Cem Ilkel (born 21 August 1995) is a Turkish professional
tennis
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player. 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.
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 for
Turkey
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in
Davis Cup
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, İlkel has a W/L record of 12–18.
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, ranked No. 189, Ilkel reached the main draw of the
2021 US Open.
İlkel won his only
ATP Challenger
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Tour title thus far in his career at the
2020 Open Quimper Bretagne, which was held in
Quimper
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, 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.
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 26 (5–21)
Doubles: 24 (13–11)
Performance timeline
Singles
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Turkish male tennis players
Tennis players from Istanbul
21st-century Turkish sportsmen