Nino Serdarusic and Cem Ilkel will face off in the qualifications of the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nino Serdarusic who should win in 2 sets.
(image) As per the initial odds, Nino Serdarusic is the pick to win this match.
Nino Serdarusic -> 1.37
Cem Ilkel -> 2.93
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Prediction and head to head Nino Serdarusic vs. Cem Ilkel
This will be the 5th time that Nino Serdarusic and Cem Ilkel square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Ilkel won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in the Vilnius Challenger back in 2023.
Nino Serdarusic
20 – 21win/loss
450
167
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Year
Total
Hard
Clay
I.hard
Grass
Carpet
2024
20-21
1-2
19-18
0-1
0-0
0-0
2023
30-33
0-4
26-23
4-6
0-0
0-0
2022
27-34
6-6
17-20
4-7
0-1
0-0
2021
26-33
0-0
23-25
3-8
0-0
0-0
2020
17-14
3-2
6-5
8-7
0-0
0-0
Ranked no. 450, Serdarusic got to the qualifications after beating Lucas Miedler 6-3 7-6(3).
In the qualifications, Nino had a good straight sets win against Miedler (6-3 7-63). During the match, Serdarusic scored 79 points vs Miedler’s 68. Serdarusic was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Serdarusic bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nino Serdarusic lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Serdarusic put 79% of his first serves in, winning 68% (43/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. Serdarusic broke Miedler twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Serdarusic has winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (348-291). 19-18 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Serdarusic has a compiled 298-209 match record in the last years on clay.
Serdarusic’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Nino has an overall 20-21 win-loss record in 2024, 19-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger
Nino has never competed in this tournament before.
Cem Ilkel
13 – 20win/loss
475
144
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Year
Total
Hard
Clay
I.hard
Grass
Carpet
2024
13-20
6-10
2-4
5-6
0-0
0-0
2023
33-29
6-10
0-4
27-14
0-1
0-0
2022
18-16
2-4
0-3
16-7
0-2
0-0
2021
38-29
17-9
13-11
8-7
0-1
0-1
2020
13-15
2-3
1-7
10-5
0-0
0-0
Ranked no. 475, Ilkel got to the qualifications after defeating Martin Klizan 7-6(4) ret..
In the qualifications against Klizan, Cem had a free pass after Klizan retired on a 7-64 . scoreline.
Ilkel has an overall 13-20 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
1h:31
1h:06
1h:31
1h:06
1
1
22
13
2
2
79
49
79
49
43
15
43
15
54%
31%
6
2
6
2
1
0
1
0
43/63
15/30
68%
50%
10/17
7/11
59%
64%
2/7
3/10
2/7
3/10
29%
30%
5
6
5
6
1
3
1
3
4
3
Matches, sets, games and points
Points
Serdarusic
Ilkel
Match played
1
1
Tot Set
2
2
Tot Games
22
13
Pts
79-68
49-48
Total Points
147
97
Winners
43
15
%Winners
54%
31%
Both Serdarusic and Ilkel played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Serdarusic and Ilkel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Serdarusic played 9 games more than Ilkel. Serdarusic scored 43 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Cem blasted 15 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
Serve
Serdarusic
Ilkel
Aces
6
2
Avg per match
6
2
1st in
63/80
30/41
%1st in
79%
73%
1st pts
43/63
15/30
%1st pts
68%
50%
2nd pts
10/17
7/11
%2nd pts
59%
64%
Serdarusic scored 6 aces . Ilkel scored 2 aces . Serdarusic won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 50% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks
Serdarusic
Ilkel
Won
2
3
Converted
2/7
3/10
% Converted
29%
30%
Conceded
5
6
Saved
4
3
% Saved
80%
50%
Times Broken
1
3
Serdarusic broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Serdarusic surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Turk broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Ilkel conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
Serdarusic
Q1
Miedler
Total
Score
6-3 7-63
Tot Set
2
2
Tot Games
22
22
pts
79-68
79-68
Total points
147
147
Winners
43
43
%Winners
54%
54%
SERVE
Aces
6
6
Double Faults
1
1
1st in
63/80
63/80
% 1st in
79%
79%
1st pts
43/63
43/63
% 1st pts
68%
68%
2nd pts
10/17
10/17
% 2nd pts
59%
59%
Breaks
Won
2
2
Converted
2/7
2/7
Converted %
29%
29%
Conceded
5
5
Saved
4/5
4
Saved %
80%
80%
Times Broken
1
1
Ilkel
Q1
Klizan
Total
Score
7-64 ret.
Tot Set
1
1
Tot Games
13
13
pts
49-48
49-48
Total points
97
97
Winners
15
15
%Winners
31%
31%
SERVE
Aces
2
2
Double Faults
0
0
1st in
30/41
30/41
% 1st in
73%
73%
1st pts
15/30
15/30
% 1st pts
50%
50%
2nd pts
7/11
7/11
% 2nd pts
64%
64%
Breaks
Won
3
3
Converted
3/10
3/10
Converted %
30%
30%
Conceded
6
6
Saved
3/6
3
Saved %
50%
50%
Times Broken
3
3
Head 2 Head
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450
167
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475
144
1h:06Played
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2023
2022
Hard
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