Cem İlkel

Cem Ilkel
	İlkel at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Cem Ilkel
Country (sports)	Turkey
Residence	Istanbul, Turkey
Born	21 August 1995 (age 29); Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$707,097
Singles
Career record	11–32 (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)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2019, 2021)
French Open	Q1 (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2021, 2022, 2023)
US Open	1R (2021)
Doubles
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)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	12–18
	Last updated on: 31 October 2023.

Last updated December 05, 2024

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]

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^(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

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	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)

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]

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%

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References

↑ Güncelleme, Son Güncelleme. "Cem İlkel Avustralya Açık'a veda etti". CNN Turk. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
↑ "Pepperstone ATP Rankings | Singles". ATP Tour.
↑ "Cem İlkel'den Bulgaristan'da Tarihi Galibiyet". Türk Spor Ajansı (in Turkish). 8 November 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.

External links

Cem İlkel at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Cem İlkel at the International Tennis Federation
Cem İlkel at the Davis Cup

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[1] Güncelleme, Son Güncelleme. "Cem İlkel Avustralya Açık'a veda etti". CNN Turk. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[2] "Pepperstone ATP Rankings | Singles". ATP Tour.

[3] "Cem İlkel'den Bulgaristan'da Tarihi Galibiyet". Türk Spor Ajansı (in Turkish). 8 November 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.

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