Petr Bar Biryukov and Cem Ilkel will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Chisinau Challenger for the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 340, Bar Biryukov reached the 2^nd round after beating Saba Purtseladze 6-4 7-6(2).

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 521, Ilkel got to the 2^nd round after beating Mukund Sasikumar 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st 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

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