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H2H, PREDICTION Altug Celikbilek vs Zizou Bergs | St. Petersburg 1 Challenger odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. St. Petersburg 1 Challenger. Celikbilek and Bergs will face off in the final of the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Mark Hall

7 March 2021

Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Zizou Bergs

Altug Celikbilek and Zizou Bergs will clash against each other in the final of the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zizou Bergs who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.63
Altug Celikbilek -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Zizou Bergs

This will be the 2^nd time that Altug Celikbilek and Zizou Bergs fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bergs (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, Bergs won 6-1 6-3 in the 1^st round in Turkey F2 (Antalya) back in 2018.

Altug Celikbilek

Ranked no. 286 (career high), the Turk reached the final after defeating Khumoun Sultanov 6-4 6-1, Alexey Vatutin 6-3 7-6³, Jesper De Jong 7-6⁷ 6-0 and Artem Dubrivnyy 5-7 6-2 6-3.

In the semifinal against Dubrivnyy, The Turk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-3). During the match Celikbilek scored 116 points vs Dubrivnyy’s 101. The Turk was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about the service games, Celikbilek scored 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Altug Celikbilek was very effective on serve to win 73% (48/66) of his 1st serve and 52% (24/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Celikbilek broke Dubrivnyy 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Celikbilek has dropped 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.

Celikbilek has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (222-149). 7-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Celikbilek has a 25-13 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

The Turk’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger.

Celikbilek has a 8-3 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger

Celikbilek has never competed in this tournament before.

St. Petersburg 1 Challenger

Celikbilek's Record

Zizou Bergs

Ranked no. 435, Zizou reached the final after defeating Nerman Fatic 6-4 6-2, Ivan Nedelko 6-2 6-1, Harry Bourchier 6-4 6-2, Pavel Kotov 6-0 7-5, Lucas Catarina 6-3 6-4 and Vit Kopriva 7-6⁷ 6-2.

In the semifinal, Zizou had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (7-6⁷ 6-2). During the match Bergs scored 93 points vs Kopriva’s 80. Bergs was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Bergs fired 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Zizou Bergs lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 73% of his first serves in, winning 59% (39/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. Zizou broke Kopriva 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

Zizou’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15+H Bressuire and the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger.

Zizou has a 10-4 win-loss record in 2021, 9-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

St. Petersburg 1 Challenger

Bergs's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Celikbilek	Bergs
Match played	4	6
Tot Set	9	12
Tot Games	87	109
Pts	354-300	412-297
Total Points	654	709
Winners	137	172
%Winners	39%	42%

Celikbilek played 4 matches while Bergs competed in 6 matches. Bergs started his run from the qualifications while Celikbilek had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Altug Celikbilek conceded 1 set while Zizou Bergs hasn’t dropped a set so far. Celikbilek has played 3 set(s) less than Bergs (9 vs 12). Therefore, Celikbilek played 22 games less than Bergs. Celikbilek scored 137 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Zizou blasted 172 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Celikbilek	Bergs
Aces	25	12
Avg per match	6.3	2
1st in	189/338	249/338
%1st in	56%	74%
1st pts	137/189	172/249
%1st pts	72%	69%
2nd pts	75/149	50/89
%2nd pts	50%	56%

Celikbilek struck 25 aces (6.3 per match). Bergs managed to score 12 aces (2 per match). Celikbilek won 72% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Celikbilek	Bergs
Won	15	28
Converted	15/43	28/64
% Converted	35%	44%
Conceded	26	25
Saved	20	15
% Saved	77%	60%
Times Broken	6	10

The Turk broke his opponents 15 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Turk surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Zizou broke his opponents 28 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

	R1 Sultanov	R2 Vatutin	1/4 De	1/2 Dubrivnyy	Total
Celikbilek
Score	6-4 6-1	6-3 7-6³	7-6⁷ 6-0	5-7 6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	17	22	19	29	87
pts	67-52	89-81	82-66	116-101	354-300
Total points	119	170	148	217	654
Winners	22	40	27	48	137
%Winners	33%	45%	33%	41%	39%
SERVE
Aces	3	11	1	10	25
Double Faults	1	2	4	1	8
1st in	36/64	51/98	36/64	66/112	189/338
% 1st in	56%	52%	56%	59%	56%
1st pts	22/36	40/51	27/36	48/66	137/189
% 1st pts	61%	78%	75%	73%	72%
2nd pts	16/28	22/47	13/28	24/46	75/149
% 2nd pts	57%	47%	46%	52%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	2	4	4	15
Converted	5/9	2/6	4/18	4/10	15/43
Converted %	56%	33%	22%	40%	35%
Conceded	8	5	3	10	26
Saved	6/8	4/5	2/3	8/10	20
Saved %	75%	80%	67%	80%	76%
Times Broken	2	1	1	2	6

	Q1 Fatic	Q3 Nedelko	R1 Bourchier	R2 Kotov	1/4 Catarina	1/2 Kopriva	Total
Bergs
Score	6-4 6-2	6-2 6-1	6-4 6-2	6-0 7-5	6-3 6-4	7-6⁷ 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	2	2	12
Tot Games	18	15	18	18	19	21	109
pts	67-51	58-34	62-40	69-43	63-49	93-80	412-297
Total points	118	92	102	112	112	173	709
Winners	26	24	25	28	30	39	172
%Winners	39%	41%	40%	41%	48%	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	3	1	2	1	3	12
Double Faults	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1st in	38/52	29/43	32/45	42/50	42/58	66/90	249/338
% 1st in	73%	67%	71%	84%	72%	73%	74%
1st pts	26/38	24/29	25/32	28/42	30/42	39/66	172/249
% 1st pts	68%	83%	78%	67%	71%	59%	69%
2nd pts	7/14	6/14	9/13	5/8	8/16	15/24	50/89
% 2nd pts	50%	43%	69%	63%	50%	63%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5	4	6	4	4	28
Converted	5/13	5/10	4/7	6/11	4/13	4/10	28/64
Converted %	38%	50%	57%	55%	31%	40%	44%
Conceded	6	2	1	5	2	9	25
Saved	4/6	1/2	0/1	3/5	0/2	7/9	15
Saved %	67%	50%	0%	60%	0%	78%	64%
Times Broken	2	1	1	2	2	2	10