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Marsel Ilhan

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Marsel Ilhan, a retired tennis player on the ATP Tour, reached a career-high ranking of No. 77 on March 2, 2015.

71ATP Tour matches since 2007

Updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:15 PM ET

Titles0since 2007 Grand Slam titles0since 2007 Career highNo. 77Mar 2, 2015 Agatha's recordNone yetno graded calls on him yet

About Marsel Ilhan

Marsel Ilhan, a retired tennis player on the ATP Tour, was born on June 11, 1987, in Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union, and represented Turkey. He played right-handed with a two-handed backhand, turned pro in 2006, and was coached by Erhan Oral. Ilhan reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of No. 77 on March 2, 2015, and retired in 2024.

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Match history71

Every ATP Tour, Grand Slam and Olympic main-draw match in our records, newest first. A walkover is listed but never counted in a record.

2021: 0-1

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jan 8	Antalya Open	Round 1	Adrian Andreev	L	4-6, 3-6	Hard

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
May 1	TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open	Round 1	Malek Jaziri	L	1-6, 2-6	Clay

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jun 28	ATP Antalya Cup	Round 2	Daniel Altmaier	L	3-6, 6-3, 6-7(5)	Grass
Jun 27	ATP Antalya Cup	Round 1	Martin Klizan	W	6-6(6) ret. (ret.)	Grass

2016: 0-5

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
May 24	French Open	Round 1	Steve Darcis	L	3-6, 4-6, 0-6	Clay
Apr 25	ATP TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open	Round 1	Roberto Carballes Baena	L	2-6, 4-6	Clay
Feb 23	ATP Dubai Duty Free	Round 1	Philipp Kohlschreiber	L	1-6, 5-7	Hard
Feb 2	Sofia Open	Round 1	Filip Krajinovic	L	3-6, 6-3, 4-6	Hard
Jan 4	Qatar Open	Round 1	Andrey Kuznetsov	L	2-6, 4-6	Hard

2015: 8-14

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Oct 21	ATP Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow	Round 2	Roberto Bautista Agut	L	2-6, 5-7	Hard
Oct 20	ATP Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow	Round 1	Tatsuma Ito	W	6-3, 6-4	Hard
Sep 2	US Open	Round 2	Benoit Paire	L	3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6	Hard
Aug 31	US Open	Round 1	Radek Stepanek	W	6-0, 2-6, 6-4, 3-2 ret. (ret.)	Hard
Aug 24	Winston-Salem Open	Round 1	Martin Klizan	L	6-7(1), 2-6	Hard
Jul 29	EFG Swiss Open Gstaad	Round 2	Santiago Giraldo	L	2-6, 3-6	Clay
Jul 28	EFG Swiss Open Gstaad	Round 1	Andrey Kuznetsov	W	6-1, 6-2	Clay
Jul 21	Nordea Open	Round 1	Ernests Gulbis	L	2-6, 0-6	Clay
Jul 1	Wimbledon	Round 2	Kevin Anderson	L	7-6(5), 6-7(6), 4-6, 4-6	Grass
Jun 29	Wimbledon	Round 1	Jerzy Janowicz	W	7-6(4), 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3	Grass
Jun 8	ATP Topshelf Open	Round 1	Gilles Muller	L	0-6, 5-7	Grass
May 24	French Open	Round 1	Stan Wawrinka	L	3-6, 2-6, 3-6	Clay

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May 13	ATP Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Round 2	Rafael Nadal	L	2-6, 0-6	Clay
May 11	ATP Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Round 1	Adrian Mannarino	W	6-4, 6-1	Clay
Apr 28	ATP Garanti Koza Istanbul Open	Round 1	Jarkko Nieminen	L	3-6, 4-6	Clay
Apr 22	Barcelona Open	Round 2	Feliciano Lopez	L	2-6, 7-5, 6-7	Clay
Apr 21	Barcelona Open	Round 1	James Ward	W	7-6(2), 3-6, 6-1	Clay
Feb 26	Dubai Duty Free	Quarterfinal	Novak Djokovic	L	1-6, 1-6	Hard
Feb 25	Dubai Duty Free	Round 2	Feliciano Lopez	W	3-6, 7-5, 6-3	Hard
Feb 24	Dubai Duty Free	Round 1	Alexander Zverev	W	6-1, 7-6(4)	Hard
Feb 3	Open Sud de France	Round 1	Kenny De Schepper	L	4-6, 6-3, 3-6	Hard
Jan 20	Australian Open	Round 1	Stan Wawrinka	L	1-6, 4-6, 2-6	Hard

