Altug Celikbilek and Adrian Menendez-Maceiras will play each other in the quarter of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9:30 pm on CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Altug Celikbilek who should win in 3 sets.
Altug Celikbilek -> 1.47
Adrian Menendez-Maceiras -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Adrian Menendez-Maceiras
There is no head to head record between Altug Celikbilek and Adrian Menendez-Maceiras since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Altug Celikbilek
Ranked no. 203, Altug reached the quarter after beating Skander Mansouri 6-73 6-1 7-64 and Teimuraz Gabashvili 5-7 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Gabashvili, Celikbilek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match, Celikbilek scored 102 points vs Gabashvili’s 87. Celikbilek was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Celikbilek bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Altug Celikbilek was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 73% (32/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Altug broke Gabashvili 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Celikbilek started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Celikbilek has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (243-159). 14-4 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Celikbilek has a composed184-109 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Altug’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger and the Porto Challenger.
Altug has an aggregate 29-13 win-loss record in 2021, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger
The Turk has never competed in this tournament before.
Adrian Menendez-Maceiras
Ranked no. 289, Menendez-Maceiras reached the quarter after defeating Alberto Barroso Campos 6-2 6-4
and Maxime Janvier 7-64 6-3.In the 2nd round, Adrian had a good straight sets win against Janvier (7-64 6-3). During the match Menendez-Maceiras scored 76 points vs Janvier’s 63. Menendez-Maceiras was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Menendez-Maceiras managed to score 4 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Adrian Menendez-Maceiras was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (37/48) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Janvier once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Menendez-Maceiras started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Adrian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Bakio.
Adrian has a compiled 12-12 win-loss record in 2021, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Celikbilek | Menendez-Maceiras |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 40 |
| Pts | 208-174 | 143-116 |
| Total Points | 382 | 259 |
| Winners | 81 | 66 |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% |
Both Celikbilek and Menendez-Maceiras played 2 matches. At the moment, Altug Celikbilek dropped 2 sets while Adrian Menendez-Maceiras hasn’t lost a set so far. Celikbilek has played 2 sets more than Menendez-Maceiras (6 vs 4). Therefore, Celikbilek played 24 games more than Menendez-Maceiras. The Turk scored 81 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Menendez-Maceiras fired 66 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Celikbilek | Menendez-Maceiras |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 102/184 | 90/135 |
| %1st in | 55% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 81/102 | 66/90 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 53/82 | 31/45 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 69% |
Celikbilek struck 16 aces (8 per match). Menendez-Maceiras scored 7 aces (3.5 per match). Celikbilek won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Menendez-Maceiras won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Celikbilek | Menendez-Maceiras |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 43% | 36% |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 8 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Celikbilek broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Altug lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Adrian broke his opponents 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Menendez-Maceiras was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 8 break points.
| Celikbilek | ||||
| R1 Mansouri | R2 Gabashvili | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-1 7-64 | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 31 | 64 | |
| pts | 106-87 | 102-87 | 208-174 | |
| Total points | 193 | 189 | 382 | |
| Winners | 51 | 30 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 29% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 61/99 | 41/85 | 102/184 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 48% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 51/61 | 30/41 | 81/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 73% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 32/44 | 53/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 73% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 50% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Menendez-Maceiras | ||||
| R1 Barroso Campos | R2 Janvier | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 40 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 76-63 | 143-116 | |
| Total points | 120 | 139 | 259 | |
| Winners | 29 | 37 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 49% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/66 | 48/69 | 90/135 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 70% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 37/48 | 66/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 77% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 15/21 | 31/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 1/7 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 14% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 1/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Cem IlkelIlkel – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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