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.

As per the initial odds, Quentin Halys is the pick to win this match.
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.

Porto Challenger
Halys's Record

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).

Porto Challenger
Celikbilek's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Q.Halys
A.Celikbilek
5h:30
5h:30
Time on court​
7h:03
7h:03
1h:20
1h:20
Last match​
1h:10
1h:10
4
4
Match played
4
4
83
83
Games Played​
89
89
9
9
Set played​​
9
9
281
281
Total points​
336
336
70.3
70.3
Avg point​
84
84
128
128
Winners
130
130
32
32
Avg Winners​
32.5
32.5
46%
46%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
37
37
Aces
38
38
9.3
9.3
Avg Aces
9.5
9.5
18
18
Double Faults
23
23
4.5
4.5
Avg Double Faults
!
5.8
5.8
128/147
128/147
1st won total​
130/167
130/167
!
87%
87%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
54/106
54/106
2nd won total​
84/177
84/177
51%
51%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
11/20
11/20
BP won
18/31
18/31
2.8/5
2.8/5
Avg BP won
4.5/7.8
4.5/7.8
!
55%
55%
Won
!
58%
58%
8
8
Conceded
30
30
2
2
Avg Conceded
7.5
7.5
2
2
Broken
8
8
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
2
2
6
6
Saved
22
22

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

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