Cem Ilkel (born 21 August 1995) is a Turkish professional tennis player.[ 1]
Cem Ilkel Full name Cem Ilkel Country (sports) Turkey Residence Istanbul , TurkeyBorn (1995-08-21 ) 21 August 1995 (age 28) 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.
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.[ 2] Ilkel has a singles final record of 5 wins and 20 losses, and a doubles final record of 13 wins and 11 losses.
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
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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
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.