Cem İlkel

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

Cem İlkel
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$506,698
Singles
Career record8–26 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 144 (29 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 186 (7 February 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2019, 2021)
French OpenQ1 (2020, 2021)
WimbledonQ1 (2021)
US Open1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record3–13 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 299 (27 August 2018)
Current rankingNo. 1775 (7 February 2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup12–18
Last updated on: 10 February 2022.

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. Ilkel has a singles final record of 5 wins and 18 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: 23 (5–18)
Legend
ATP Challenger (1–4)
ITF Futures (4–14)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–15)
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 Petros Chrysochos 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2014 Turkey F18, Antalya, Futures Hard David Rice 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2014 Turkey F29, Antalya, Futures Hard Dimitar Kuzmanov 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–3 Nov 2014 Turkey F39, Antalya, Futures Hard Dmitry Popko 6–3, 6–1
Loss 1–4 Aug 2015 Turkey F33, Izmir, Futures Hard Benjamin Bonzi 6–7(2-7), 5–7
Loss 1–5 Nov 2015 Turkey F43, Antalya, Futures Hard Yannik Reuter 7–5, 6–7(9-11), 6–7(2-7)
Loss 1–6 Dec 2015 Turkey F49, Antalya, Futures Hard Michal Konecny 0–6, 1–6
Loss 1–7 Apr 2016 Turkey F13, Antalya, Futures Hard David Perez Sanz 2–6, 6–7(1-7)
Loss 1–8 Apr 2016 Turkey F15, Antalya, Futures Hard Marc Sieber 6–2, 4–6, 4-6
Loss 1–9 May 2016 Turkey F21, Antalya, Futures Hard Christopher Heyman 3–6, 6–7(5-7)
Loss 1–10 Jun 2016 Turkey F25, Muğla Futures Hard Riccardo Bellotti 5–7, 5–7
Loss 1–11 Sep 2016 Izmir, Turkey Challenger Hard Marsel Ilhan 2–6, 4–6
Win 2–11 Jan 2017 Turkey F3, Antalya, Futures Hard Tallon Griekspoor 6–4, 1–0 ret.
Loss 2–12 Mar 2017 Turkey F11, Antalya, Futures Clay Marvin Netuschil 7–5, 5–7, 1–6
Loss 2–13 May 2017 Qarshi, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Egor Gerasimov 3–6, 6–7(4-7)
Loss 2–14 Nov 2017 Egypt F34, Sharm El Sheikh, Futures Hard Roman Safiullin 5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 2–15 Dec 2017 Turkey F45, Antalya, Futures Clay Lenny Hampel 5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win 3–15 Apr 2018 Turkey F12, Antalya, Futures Clay Marko Miladinovic 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–16 Jun 2018 Uzbekistan F3, Andijan, Futures Hard Sanjar Fayziev 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Win 4–16 Jun 2018 Uzbekistan F4, Namangan, Futures Hard Roman Safiullin 6–1, 7–6(14–12)
Win 5–16 Feb 2020 Quimper, France Challenger Hard Maxime Janvier 7–6(8–6), 7–5
Loss 5–17 Jul 2021 Pozoblanco, Spain Challenger Hard Altuğ Çelikbilek 1–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6
Loss 5–18 Nov 2021 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Holger Rune 5-7, 6-7(6-8)

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 Anil Yuksel Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
Roberto Ortega-Olmedo		 6–0, 7–6(7-3)
Loss 1–1 Jun 2014 Turkey F18, Antalya Futures Hard Efe Yurtacan Marat Deviatiarov
Baris Erguden		 5–7, 2–6
Win 2–1 Jun 2014 Turkey F19, Bodrum Futures Clay Efe Yurtacan Anil Yuksel
Baris Erguden		 6–4, 7–5
Win 3–1 Jun 2014 Turkey F21, Istanbul Futures Hard Efe Yurtacan Sarp Agabigun
Altug Celikbilek		 6–4, 7–6(7-5)
Loss 3–2 Jan 2015 Turkey F1, Antalya Futures Hard Efe Yurtacan Arata Onozawa
Shuichi Sekiguchi		 3–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Win 4–2 Feb 2015 Egypt F6, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Anil Yuksel Lucas Miedler
Maximilian Neuchrist		 6–7(1-7), 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 4–3 May 2015 Egypt F17, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Baris Erguden Sherif Sabry
Karim-Mohamed Maamoun		 4–6, 2–6
Win 5–3 Jul 2015 Turkey F27, Istanbul Futures Hard Anil Yuksel Sarp Agabigun
Muhammet Haylaz		 6–4, 7–6(7-2)
Win 6–3 Aug 2015 Turkey F34, Antalya Futures Hard Tuna Altuna Vadim Alekseenko
Miliaan Niesten		 6–0, 6–1
Loss 6–4 Nov 2015 Turkey F43, Antalya Futures Hard Tuna Altuna Alexander Bublik
Darko Jandric		 6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 6–5 Nov 2015 Turkey F44, Antalya Futures Clay Tuna Altuna Tomislav Brkic
Darko Jandric		 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss 6–6 Dec 2015 Turkey F50, Antalya Futures Hard Tuna Altuna David Pichler
Lenny Hampel		 2–6, 1–6
Win 7–6 Dec 2015 Turkey F52, Antalya Futures Hard Tuna Altuna Sarp Agabigun
Altug Celikbilek		 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss 7–7 Jun 2016 Turkey F24, Antalya Futures Hard Goran Marijan Franco Agamenone
Nicolas Alberto Arreche		 6–7(5-7), 7–6(7-3), [11–13]
Win 8–7 Jun 2016 Turkey F25, Mugia Futures Hard Tuna Altuna Hugo Dellien
Federico Zeballos		 7–5, 6–3
Win 9–7 Dec 2016 Turkey F48, Mugia Futures Hard Tuna Altuna Aleksandar Lazov
Marat Deviatiarov		 6–4, 6–2
Win 10–7 Dec 2016 Turkey F51, Antalya Futures Hard Yanki Erel Olexiy Kolisnyk
Oleg Prihodko		 6–4, 6–3
Win 11–7 Mar 2017 Turkey F10, Antalya Futures Clay Tuna Altuna Sander Gille
Joran Vliegen		 0–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Loss 11–8 Nov 2017 Egypt F33, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Tuna Altuna Vladyslav Manafov
Adrian Andrzejczuk		 1–6, 0–6
Loss 11–9 Nov 2017 Egypt F34, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Tuna Altuna Vladyslav Manafov
Roberto Ortega-Olmedo		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 11–10 Nov 2017 Egypt F35, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Tuna Altuna Vladyslav Manafov
David Perez Sanz		 2–6, 3–6
Loss 11–11 Feb 2018 Chennai, India Challenger Hard Danilo Petrovic N.Sriram Balaji
Vishnu Vardhan		 6–7(5-7), 7–5, [5-10]
Win 12–11 Mar 2018 Turkey F11, Antalya Futures Clay Altug Celikbilek Rafael Matos
Marcelo Zormann		 1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 13–11 Apr 2018 Turkey F12, Antalya Futures Clay Anil Yuksel Olexiy Kolisnyk
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 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q2 A Q2 A 1R 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.


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