Altug Celikbilek and Jesper De Jong will face off in the quarter of the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jesper De Jong who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.78
Altug Celikbilek -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Jesper De Jong
There is no head to head record between Altug Celikbilek and Jesper De Jong since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Altug Celikbilek
Ranked no. 286 (career high), the Turk reached the quarter after defeating Khumoun Sultanov 6-4 6-1 and Alexey Vatutin 6-3 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Celikbilek had a good straight sets win against Vatutin (6-3 7-63). During the match Celikbilek scored 89 points vs Vatutin’s 81. The Turk was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Celikbilek blasted 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 52% of his first serves in, winning 78% (40/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (22/47) on the 2nd serve. Altug broke Vatutin twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Turk hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Celikbilek has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (220-149). 5-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Celikbilek has a 23-13 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Celikbilek has a 6-3 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger
The Turk has never competed in this tournament before.
Jesper De Jong
Ranked no. 315, the Dutch got to the quarter after defeating Uladzimir Ignatik 6-4 4-6 6-3 and Evgeny Tyurnev 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Tyurnev (6-3 6-3). During the match De scored 65 points vs Tyurnev’s 43. Jesper was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, De couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Jesper De Jong was quite effective on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. De broke Tyurnev 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
De has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Jesper has a 3-3 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Celikbilek | De |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 47 |
| Pts | 156-133 | 146-119 |
| Total Points | 289 | 265 |
| Winners | 62 | 62 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Both Celikbilek and De played 2 matches. At the moment, Jesper De Jong dropped 1 set while Altug Celikbilek hasn’t lost a set so far. Celikbilek has played 1 set(s) less than De (4 vs 5). Therefore, Celikbilek played 8 games less than De. The Turk scored 62 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Jesper blasted 62 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Celikbilek | De |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 87/162 | 85/133 |
| %1st in | 54% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 62/87 | 62/85 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 38/75 | 30/48 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 63% |
Celikbilek fired 14 aces (7 per match). De struck 4 aces (2 per match). Celikbilek won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, De won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Celikbilek | De |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 47% | 58% |
| Conceded | 13 | 5 |
| Saved | 10 | 2 |
| % Saved | 77% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Turk broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Altug surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Jesper broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. De conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Celikbilek | ||||
| R1 Sultanov |
R2 Vatutin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 39 | |
| pts | 67-52 | 89-81 | 156-133 | |
| Total points | 119 | 170 | 289 | |
| Winners | 22 | 40 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 45% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 11 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/64 | 51/98 | 87/162 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 52% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 22/36 | 40/51 | 62/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 78% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 22/47 | 38/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 47% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 2/6 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 33% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 80% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| De | ||||
| R1 Ignatik |
R2 Tyurnev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 18 | 47 | |
| pts | 81-76 | 65-43 | 146-119 | |
| Total points | 157 | 108 | 265 | |
| Winners | 34 | 28 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/83 | 35/50 | 85/133 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 70% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 34/50 | 28/35 | 62/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 80% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 10/15 | 30/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 67% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/7 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 43% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 100% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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