2014: 0-5

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jul 14	ATP Bet-at-home Open German	Round 1	Mikhail Kukushkin	L	2-6, 2-6	Clay
Jun 24	Wimbledon	Round 1	Denis Kudla	L	6-7(3), 4-6, 6-4, 5-7	Grass
Jun 9	ATP AEGON Championships	Round 1	Nicolas Mahut	L	3-6, 4-6	Grass
Apr 21	ATP Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell	Round 1	Kenny De Schepper	L	3-6, 5-7	Clay
Feb 4	ATP Open Sud de France	Round 1	Denis Istomin	L	4-6, 5-7	Hard

2012: 0-3

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jul 17	ATP bet-at-home Open	Round 1	Fabio Fognini	L	5-7, 2-6	Clay
Jul 10	ATP SkiStar Swedish Open	Round 1	Frederico Gil	L	4-6, 6-1, 3-6	Clay
Feb 1	ATP PBZ Zagreb Indoors	Round 1	Ivan Dodig	L	6-7(5), 5-7	Hard

2011: 4-13

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Oct 10	Shanghai Rolex Masters	Round 1	Grigor Dimitrov	L	6-2, 1-6, 4-6	Hard
Oct 3	ATP China Open	Round 1	Feliciano Lopez	L	2-6, 6-7(6)	Hard
Sep 1	US Open	Round 2	Fernando Verdasco	L	4-6, 3-6, 1-6	Hard
Aug 30	US Open	Round 1	Frank Dancevic	W	6-3, 6-2, 1-0 ret. (ret.)	Hard
Aug 15	ATP Masters Series Western & Southern Financial Group Masters	Round 1	Grigor Dimitrov	L	3-6, 5-7	Hard
Aug 2	ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic	Round 1	Flavio Cipolla	L	5-7, 0-6	Hard
Jul 20	ATP bet-at-home Open German Tennis Championships 2011	Round 2	Florian Mayer	L	4-6, 6-7(5)	Clay
Jul 19	ATP bet-at-home Open German Tennis Championships 2011	Round 1	Philipp Petzschner	W	6-2, 4-6, 7-6(5)	Clay
Jun 8	ATP AEGON Championships	Round 2	Thomaz Bellucci	L	2-6, 7-6(3), 6-7(5)	Grass
Jun 6	ATP AEGON Championships	Round 1	Jan Hajek	W	6-4, 6-4	Grass
May 25	French Open	Round 2	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	L	4-6, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 11-13	Clay
May 23	French Open	Round 1	Tommy Haas	W	6-4, 4-6, 7-6(1), 6-4	Clay

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Mar 25	ATP Sony Ericsson Open	Round 2	Viktor Troicki	L	3-6, 3-6	Hard
Mar 11	ATP BNP Paribas Open	Round 1	Milos Raonic	L	2-6, 6-7(4)	Hard
Jan 31	ATP PBZ Zagreb Indoors	Round 1	Lukas Lacko	L	6-4, 4-6, 5-7	Hard
Jan 17	Australian Open	Round 1	Mikhail Youzhny	L	2-6, 3-6, 6-7(5)	Hard
Jan 4	ATP Aircel Chennai Open	Round 1	Xavier Malisse	L	3-6, 1-6	Hard

2010: 4-7

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Oct 26	ATP Bank Austria Tennis Trophy	Round 1	Grega Zemlja	L	6-4, 1-6, 5-7	Hard
Sep 28	ATP Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur	Round 1	Denis Istomin	L	6-2, 3-6, 4-6	Hard
Jun 23	Wimbledon	Round 2	Lizette Cabrera	L	4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 3-6	Grass
Jun 21	Wimbledon	Round 1	Marcos Daniel	W	6-7(4), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1	Grass
Apr 20	ATP Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell	Round 1	Lleyton Hewitt	L	4-6, 6-4, 2-6	Clay
Mar 27	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Sony Ericsson Open	Round 2	Juan Monaco	L	2-6, 5-7	Hard
Mar 25	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Sony Ericsson Open	Round 1	Pablo Cuevas	W	6-2, 6-2	Hard
Feb 11	ATP ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament	Round 2	Mikhail Youzhny	L	4-6, 4-6	Hard
Feb 8	ATP ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament	Round 1	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	W	6-1, 6-4	Hard
Jan 19	Australian Open	Round 2	Fernando Gonzalez	L	3-6, 4-6, 5-7	Hard
Jan 18	Australian Open	Round 1	Sebastien Grosjean	W	6-4, 6-3, 7-5	Hard

