Petr Bar Biryukov and Cem Ilkel will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Chisinau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petr Bar Biryukov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Petr Bar Biryukov is the pick to win this match.
Petr Bar Biryukov -> 1.85
Cem Ilkel -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Petr Bar Biryukov vs. Cem Ilkel
There is no head to head record between Petr Bar Biryukov and Cem Ilkel since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Petr Bar Biryukov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-17 | 27-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-23 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-20 | 15-9 | 9-9 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-17 | 25-14 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-18 | 3-1 | 2-10 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 340, Bar Biryukov reached the 2nd round after beating Saba Purtseladze 6-4 7-6(2).
In the 1st round, Bar Biryukov had a good straight sets win against Purtseladze (6-4 7-62). During the match, Bar Biryukov scored 69 points vs Purtseladze’s 56. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bar Biryukov bagged 12 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Petr Bar Biryukov was extremely effective on serve to win 89% (33/37) of his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Purtseladze once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Bar Biryukov has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (138-91). 22-12 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bar Biryukov has a composed108-58 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Petr’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Nonthaburi.
Petr has an overall 22-13 win-loss record in 2025, 22-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chisinau Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Cem Ilkel
| 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. 521, Ilkel got to the 2nd round after beating Mukund Sasikumar 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Kumar Mukund (6-4 6-3). During the match Ilkel scored 67 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 50. Cem was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Ilkel blasted 8 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Cem Ilkel lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ilkel put 57% of his first serves in, winning 86% (25/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Cem broke Kumar Mukund 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Ilkel’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Zahra and M15 Pretoria.
Ilkel has a compiled 30-10 win-loss record in 2025, 30-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bar Biryukov | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 |
| Pts | 69-56 | 67-50 |
| Total Points | 125 | 117 |
| Winners | 33 | 25 |
| %Winners | 48% | 37% |
Both Bar Biryukov and Ilkel played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bar Biryukov and Ilkel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bar Biryukov played 4 games more than Ilkel. Bar Biryukov scored 33 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk recorded 25 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bar Biryukov | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 8 |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 29/51 |
| %1st in | 61% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 33/37 | 25/29 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 11/22 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 50% |
Bar Biryukov fired 12 aces . Ilkel made 8 aces . Bar Biryukov won 89% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 86% 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 | Bar Biryukov | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 4 |
| Converted | 1/2 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 40% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Russian broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. Petr quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Turk broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Cem conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bar Biryukov | |||
| R1 Purtseladze |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 69-56 | 69-56 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 37/61 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 33/37 | 33/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ilkel | |||
| R1 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 67-50 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/51 | 29/51 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 25/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Chisinau Challenger
- Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Philip HenningHenning – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (2-6 7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Giles HusseyHussey – Robin BertrandBertrand (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Lukas PokornyPokorny (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Olaf PieczkowskiPieczkowski – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-66 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Charlie RobertsonRobertson (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Charles BroomBroom (7-62 6-73 7-67) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Toby SamuelSamuel – Lilian MarmousezMarmousez (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (7-63 4-6 7-67) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Harry WendelkenWendelken (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Alastair GrayGray (6-2 4-6 7-67) – See score progression
- Stuart ParkerParker – Ilya SnitariSnitari (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Olaf PieczkowskiPieczkowski – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-6(6) 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Stuart ParkerParker (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Kaichi UchidaUchida (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Masamichi ImamuraImamura – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
