Altug Celikbilek and Artem Dubrivnyy will square off in the semifinal of the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.56
Artem Dubrivnyy -> 2.43

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There is no head to head record between Altug Celikbilek and Artem Dubrivnyy since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Altug Celikbilek

Ranked no. 286 (career high), Celikbilek reached the semifinal after defeating Khumoun Sultanov 6-4 6-1, Alexey Vatutin 6-3 7-6³ and Jesper De Jong 7-6⁷ 6-0.

In the quarter, Celikbilek had a good straight sets win against De Jong (7-6⁷ 6-0). During the match Celikbilek scored 82 points vs De Jong’s 66. Altug was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Celikbilek scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 56% of his first serves in, winning 75% (27/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Altug broke De Jong 4 times after converting 22% of his break points (4/18).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Turk hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Celikbilek has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (221-149). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Celikbilek has a 24-13 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

The Turk has a 7-3 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger

Altug has never competed in this tournament before.

St. Petersburg 1 Challenger

Celikbilek's Record

Artem Dubrivnyy

Ranked no. 436, Artem reached the semifinal after beating Konstantin Kravchuk 7-6³ 6-4, Skander Mansouri 4-6 7-6⁶ 6-0, Igor Sijsling 3-6 6-4 6-3, Viktor Durasovic 7-5 3-6 6-3 and Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3 6-7⁸ 6-3.

In the quarter, Dubrivnyy defeated Kuznetsov (6-3 6-7⁸ 6-3). During the match Dubrivnyy scored 105 points vs Kuznetsov’s 85. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Talking about serving, Dubrivnyy recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Artem Dubrivnyy was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (57/69) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Artem broke Kuznetsov twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dubrivnyy has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Artem has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

St. Petersburg 1 Challenger

Dubrivnyy's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Celikbilek played 3 matches while Dubrivnyy competed in 5 matches. Dubrivnyy started his run from the qualifications while Celikbilek had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Artem Dubrivnyy conceded 4 sets while Altug Celikbilek hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Celikbilek has played 8 set(s) less than Dubrivnyy (6 vs 14). Therefore, Celikbilek played 83 games less than Dubrivnyy. Altug scored 89 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Dubrivnyy made 210 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Celikbilek blasted 15 aces (5 per match). Dubrivnyy bagged 21 aces (4.2 per match). Celikbilek won 72% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Dubrivnyy won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Altug broke his opponents 11 times with a 33% conversion rate. Celikbilek conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Dubrivnyy broke his opponents 15 times with a 41% conversion rate. Dubrivnyy conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Altug
Celikbilek

1:0

Artem
Dubrivnyy

Rank

442

High

154

1I.hard0

Rank

High

394

Win Loss

Celikbilek

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Dubrivnyy

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2024 2023 2022

47 - 21

4 - 5

41-15

Hard

0-0

6-6

I Hard

0-2

0-0

Clay

4-3

Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg 1 Challenger

• Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-6⁷ 6-0) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Lucas CatarinaCatarina (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Cem IlkelIlkel (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (6-3 6-7⁸ 6-3) – See score progression
• Benjamin Hassan/Alexey VatutinHassan/Alexey Vatutin – Arjun Kadhe/Benjamin LockKadhe/Benjamin Lock (7-5 7-5) – See score progression

• Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction

Celikbilek

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Dubrivnyy