Cem İlkel

Cem İlkel (born 21 August 1995) is a Turkish tennis player.[1]

Cem Ilkel
İlkel at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Full nameCem İlkel
Country (sports) Turkey
ResidenceIstanbul, Turkey
Born (1995-08-21) 21 August 1995
Istanbul, Turkey
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2013
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$707,097
Singles
Career record9–29 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 144 (29 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 218 (18 September 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2019, 2021)
French OpenQ1 (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
WimbledonQ1 (2021, 2022, 2023)
US Open1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record3–14 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 299 (27 August 2018)
Team competitions
Davis Cup12–18
Last updated on: 20 March 2023.

İlkel has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 144 achieved on 29 November 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 299 achieved on 27 August 2018. He has won one ATP Challenger title in singles. He is currently the No. 1 Turkish player.[2] Ilkel has a singles final record of 5 wins and 20 losses, and a doubles final record of 13 wins and 11 losses.

Professional career

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2017 US Open as a qualifier. In eight attempts at gaining entry through qualifying, Ilkel did not reach the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. But on his ninth attempt he reached the main draw of the 2021 US Open.

He won his only ATP Challenger Tour title thus far in his career at the 2020 Open Quimper Bretagne, which was held in Quimper, France. In the final, he defeated Maxime Janvier of France, 7–6(8–6), 7–5.

