Altug Celikbilek and Teimuraz Gabashvili will square off in the 2nd round of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:30 pm on PISTA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Teimuraz Gabashvili who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Teimuraz Gabashvili is the pick to win this match.
Teimuraz Gabashvili -> 1.28
Altug Celikbilek -> 3.50
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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Teimuraz Gabashvili
This will be the 3rd time that Altug Celikbilek and Teimuraz Gabashvili square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Celikbilek (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Celikbilek won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger back in March 2021.
Altug Celikbilek
Ranked no. 203, the Turk reached the 2nd round after defeating Skander Mansouri 6-73 6-1 7-64.
In the 1st round against Mansouri, Altug recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-1 7-64). During the match, Celikbilek scored 106 points vs Mansouri’s 87. Altug was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Celikbilek scored 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Altug Celikbilek was pretty efficient on serve to win 84% (51/61) of his 1st serve and 55% (21/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Turk broke Mansouri 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Celikbilek has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (242-159). 13-4 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Celikbilek has a compiled183-109 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Celikbilek’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger and the Porto Challenger.
Altug has a composed 28-13 win-loss record in 2021, 13-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger
Altug has never competed in this tournament before.
Teimuraz Gabashvili
Ranked no. 261, the Russian got to the 2nd round after defeating Matteo Martineau 6-4 1-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Teimuraz defeated Martineau (6-4 1-6 6-4).-85) than Martineau. In fact, the world no. 203 won 85 points vs Martineau’s. That means that Gabashvili was more focused during the important points. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Gabashvili made 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Teimuraz Gabashvili lost the serve 3 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Gabashvili put 64% of his first serves in, winning 79% (46/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 30% (10/33) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Martineau 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Gabashvili’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Potchefstroom 2 Challenger.
Gabashvili has a compiled 7-18 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Celikbilek | Gabashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 27 |
| Pts | 106-87 | 85-89 |
| Total Points | 193 | 174 |
| Winners | 51 | 46 |
| %Winners | 48% | 54% |
Both Celikbilek and Gabashvili played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Altug Celikbilek lost 1 set, while Teimuraz Gabashvili conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Celikbilek and Gabashvili have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Celikbilek played 6 games more than Gabashvili. Altug scored 51 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Teimuraz bagged 46 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Celikbilek | Gabashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 6 |
| 1st in | 61/99 | 58/91 |
| %1st in | 62% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 51/61 | 46/58 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 10/33 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 30% |
Celikbilek scored 12 aces . Gabashvili scored 6 aces . Celikbilek won 84% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Gabashvili won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 30% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Celikbilek | Gabashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 43% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 15 |
| Saved | 4 | 12 |
| % Saved | 80% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Celikbilek broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Celikbilek lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Gabashvili broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Gabashvili conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Celikbilek | |||
| R1 Mansouri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-1 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 106-87 | 106-87 | |
| Total points | 193 | 193 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 61/99 | 61/99 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 51/61 | 51/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 21/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gabashvili | |||
| R1 Martineau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 85-89 | 85-89 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/91 | 58/91 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 46/58 | 46/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/33 | 10/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 30% | 30% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 12/15 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WW Tennis Scores in Pozoblanco Challenger
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (6-3 6-72 7-5) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Aziz DougazDougaz (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo ViolaViola – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico ZeballosZeballos – Borna GojoGojo (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Yannick MadenMaden (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-73 6-2 7-612) – See score progression
- Igor SijslingSijsling – Nicola KuhnKuhn (7-5 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Alberto Barroso CamposBarroso Campos (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-73 6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Rayane RoumaneRoumane (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Blas Ruiz RomeroRuiz Romero (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (3-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Igor SijslingSijsling – Nicola KuhnKuhn (7-5 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo ViolaViola – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico ZeballosZeballos – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Michael GeertsGeerts (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Igor SijslingSijsling (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
