarusic vs. Cem Ilkel

This will be the 5^th time that Nino Serdarusic and Cem Ilkel square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Ilkel won 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Vilnius Challenger back in 2023.

Nino Serdarusic

Ranked no. 450, Serdarusic got to the qualifications after beating Lucas Miedler 6-3 7-6(3).

In the qualifications, Nino had a good straight sets win against Miedler (6-3 7-6³). During the match, Serdarusic scored 79 points vs Miedler’s 68. Serdarusic was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Serdarusic bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nino Serdarusic lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Serdarusic put 79% of his first serves in, winning 68% (43/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. Serdarusic broke Miedler twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Serdarusic has winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (348-291). 19-18 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Serdarusic has a compiled 298-209 match record in the last years on clay.

Serdarusic’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

Nino has an overall 20-21 win-loss record in 2024, 19-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger

Nino has never competed in this tournament before.

Cem Ilkel

Ranked no. 475, Ilkel got to the qualifications after defeating Martin Klizan 7-6(4) ret..

In the qualifications against Klizan, Cem had a free pass after Klizan retired on a 7-6⁴ . scoreline.

Ilkel has an overall 13-20 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Serdarusic	Ilkel
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	13
Pts	79-68	49-48
Total Points	147	97
Winners	43	15
%Winners	54%	31%

Both Serdarusic and Ilkel played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Serdarusic and Ilkel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Serdarusic played 9 games more than Ilkel. Serdarusic scored 43 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Cem blasted 15 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Serdarusic	Ilkel
Aces	6	2
Avg per match	6	2
1st in	63/80	30/41
%1st in	79%	73%
1st pts	43/63	15/30
%1st pts	68%	50%
2nd pts	10/17	7/11
%2nd pts	59%	64%

Serdarusic scored 6 aces . Ilkel scored 2 aces . Serdarusic won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 50% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Serdarusic	Ilkel
Won	2	3
Converted	2/7	3/10
% Converted	29%	30%
Conceded	5	6
Saved	4	3
% Saved	80%	50%
Times Broken	1	3

Serdarusic broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Serdarusic surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Turk broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Ilkel conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Serdarusic
	Q1 Miedler	Total
Score	6-3 7-63
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	79-68	79-68
Total points	147	147
Winners	43	43
%Winners	54%	54%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	63/80	63/80
% 1st in	79%	79%
1st pts	43/63	43/63
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	10/17	10/17
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/7	2/7
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Ilkel
	Q1 Klizan	Total
Score	7-64 ret.
Tot Set	1	1
Tot Games	13	13
pts	49-48	49-48
Total points	97	97
Winners	15	15
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	30/41	30/41
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	15/30	15/30
% 1st pts	50%	50%
2nd pts	7/11	7/11
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/10	3/10
Converted %	30%	30%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	3/6	3
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	3	3

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