Cem İlkel
Turkish tennis player

Cem İlkel

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Turkish tennis player
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Birth:
21 August 1995(Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Turkey)
Star sign:
Leo
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Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Turkey
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Introduction

Cem Ilkel (born 21 August 1995) is a Turkish tennis player.

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. 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

İlkel 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.

İlkel 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, 7–5.

İlkel became the third Turkish player to reach an ATP quarterfinal at the 2023 Sofia Open after Remzi Aydin at 1968 Hobart and Marsel Ilhan at 2015 Dubai.

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)

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

Doubles: 24 (13–11)

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

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
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%