Tatsuma Ito and Altug Celikbilek will play each other in the quarter of the Porto Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Altug Celikbilek who should win in 3 sets.
Altug Celikbilek -> 1.51
Tatsuma Ito -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Tatsuma Ito vs. Altug Celikbilek
This will be the 2nd time that Tatsuma Ito and Altug Celikbilek fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Celikbilek (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Celikbilek won 6-3 4-6 7-5 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in May 2021.
Tatsuma Ito
Ranked no. 227, the Japanese got to the quarter after beating Luis Faria 6-0 6-2 and Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-4 1-0 ret..
In the 2nd round, Tatsuma had a good straight sets win against Ferreira Silva (6-4 1-0 ret.). During the match, Ito scored 44 points vs Ferreira Silva’s 36. Ito was pretty aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ito managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tatsuma Ito was quite efficient on serve to win 87% (13/15) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tatsuma broke Ferreira Silva twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Ito has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (315-250). 2-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ito has a composed 197-154 match record in the last years on hard.
Ito has an overall 6-10 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Ito has never competed in this tournament before.
Altug Celikbilek
Ranked no. 247, the Turk got to the quarter after beating Yosuke Watanuki 6-3 6-75 6-3 and Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-65 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Celikbilek had a good straight sets win against Seyboth Wild (7-65 6-3). During the match Celikbilek scored 78 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 74. Altug was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Celikbilek recorded 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Altug Celikbilek was very efficient on serve to win 83% (30/36) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Celikbilek broke Seyboth Wild 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Celikbilek started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Altug’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger.
The Turk has an aggregate 24-13 win-loss record in 2021, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ito | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 53 |
| Pts | 98-65 | 194-183 |
| Total Points | 163 | 377 |
| Winners | 31 | 80 |
| %Winners | 32% | 41% |
Both Ito and Celikbilek played 2 matches. At the moment, Altug Celikbilek lost 1 set while Tatsuma Ito hasn’t lost a set so far. Talking about their workload, Ito and Celikbilek have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Ito played 28 games less than Celikbilek. The Japanese scored 31 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Celikbilek struck 80 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ito | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 11 |
| 1st in | 38/71 | 106/203 |
| %1st in | 54% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 80/106 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 47/97 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 48% |
Ito recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Celikbilek blasted 22 aces (11 per match). Ito won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Celikbilek won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ito | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 9/17 |
| % Converted | 47% | 53% |
| Conceded | 2 | 18 |
| Saved | 2 | 13 |
| % Saved | 100% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Tatsuma broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Tatsuma was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Altug broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ito | ||||
| R1 Faria | R2 Ferreira Silva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-4 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 11 | 25 | |
| pts | 54-29 | 44-36 | 98-65 | |
| Total points | 83 | 80 | 163 | |
| Winners | 18 | 13 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 30% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 23/39 | 15/32 | 38/71 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 47% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 18/23 | 13/15 | 31/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 87% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 9/17 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 53% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/8 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 25% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Celikbilek | ||||
| R1 Watanuki | R2 Seyboth | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-75 6-3 | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 22 | 53 | |
| pts | 116-109 | 78-74 | 194-183 | |
| Total points | 225 | 152 | 377 | |
| Winners | 50 | 30 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 3 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 70/134 | 36/69 | 106/203 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 50/70 | 30/36 | 80/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 83% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/64 | 18/33 | 47/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 55% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/8 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 38% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 3 | 18 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 2/3 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 67% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Quentin HalysHalys – Steven DiezDiez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Tatsuma ItoIto (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (0-0) – H2H and prediction