Cem Ilkel vs Mukund SasikumarPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Cem Ilkel and Mukund Sasikumar have met 3 times since 2018; Cem Ilkel leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at Karshi in 2018 on hard. On hard courts Ilkel leads 3–0. Ilkel has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Ilkel has taken 6 sets to Sasikumar's 1. Their most recent meeting: Cem Ilkel won at Chisinau (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Ilkel | Sasikumar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Cem Ilkel | Mukund Sasikumar | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 80% | 16/20 | |
| Wins a set when losing | 100% | 1/1 | 48% | 11/23 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 100% | 1/1 | 35% | 15/43 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 29% | 4/14 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 1/1 | 75% | 6/8 |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 65% | 13/20 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 85% | 17/20 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 80% | 16/20 | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 2 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Ilkel 2, Sasikumar 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ilkel
💥 Big Hitter
Sasikumar
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🎯 Baseliner is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 1,047 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
May 28, 2025
Chisinau
H Hard · Round of 32
Apr 9, 2019
Taipei
H Hard · Round of 64
May 10, 2018
Karshi
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ilkel | Sasikumar |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 2–3 |
| Avg odds | - | 1.97 |
| ROI % | - | -38.6% |
| Units P/L | - | -1.93u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Ilkel | Sasikumar |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 3 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | KAZ → TPE |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Vladyslav Orlov
Bosphorus Challenger Cup · 1st Round Qualifying
May 17
Petr Bar Biryukov
Chisinau · Round of 16
May 29
Mukund Sasikumar
Chisinau · Round of 32
May 28
Giles Hussey
Tbilisi · 1st Round Qualifying
May 18
Liam Broady
Nottingham · 1st Round Qualifying
Jan 5
Maks Kasnikowski
Calgary · Round of 32
Oct 15
Murphy Cassone
Fairfield · 2nd Round Qualifying
Oct 7
Calum Puttergill
Fairfield · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 6
Tai Sach
M25 Taipei · 1st Round
Aug 26
Pawit Sornlaksup
M15 Astana · Quarterfinals
Aug 8
Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar
M15 Astana · 1st Round
Aug 6
Corban Crowther
M15 Bali · 1st Round
Jul 28
Taisei Ichikawa
M15 Bali · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam
M15 Bali · 1st Round
Jul 21
Giles Hussey
Centurion 2 Challenger · 1st Round
Jun 2
Edward Winter
Centurion 1 Challenger · 1st Round
May 26
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 1–43 matches
| Metric | Ilkel | Sasikumar |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 0% | 47% |
| Sets won | 33% | 50% |
| Games won | 39% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ilkel | Sasikumar |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 3 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ilkel | Sasikumar |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 3 | 0 |
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