Jozef Kovalik and Altug Celikbilek will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the 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 -> 1.82
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Altug Celikbilek
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Altug Celikbilek play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovalik (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
Jozef Kovalik
Ranked no. 131, the Slovakian will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match at the Doha where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-4 to Tomic in the qualifications on the 11th of January.
Kovalik has a 0-1 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
Talking about his overall career, Jozef has an overall 378-262 record. He has a negative 14-28 record on indoor hard courts.
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
The Slovakian didn’t compete in the Istanbul Challenger in 2020.
Altug Celikbilek
Ranked no. 309 (career high), Altug will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in Antalya where he lost 7-6(1) 6-4 to Basilashvili in the 2nd round on the 9th of January.
Altug has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
In terms of his career, Altug has an overall 215-147 record. He has a positive 18-11 record on indoor hard courts.
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
Altug lost in the 2nd round to Sebastian Ofner.
Head 2 Head
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