Sebastian Ofner and Altug Celikbilek will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Ofner who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.33
Altug Celikbilek -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Altug Celikbilek
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Ofner and Altug Celikbilek since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Sebastian Ofner
Ranked no. 176, the Austrian got to the 2nd round after beating Marsel Ilhan 6-77 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Ilhan, The Austrian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-4 6-4). During the match Ofner scored 104 points vs Ilhan’s 93. Sebastian was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ofner fired 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Sebastian Ofner was quite effective on serve to win 78% (42/54) of his 1st serve and 61% (28/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Austrian broke Ilhan 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Ofner has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (181-135). 2-4 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ofner has a 68-35 record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Austrian has a 10-12 win-loss record in 2020, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
Ofner didn’t compete in the Istanbul Challenger in 2019.
Altug Celikbilek
Ranked no. 336, Celikbilek reached the 2nd round after beating Lorenzo Giustino 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Giustino (6-0 6-3). During the match Celikbilek scored 66 points vs Giustino’s 47. The Turk was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Celikbilek blasted 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 61% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Altug broke Giustino 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The Turk has a 8-6 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
The Turk didn’t play in the Istanbul Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ofner | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 15 |
| Pts | 104-93 | 66-47 |
| Total Points | 197 | 113 |
| Winners | 42 | 30 |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% |
Both Ofner and Celikbilek played 1 match. At the moment, Sebastian Ofner lost 1 set while Altug Celikbilek hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ofner has played 1 set more than Celikbilek (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ofner played 18 games more than Celikbilek. The Austrian scored 42 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk made 30 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ofner | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 2 |
| 1st in | 54/100 | 45/74 |
| %1st in | 54% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 42/54 | 30/45 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 28/46 | 13/29 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 45% |
Ofner bagged 9 aces . Celikbilek managed to score 2 aces . Ofner won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Celikbilek won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ofner | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 44% | 71% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 60% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Sebastian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Austrian dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Turk broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Altug conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ofner | |||
| R1 Ilhan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-77 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 104-93 | 104-93 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/100 | 54/100 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 42/54 | 42/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/46 | 28/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Celikbilek | |||
| R1 Giustino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 66-47 | 66-47 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 45/74 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/45 | 30/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Alexey VatutinVatutin (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Peter PolanskyPolansky (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Elias YmerYmer (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (7-66 6-0) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Taro DanielDaniel (2-6 7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Emilio GomezGomez (6-4 6-76 7-5) – See score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Marsel IlhanIlhan (6-77 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Denis IstominIstomin (2-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-2 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Elias YmerYmer (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jason JungJung – Tristan LamasineLamasine (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Cem IlkelIlkel (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Benjamin BonziBonzi (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Jay ClarkeClarke (0-0) – H2H and prediction
