Gregoire Barrere and Altug Celikbilek will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 9:30 pm on CENTRAL. 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 Gregoire Barrere who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gregoire Barrere is the pick to win this match.
Gregoire Barrere -> 1.77
Altug Celikbilek -> 2.05
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Gregoire Barrere vs. Altug Celikbilek
There is no head to head record between Gregoire Barrere and Altug Celikbilek since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Gregoire Barrere
Ranked no. 135, the French player reached the semifinal after beating Rayane Roumane 7-65 6-3, Adrian Andreev 6-3 6-0 and Federico Zeballos 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Andreev (6-3 6-0). During the match, Barrere scored 52 points vs Andreev’s 29. The French player was very aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Talking about the service games, Barrere managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gregoire Barrere was very efficient on serve to win 72% (13/18) of his 1st serve and 76% (16/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Andreev 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gregoire started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Barrere has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (344-240). 4-1 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Barrere has a compiled 63-55 match record in the last years on hard.
The French player best result of the year was reaching the final in the Lille Challenger.
Gregoire has an aggregate 21-16 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Altug Celikbilek
Ranked no. 203, the Turk reached the semifinal after defeating Skander Mansouri 6-73 6-1 7-64, Teimuraz Gabashvili 5-7 6-3 6-4 and Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 6-3 6-0.
In the quarter, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Menendez-Maceiras (6-3 6-0). During the match Celikbilek scored 57 points vs Menendez-Maceiras’s 33. Altug was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Celikbilek made 8 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Altug Celikbilek was very efficient on serve to win 82% (18/22) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Turk broke Menendez-Maceiras 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Turk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Turk’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger and the Porto Challenger.
The Turk has a composed 30-13 win-loss record in 2021, 15-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Barrere | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 79 |
| Pts | 198-146 | 265-207 |
| Total Points | 344 | 472 |
| Winners | 74 | 99 |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% |
Both Barrere and Celikbilek played 3 matches. At the moment, Altug Celikbilek lost 2 sets while Gregoire Barrere hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Barrere has played 2 set(s) less than Celikbilek (6 vs 8). Therefore, Barrere played 23 games less than Celikbilek. The French player scored 74 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Altug bagged 99 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Barrere | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 96/149 | 124/227 |
| %1st in | 64% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 74/96 | 99/124 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 29/53 | 67/103 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 65% |
Barrere blasted 13 aces (4.3 per match). Celikbilek recorded 24 aces (8 per match). Barrere won 77% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Celikbilek won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Barrere | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 10 |
| Converted | 14/22 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 64% | 45% |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 33% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The French player broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Altug broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Altug conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Barrere | ||||
| R1 Roumane |
R2 Andreev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 15 | 37 | |
| pts | 80-69 | 52-29 | 132-98 | |
| Total points | 149 | 81 | 230 | |
| Winners | 33 | 13 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 25% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 42/62 | 18/39 | 60/101 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 46% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 13/18 | 46/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 72% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 16/21 | 25/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 76% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/5 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 100% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Celikbilek | |||||
| R1 Mansouri |
R2 Gabashvili |
1/4 Menendez-Maceiras |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-1 7-64 | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 31 | 15 | 79 | |
| pts | 106-87 | 102-87 | 57-33 | 265-207 | |
| Total points | 193 | 189 | 90 | 472 | |
| Winners | 51 | 30 | 18 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 29% | 32% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 12 | 4 | 8 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 61/99 | 41/85 | 22/43 | 124/227 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 48% | 51% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 51/61 | 30/41 | 18/22 | 99/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 73% | 82% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 32/44 | 14/21 | 67/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 73% | 67% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | 4/8 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 50% | – | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
LLLLLLLWLW
WWWWWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Pozoblanco Challenger
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Federico ZeballosZeballos (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Emilio NavaNava (7-62 7-63) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Cem IlkelIlkel (0-1) – H2H and prediction