Playing for Turkey in Davis Cup, İlkel has a W/L record of 12–18.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 26 (5–21)
Legend
ATP Challenger (1–6)
ITF Futures (4–15)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–18)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2014 Egypt F15, Sharm El Sheikh, Futures Clay Cyprus Petros Chrysochos 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2014 Turkey F18, Antalya, Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2014 Turkey F29, Antalya, Futures Hard Bulgaria Dimitar Kuzmanov 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–3 Nov 2014 Turkey F39, Antalya, Futures Hard Kazakhstan Dmitry Popko 6–3, 6–1
Loss 1–4 Aug 2015 Turkey F33, Izmir, Futures Hard France Benjamin Bonzi 6–7(2–7), 5–7
Loss 1–5 Nov 2015 Turkey F43, Antalya, Futures Hard Belgium Yannik Reuter 7–5, 6–7(9–11), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 1–6 Dec 2015 Turkey F49, Antalya, Futures Hard Czech Republic Michal Konecny 0–6, 1–6
Loss 1–7 Apr 2016 Turkey F13, Antalya, Futures Hard Spain David Pérez Sanz 2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 1–8 Apr 2016 Turkey F15, Antalya, Futures Hard Germany Marc Sieber 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–9 May 2016 Turkey F21, Antalya, Futures Hard Belgium Christopher Heyman 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1–10 Jun 2016 Turkey F25, Muğla Futures Hard Italy Riccardo Bellotti 5–7, 5–7
Loss 1–11 Sep 2016 Izmir, Turkey Challenger Hard Turkey Marsel İlhan 2–6, 4–6
Win 2–11 Jan 2017 Turkey F3, Antalya, Futures Hard Netherlands Tallon Griekspoor 6–4, 1–0 ret.
Loss 2–12 Mar 2017 Turkey F11, Antalya, Futures Clay Germany Marvin Netuschil 7–5, 5–7, 1–6
Loss 2–13 May 2017 Qarshi, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Belarus Egor Gerasimov 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 2–14 Nov 2017 Egypt F34, Sharm El Sheikh, Futures Hard Russia Roman Safiullin 5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 2–15 Dec 2017 Turkey F45, Antalya, Futures Clay Austria Lenny Hampel 5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win 3–15 Apr 2018 Turkey F12, Antalya, Futures Clay Serbia Marko Miladinović 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–16 Jun 2018 Uzbekistan F3, Andijan, Futures Hard Uzbekistan Sanjar Fayziev 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Win 4–16 Jun 2018 Uzbekistan F4, Namangan, Futures Hard Russia Roman Safiullin 6–1, 7–6(14–12)
Win 5–16 Feb 2020 Quimper, France Challenger Hard France Maxime Janvier 7–6(8–6), 7–5
Loss 5–17 Jul 2021 Pozoblanco, Spain Challenger Hard Turkey Altuğ Çelikbilek 1–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6
Loss 5–18 Nov 2021 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Denmark Holger Rune 5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 5–19 Oct 2022 Vilnius, Lithuania Challenger Hard (i) Italy Mattia Bellucci 6–1, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 5–20 Mar 2023 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Hard (i) Finland Otto Virtanen 4–6, 7–6(5–7)
Loss 5–21 Jul 2023 M25 Roda de Bara, Spain Tennis Tour Hard Spain Imanol López Morillo 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 24 (13–11)
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (13–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–10)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2014 Turkey F2, Antalya Futures Hard Turkey Anil Yuksel Spain Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
Spain Roberto Ortega Olmedo		 6–0, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 1–1 Jun 2014 Turkey F18, Antalya Futures Hard Turkey Efe Yurtacan Ukraine Marat Deviatiarov
Turkey Baris Erguden		 5–7, 2–6
Win 2–1 Jun 2014 Turkey F19, Bodrum Futures Clay Turkey Efe Yurtacan Turkey Anil Yuksel
Turkey Baris Erguden		 6–4, 7–5
Win 3–1 Jun 2014 Turkey F21, Istanbul Futures Hard Turkey Efe Yurtacan Turkey Sarp Ağabigün
Turkey Altuğ Çelikbilek		 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 3–2 Jan 2015 Turkey F1, Antalya Futures Hard Turkey Efe Yurtacan Japan Arata Onozawa
Japan Shuichi Sekiguchi		 3–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Win 4–2 Feb 2015 Egypt F6, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Turkey Anil Yuksel Austria Lucas Miedler
Austria Maximilian Neuchrist		 6–7(1–7), 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 4–3 May 2015 Egypt F17, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Turkey Baris Erguden Egypt Sherif Sabry
Egypt Karim-Mohamed Maamoun		 4–6, 2–6
Win 5–3 Jul 2015 Turkey F27, Istanbul Futures Hard Turkey Anil Yuksel Turkey Sarp Ağabigün
Turkey Muhammet Haylaz		 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win 6–3 Aug 2015 Turkey F34, Antalya Futures Hard Turkey Tuna Altuna Ukraine Vadim Alekseenko
Netherlands Miliaan Niesten		 6–0, 6–1
Loss 6–4 Nov 2015 Turkey F43, Antalya Futures Hard Turkey Tuna Altuna Kazakhstan Alexander Bublik
Serbia Darko Jandric		 6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 6–5 Nov 2015 Turkey F44, Antalya Futures Clay Turkey Tuna Altuna Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić
Serbia Darko Jandric		 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss 6–6 Dec 2015 Turkey F50, Antalya Futures Hard Turkey Tuna Altuna Austria David Pichler
Austria Lenny Hampel		 2–6, 1–6
Win 7–6 Dec 2015 Turkey F52, Antalya Futures Hard Turkey Tuna Altuna Turkey Sarp Ağabigün
Turkey Altuğ Çelikbilek		 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss 7–7 Jun 2016 Turkey F24, Antalya Futures Hard Australia Goran Marijan Argentina Franco Agamenone
Argentina Nicolas Alberto Arreche		 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), [11–13]
Win 8–7 Jun 2016 Turkey F25, Mugia Futures Hard Turkey Tuna Altuna Bolivia Hugo Dellien
Bolivia Federico Zeballos		 7–5, 6–3
Win 9–7 Dec 2016 Turkey F48, Mugia Futures Hard Turkey Tuna Altuna Bulgaria Aleksandar Lazov
Ukraine Marat Deviatiarov		 6–4, 6–2
Win 10–7 Dec 2016 Turkey F51, Antalya Futures Hard Turkey Yanki Erel Ukraine Olexiy Kolisnyk
Ukraine Oleg Prihodko		 6–4, 6–3
Win 11–7 Mar 2017 Turkey F10, Antalya Futures Clay Turkey Tuna Altuna Belgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Joran Vliegen		 0–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Loss 11–8 Nov 2017 Egypt F33, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Turkey Tuna Altuna Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
Poland Adrian Andrzejczuk		 1–6, 0–6
Loss 11–9 Nov 2017 Egypt F34, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Turkey Tuna Altuna Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
Spain Roberto Ortega Olmedo		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 11–10 Nov 2017 Egypt F35, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Turkey Tuna Altuna Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
Spain David Pérez Sanz		 2–6, 3–6
Loss 11–11 Feb 2018 Chennai, India Challenger Hard Serbia Danilo Petrovic India N.Sriram Balaji
India Vishnu Vardhan		 6–7(5–7), 7–5, [5–10]
Win 12–11 Mar 2018 Turkey F11, Antalya Futures Clay Turkey Altuğ Çelikbilek Brazil Rafael Matos
Brazil Marcelo Zormann		 1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 13–11 Apr 2018 Turkey F12, Antalya Futures Clay Turkey Anil Yuksel Ukraine Olexiy Kolisnyk
Ukraine Oleg Prihodko		 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles
Tournament20172018201920202021 2022SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q2 A Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A NH Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q2 A Q2 A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

References
  1. Güncelleme, Son Güncelleme. "Cem İlkel Avustralya Açık'a veda etti". CNN Turk. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. "Pepperstone ATP Rankings | Singles". ATP Tour.


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