Cem İlkel

Cem İlkel (born 21 August 1995) is a Turkish professional tennis 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.

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 in Davis Cup, 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 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.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 26 (5–21) LegendATP Challenger (1–6)ITF Futures (4–15)Finals by surfaceHard (4–18)Clay (1–3)

Doubles: 24 (13–11) LegendATP Challenger (0–1)ITF Futures (13–10)Finals by surfaceHard (9–10)Clay (4–1)

Performance timeline

Singles