Turkish tennis player (born 1995)
Cem Ilkel Full name Cem Ilkel Country (sports) Turkey Residence Istanbul , TurkeyBorn (1995-08-21 ) 21 August 1995 (age 29) Istanbul, TurkeyHeight 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Turned pro 2013 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $707,097 Career record 11–30 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 144 (29 November 2021) Current ranking No. 266 (8 January 2024) Australian Open Q2 (2019 , 2021 ) French Open Q1 (2020 , 2021 , 2022 , 2023 ) Wimbledon Q1 (2021 , 2022 , 2023 ) US Open 1R (2021 ) Career record 3–14 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 299 (27 August 2018) Davis Cup 12–18 Last updated on: 31 October 2023.
Cem Ilkel (born 21 August 1995) is a Turkish professional tennis player.[ 1] He 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 is currently the No. 2 Turkish player.[ 2]
Ilkel has won one ATP Challenger title in singles and has a singles final record of 5 wins and 20 losses, and a doubles final record of 13 wins and 11 losses.
Professional career [ edit ] 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(8–6) , 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.[ 3]
Playing for Turkey in Davis Cup , İlkel has a W/L record of 12–18.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ] 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 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 Pérez 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 İlhan 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 Miladinović 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) Loss 5–19 Oct 2022 Vilnius , Lithuania Challenger Hard (i) Mattia Bellucci 6–1, 3–6, 5–7 Loss 5–20 Mar 2023 Lugano , Switzerland Challenger Hard (i) Otto Virtanen 4–6, 7–6(5–7) Loss 5–21 Jul 2023 M25 Roda de Bara , Spain Tennis Tour Hard Imanol López Morillo 4–6, 4–6
Doubles: 24 (13–11)[ edit ] 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 Ağabigün Altuğ Çelikbilek 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 Ağabigün 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 Brkić 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 Ağabigün Altuğ Çelikbilek 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 Gillé 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 Pérez 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 Altuğ Çelikbilek 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]
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.