Turkish tennis player (born 1995)
Cem İlkel Full name Cem İlkel Country (sports) Turkey Residence Istanbul , TurkeyBorn (1995-08-21 ) 21 August 1995 (age 29) 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 (atATP Tour level,Grand Slam level, and inDavis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 144 (29 November 2021) Current ranking No. 574 (31 March 2025) 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 (atATP Tour level,Grand Slam level, and inDavis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 299 (27 August 2018) Team competitions Davis Cup 12–18 Last updated on: 31 March 2025.
Cem Ilkel (born 21 August 1995) is a Turkish professionaltennis player.[ 1] 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. 3 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.
Playing forTurkey inDavis Cup , İlkel has a W/L record of 12–18.
Professional career [ edit ] İlkel made his Grand Slam debut at the2017 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, ranked No. 189, Ilkel reached the main draw of the2021 US Open .[ 3]
İlkel won his onlyATP Challenger Tour title thus far in his career at the2020 Open Quimper Bretagne , which was held inQuimper , France. In the final, he defeatedMaxime Janvier of France, 7–6(8–6) , 7–5.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
İlkel became the third Turkish player to reach an ATP quarterfinal at the2023 Sofia Open afterRemzi Aydin at 1968 Hobart andMarsel Ilhan at 2015 Dubai.[ 7]
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals [ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (1–6) ITF Futures (4–15)
Finals by surface Hard (4–18) Clay (1–3)
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,İzmir , 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 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 6–2, 4–6, 4–6 Loss 1–9 May 2016 Turkey F21,Antalya , Futures Hard 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 İzmir , TurkeyChallenger 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 7–5, 5–7, 1–6 Loss 2–13 May 2017 Qarshi , UzbekistanChallenger 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 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 , FranceChallenger Hard Maxime Janvier 7–6(8–6) , 7–5 Loss 5–17 Jul 2021 Pozoblanco , SpainChallenger Hard Altuğ Çelikbilek 1–6, 7–6(7–2) , 3–6 Loss 5–18 Nov 2021 Bergamo , ItalyChallenger Hard (i) Holger Rune 5–7, 6–7(6–8) Loss 5–19 Oct 2022 Vilnius , LithuaniaChallenger Hard (i) Mattia Bellucci 6–1, 3–6, 5–7 Loss 5–20 Mar 2023 Lugano , SwitzerlandChallenger Hard (i) Otto Virtanen 4–6, 7–6(5–7) Loss 5–21 Jul 2023 M25Roda de Bara , Spain Tennis Tour Hard 4–6, 4–6
[ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (0–1) ITF Futures (13–10)
Finals by surface Hard (9–10) Clay (4–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 Feb 2014 Turkey F2,Antalya Futures Hard Anil Yuksel Roberto Ortega Olmedo 6–0, 7–6(7–3) Loss 1–1 Jun 2014 Turkey F18,Antalya Futures Hard Marat Deviatiarov Baris Erguden 5–7, 2–6 Win 2–1 Jun 2014 Turkey F19,Bodrum Futures Clay Anil Yuksel Baris Erguden 6–4, 7–5 Win 3–1 Jun 2014 Turkey F21,Istanbul Futures Hard Sarp Ağabigün Altuğ Çelikbilek 6–4, 7–6(7–5) Loss 3–2 Jan 2015 Turkey F1,Antalya Futures Hard 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 6–4, 7–6(7–2) Win 6–3 Aug 2015 Turkey F34,Antalya Futures Hard Tuna Altuna 6–0, 6–1 Loss 6–4 Nov 2015 Turkey F43,Antalya Futures Hard Tuna Altuna Alexander Bublik 6–3, 4–6, [8–10] Loss 6–5 Nov 2015 Turkey F44,Antalya Futures Clay Tuna Altuna Tomislav Brkić 6–7(3–7) , 3–6 Loss 6–6 Dec 2015 Turkey F50,Antalya Futures Hard Tuna Altuna David Pichler 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 Franco Agamenone 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 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 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 , IndiaChallenger 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 Oleg Prihodko 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Performance timeline [ edit ] (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.
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Turkey
Petros Chrysochos
David Rice
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dmitry Popko
Benjamin Bonzi
Yannik Reuter
Michal Konecny
David Pérez Sanz
Marc Sieber
Riccardo Bellotti
Tallon Griekspoor
Egor Gerasimov
Roman Safiullin
Lenny Hampel
Marko Miladinović
Sanjar Fayziev
Holger Rune
Otto Virtanen
Marat Deviatiarov
Arata Onozawa
Sherif Sabry
Tomislav Brkić
Goran Marijan
Franco Agamenone
Hugo Dellien
Adrian Andrzejczuk
N.Sriram Balaji
Rafael Matos
