James Duckworth and Altug Celikbilek will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on COURT CARLSBERG. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Duckworth who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.42
Altug Celikbilek -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Altug Celikbilek
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Altug Celikbilek since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-34 | 25-20 | 6-4 | 10-4 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-29 | 23-14 | 2-3 | 7-7 | 10-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-28 | 43-21 | 1-3 | 5-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-27 | 20-18 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-24 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 12-9 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 74, Duckworth got to the semifinal after beating Pedro Araujo 6-3 6-4, Antoine Bellier 6-2 6-1 and Aidan Mchugh 7-63 6-0.
In the quarter, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Mchugh (7-63 6-0). During the match, Duckworth scored 71 points vs Mchugh’s 46. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth scored 12 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. James Duckworth was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. James broke Mchugh 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
James hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (282-182). 3-3 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has a composed 175-104 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Duckworth has an overall 5-10 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
James has never competed in this tournament before.
Altug Celikbilek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-21 | 42-15 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-27 | 8-12 | 0-3 | 9-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-30 | 13-13 | 4-7 | 10-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-24 | 23-11 | 1-2 | 15-8 | 3-2 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 3-2 | 7-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 179, Altug got to the semifinal after defeating Renzo Olivo 6-3 6-3, Antoine Escoffier 6-2 6-3 and Egor Gerasimov 7-5 6-4.
In the quarter, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (7-5 6-4). During the match Celikbilek scored 74 points vs Gerasimov’s 68. The Turk was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Celikbilek bagged 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Altug Celikbilek was very effective on serve to win 74% (35/47) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Celikbilek was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Gerasimov twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Celikbilek hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Altug’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Malaga Challenger.
Celikbilek has a composed 15-17 win-loss record in 2022, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 57 |
| Pts | 190-125 | 192-140 |
| Total Points | 315 | 332 |
| Winners | 68 | 82 |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% |
Both Duckworth and Celikbilek played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Celikbilek have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Duckworth played 4 games less than Celikbilek. The Australian scored 68 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk scored 82 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 87/148 | 104/177 |
| %1st in | 59% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 68/87 | 82/104 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 42/61 | 39/73 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 53% |
Duckworth bagged 24 aces (8 per match). Celikbilek recorded 14 aces (4.7 per match). Duckworth won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Celikbilek won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 11 |
| Converted | 11/24 | 11/11 |
| % Converted | 46% | 100% |
| Conceded | 4 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 10 |
| % Saved | 75% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Duckworth broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Duckworth conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Celikbilek broke his opponents 11 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||||
| R1 Araujo |
R2 Bellier |
1/4 Mchugh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 | 7-63 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 19 | 53 | |
| pts | 63-47 | 56-32 | 71-46 | 190-125 | |
| Total points | 110 | 88 | 117 | 315 | |
| Winners | 22 | 18 | 28 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 32% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 12 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/59 | 22/35 | 34/54 | 87/148 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 63% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 18/22 | 28/34 | 68/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 82% | 82% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 10/13 | 14/20 | 42/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 77% | 70% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/10 | 3/7 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 50% | 43% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 100% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Celikbilek | |||||
| R1 Olivo |
R2 Escoffier |
1/4 Gerasimov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 22 | 57 | |
| pts | 62-33 | 56-39 | 74-68 | 192-140 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | 142 | 332 | |
| Winners | 22 | 25 | 35 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 45% | 47% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 31/50 | 47/80 | 104/177 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 62% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 25/31 | 35/47 | 82/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 81% | 74% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 6/19 | 19/33 | 39/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 32% | 58% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 5/5 | 2/2 | 11/11 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/4 | 6/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 100% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Porto Challenger
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Hugo GrenierGrenier (2-6 6-2 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Aidan MchughMchugh (7-63 6-0) – See score progression
- Nuno Borges/Francisco CabralBorges/Francisco Cabral – Luca Margaroli/Yasutaka UchiyamaMargaroli/Yasutaka Uchiyama (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
