Sergiy Stakhovsky and Altug Celikbilek will face off in the semifinal of the Porto Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Altug Celikbilek who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Altug Celikbilek is the pick to win this match.
Altug Celikbilek -> 1.5
Sergiy Stakhovsky -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Sergiy Stakhovsky vs. Altug Celikbilek
This will be the 3rd time that Sergiy Stakhovsky and Altug Celikbilek clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Celikbilek won 7-6(6) 6-2 in the 3rd round in the Hamburg Challenger back in 2019.
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Ranked no. 242, Sergiy got to the semifinal after defeating Go Soeda 2-6 6-2 7-65, Matteo Viola 6-2 4-6 7-5 and Goncalo Oliveira 7-62 7-65.
In the quarter, Stakhovsky had a good straight sets win against Oliveira (7-62 7-65). During the match, Stakhovsky scored 96 points vs Oliveira’s 86. Sergiy was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Stakhovsky struck 19 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Sergiy Stakhovsky was quite effective on serve to win 75% (41/55) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Stakhovsky broke Oliveira twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 2 set in this competition to win 51% of the points he played.
Stakhovsky has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (339-295). 7-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Stakhovsky has an aggregate 116-96 match record in the last years on hard.
Sergiy has an aggregate 18-14 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Sergiy has never competed in this tournament before.
Altug Celikbilek
Ranked no. 247, the Turk got to the semifinal after defeating Yosuke Watanuki 6-3 6-75 6-3, Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-65 6-3 and Tatsuma Ito 7-5 6-3.
In the quarter, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Ito (7-5 6-3). During the match Celikbilek scored 78 points vs Ito’s 68. The Turk was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Celikbilek blasted 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 41% of his first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (23/49) on the 2nd serve. Celikbilek broke Ito 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Celikbilek started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Celikbilek’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger.
Celikbilek has an aggregate 25-13 win-loss record in 2021, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Stakhovsky | Celikbilek |
---|---|---|
Match played | 3 | 3 |
Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
Tot Games | 85 | 74 |
Pts | 292-279 | 272-251 |
Total Points | 571 | 523 |
Winners | 123 | 107 |
%Winners | 42% | 39% |
Both Stakhovsky and Celikbilek played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Sergiy Stakhovsky conceded 2 sets, while Altug Celikbilek dropped 1 set. Stakhovsky has played 1 set more than Celikbilek (8 vs 7). Therefore, Stakhovsky played 11 games more than Celikbilek. The Ukrainian scored 123 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Altug fired 107 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Stakhovsky | Celikbilek |
---|---|---|
Aces | 36 | 32 |
Avg per match | 12 | 10.7 |
1st in | 169/268 | 140/286 |
%1st in | 63% | 49% |
1st pts | 123/169 | 107/140 |
%1st pts | 73% | 76% |
2nd pts | 49/99 | 70/146 |
%2nd pts | 49% | 48% |
Stakhovsky made 36 aces (12 per match). Celikbilek struck 32 aces (10.7 per match). Stakhovsky won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Celikbilek won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Stakhovsky | Celikbilek |
---|---|---|
Won | 9 | 13 |
Converted | 9/27 | 13/24 |
% Converted | 33% | 54% |
Conceded | 15 | 26 |
Saved | 8 | 19 |
% Saved | 53% | 73% |
Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
Sergiy broke his opponents 9 times with a 33% conversion rate. Sergiy conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. Celikbilek broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. Celikbilek conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
Stakhovsky | |||||
R1 Soeda |
R2 Viola |
1/4 Oliveira |
Total | ||
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Score | 2-6 6-2 7-65 | 6-2 4-6 7-5 | 7-62 7-65 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
Tot Games | 29 | 30 | 26 | 85 | |
pts | 94-95 | 102-98 | 96-86 | 292-279 | |
Total points | 189 | 200 | 182 | 571 | |
Winners | 42 | 40 | 41 | 123 | |
%Winners | 45% | 39% | 43% | 42% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 10 | 7 | 19 | 36 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | |
1st in | 57/91 | 57/95 | 55/82 | 169/268 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 60% | 67% | 63% | |
1st pts | 42/57 | 40/57 | 41/55 | 123/169 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 70% | 75% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 14/34 | 20/38 | 15/27 | 49/99 | |
% 2nd pts | 41% | 53% | 56% | 49% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
Converted | 3/9 | 4/11 | 2/7 | 9/27 | |
Converted % | 33% | 36% | 29% | 33% | |
Conceded | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
Saved | 4/7 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 8 | |
Saved % | 57% | 50% | 50% | 52% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Celikbilek | |||||
R1 Watanuki |
R2 Seyboth |
1/4 Ito |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-75 6-3 | 7-65 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 31 | 22 | 21 | 74 | |
pts | 116-109 | 78-74 | 78-68 | 272-251 | |
Total points | 225 | 152 | 146 | 523 | |
Winners | 50 | 30 | 27 | 107 | |
%Winners | 43% | 38% | 35% | 39% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 11 | 11 | 10 | 32 | |
Double Faults | 11 | 3 | 6 | 20 | |
1st in | 70/134 | 36/69 | 34/83 | 140/286 | |
% 1st in | 52% | 52% | 41% | 49% | |
1st pts | 50/70 | 30/36 | 27/34 | 107/140 | |
% 1st pts | 71% | 83% | 79% | 76% | |
2nd pts | 29/64 | 18/33 | 23/49 | 70/146 | |
% 2nd pts | 45% | 55% | 47% | 48% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
Converted | 6/9 | 3/8 | 4/7 | 13/24 | |
Converted % | 67% | 38% | 57% | 54% | |
Conceded | 15 | 3 | 8 | 26 | |
Saved | 11/15 | 2/3 | 6/8 | 19 | |
Saved % | 73% | 67% | 75% | 72% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Porto Challenger
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Tatsuma ItoIto (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Steven DiezDiez (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (7-62 7-65) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Gastao EliasElias (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Gastao EliasElias (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Emilio GomezGomez – Quentin HalysHalys (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (1-1) – H2H and prediction