Quentin Halys and Altug Celikbilek will face off in the final of the Porto Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Quentin Halys who should win in 3 sets.
Quentin Halys -> 1.615
Altug Celikbilek -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Quentin Halys vs. Altug Celikbilek
This will be the 2nd time that Quentin Halys and Altug Celikbilek square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Halys (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Halys won 6-1 7-6(2) in the 1st round in the Recanati Challenger back in 2017.
Quentin Halys
Ranked no. 197, Quentin reached the final after defeating Ulises Blanch 6-3 3-6 6-1, Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-65 6-4, Steven Diez 6-3 6-0 and Emilio Gomez 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal, Halys had a good straight sets win against Gomez (6-4 6-4). During the match, Halys scored 64 points vs Gomez’s 57. Quentin was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Halys struck 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Quentin Halys lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Halys put 56% of his first serves in, winning 84% (31/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Quentin broke Gomez 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Quentin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Halys has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (263-219). 7-2 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Halys has a compiled 86-61 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Quentin’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Forli Challenger.
Halys has a composed 21-13 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Halys has never competed in this tournament before.
Altug Celikbilek
Ranked no. 247, Celikbilek got to the final after defeating Yosuke Watanuki 6-3 6-75 6-3, Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-65 6-3, Tatsuma Ito 7-5 6-3 and Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2 6-1.
In the semifinal, Celikbilek had a good straight sets win against Stakhovsky (6-2 6-1). During the match Celikbilek scored 64 points vs Stakhovsky’s 45. The Turk was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Celikbilek managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 47% of his first serves in, winning 85% (23/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Celikbilek broke Stakhovsky 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Turk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Celikbilek’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger.
The Turk has a composed 26-13 win-loss record in 2021, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halys | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 83 | 89 |
| Pts | 281-219 | 336-296 |
| Total Points | 500 | 632 |
| Winners | 128 | 130 |
| %Winners | 46% | 39% |
Both Halys and Celikbilek played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Quentin Halys surrendered 1 set, while Altug Celikbilek conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Halys and Celikbilek have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Halys played 6 games less than Celikbilek. Halys scored 128 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Celikbilek scored 130 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halys | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 37 | 38 |
| Avg per match | 9.3 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 147/253 | 167/344 |
| %1st in | 58% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 128/147 | 130/167 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 54/106 | 84/177 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 47% |
Halys recorded 37 aces (9.3 per match). Celikbilek managed to score 38 aces (9.5 per match). Halys won 87% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Celikbilek won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halys | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 18 |
| Converted | 11/20 | 18/31 |
| % Converted | 55% | 58% |
| Conceded | 8 | 30 |
| Saved | 6 | 22 |
| % Saved | 75% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 8 |
Quentin broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Altug broke his opponents 18 times with a 58% conversion rate. Celikbilek conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Halys | ||||||
| R1 Blanch | R2 Kokkinakis | 1/4 Diez | 1/2 Gomez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | 7-65 6-4 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 83 | |
| pts | 85-67 | 74-64 | 58-31 | 64-57 | 281-219 | |
| Total points | 152 | 138 | 89 | 121 | 500 | |
| Winners | 40 | 36 | 21 | 31 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 49% | 36% | 48% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 45/78 | 41/68 | 24/41 | 37/66 | 147/253 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 60% | 59% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 40/45 | 36/41 | 21/24 | 31/37 | 128/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 88% | 88% | 84% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 16/27 | 11/17 | 12/29 | 54/106 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 59% | 65% | 41% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 1/1 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 100% | 40% | 60% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | – | 75% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Celikbilek | ||||||
| R1 Watanuki | R2 Seyboth | 1/4 Ito | 1/2 Stakhovsky | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-75 6-3 | 7-65 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 89 | |
| pts | 116-109 | 78-74 | 78-68 | 64-45 | 336-296 | |
| Total points | 225 | 152 | 146 | 109 | 632 | |
| Winners | 50 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% | 35% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 23 | |
| 1st in | 70/134 | 36/69 | 34/83 | 27/58 | 167/344 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | 41% | 47% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 50/70 | 30/36 | 27/34 | 23/27 | 130/167 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 83% | 79% | 85% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/64 | 18/33 | 23/49 | 14/31 | 84/177 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 55% | 47% | 45% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/8 | 4/7 | 5/7 | 18/31 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 38% | 57% | 71% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 30 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 2/3 | 6/8 | 3/4 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 67% | 75% | 75% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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