2009: 2-2

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Sep 30	ATP Tour PTT Thailand Open	Round 2	Jurgen Melzer	L	4-6, 2-6	Hard
Sep 29	ATP Tour PTT Thailand Open	Round 1	Benjamin Becker	W	4-6, 7-6(4), 6-3	Hard
Sep 3	US Open	Round 2	John Isner	L	3-6, 4-6, 6-7(1)	Hard
Aug 31	US Open	Round 1	Christophe Rochus	W	3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5	Hard

How he is doing nowThrough Jan 8

Last 101-9LLLWLLLLLLNewest first. Three losses in a row.

Jan 8vs Adrian AndreevJan 8 - Antalya Open, Round 1L4-6, 3-6
May 1vs Malek JaziriMay 1 - TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open, Round 1L1-6, 2-6
Jun 28vs Daniel AltmaierJun 28 - ATP Antalya Cup, Round 2L3-6, 6-3, 6-7(5)
Jun 27vs Martin KlizanJun 27 - ATP Antalya Cup, Round 1W6-6(6) ret. (ret.)
May 24vs Steve DarcisMay 24 - French Open, Round 1L3-6, 4-6, 0-6
Apr 25vs Roberto Carballes BaenaApr 25 - ATP TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open, Round 1L2-6, 4-6

39years old

Turns 40 on June 11

Born June 11, 1987Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union

GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20

6 ft 3 in1.91 m

Right-handedTwo-handed backhand

Coach Erhan OralErhan Oral

Turned pro2006

Represents TurkeyBorn in Uzbekistan

Recent cashes

WONYesterday#232

Novak Djokovic to win+240

ATP - Novak Djokovic at Alexander Zverev

WON18h ago#298

Kyoka Okamura to win+186

WTA - Kyoka Okamura at Wei Sijia

WON14h ago#316

Yoshihito Nishioka to win+165

ATP - Yoshihito Nishioka at Aleksandr Shevchenko

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CareerPro since 2006

20years2006 to 2021

2009First ATP matchBeat Christophe Rochus, US Open
2015Career high No. 77Mar 2, 2015
Jan 8, 2021Latest matchLost to Adrian Andreev, Antalya Open

Grand Slam titles

AO0Round 2 (2010)1-3 in our records

RG0Round 2 (2011)1-3 in our records

WIM0Round 2 (2015)2-3 in our records

USO0Round 2 (2015)3-3 in our records

First ATP match

Aug 31, 2009: beat Christophe Rochus 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5US Open, on hard

Latest match

Jan 8, 2021: lost to Adrian Andreev 4-6, 3-6Antalya Open, Round 1, on hard court

Most often against

The players he has met most in our records, with the head-to-head.

Feliciano Lopez3 meetings, finals 0-0

1-2Ilhan trails

Last: Apr 22, 2015, Barcelona Open Round 2, lost

Andrey Kuznetsov2 meetings, finals 0-0

1-1All square

Last: Jan 4, 2016, Qatar Open Round 1, lost

Denis Istomin2 meetings, finals 0-0

0-2Ilhan trails

Last: Feb 4, 2014, ATP Open Sud de France Round 1, lost

Grigor Dimitrov2 meetings, finals 0-0

0-2Ilhan trails

Last: Oct 10, 2011, Shanghai Rolex Masters Round 1, lost

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez2 meetings, finals 0-0

1-1All square

Last: May 25, 2011, French Open Round 2, lost

Kenny De Schepper2 meetings, finals 0-0

0-2Ilhan trails

Last: Feb 3, 2015, Open Sud de France Round 1, lost

Sources and updates

Results and schedules come from Agatha's own records of the ATP Tour.

Updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:15 PM ET. Results and form refresh after every match; biography facts are checked weekly.