Altug Celikbilek and Cem Ilkel will fight against each other in the final of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 9:00 pm on CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Altug Celikbilek who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Altug Celikbilek is the pick to win this match.
Altug Celikbilek -> 1.76
Cem Ilkel -> 2.06

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.

 

Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Cem Ilkel

This will be the 7th time that Altug Celikbilek and Cem Ilkel fight against each other. The head to head is 3-3 (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.

The last time that they played, Celikbilek won 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Turkey F7 (Antalya) back in 2017.

Altug Celikbilek

Ranked no. 203, the Turk reached the final after beating Skander Mansouri 6-73 6-1 7-64, Teimuraz Gabashvili 5-7 6-3 6-4, Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 6-3 6-0 and Gregoire Barrere 4-6 6-3 1-1 ret..

In the semifinal against Barrere, Altug had an good comeback after recovering from a 2-sets down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 1-1 ret.).-65) than Barrere. In fact, the world no. 203 won 65 points vs Barrere’s. That means that Celikbilek was more focused during the important points. Celikbilek was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Celikbilek recorded 13 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 51% of his first serves in, winning 88% (28/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (12/31) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Barrere twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Turk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.

Celikbilek has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (245-159). 16-4 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Celikbilek has an overall186-109 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Altug’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger and the Porto Challenger.

Altug has a composed 31-13 win-loss record in 2021, 16-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger

Celikbilek has never competed in this tournament before.

Pozoblanco Challenger
Celikbilek's Record

Cem Ilkel

Ranked no. 209, Cem reached the final after beating Johannes Haerteis 6-2 7-63, Hiroki Moriya 6-3 6-2, Tim Van Rijthoven 7-5 7-65 and Michael Geerts 6-2 6-73

6-4.

In the semifinal, Cem defeated Geerts (6-2 6-73 6-4). During the match Ilkel scored 114 points vs Geerts’s 96. Cem was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Ilkel bagged 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cem Ilkel was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 88% (44/50) of his 1st serve and 57% (24/42) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ilkel broke Geerts 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cem started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Turk’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger,the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger,the Rome 2 Challenger and the Pozoblanco Challenger.

Cem has a compiled 22-17 win-loss record in 2021, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Pozoblanco Challenger
Ilkel's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Celikbilek
C.Ilkel
6h:50
6h:50
Time on court​
7h:15
7h:15
1h:26
1h:26
Last match​
!
2h:42
2h:42
4
4
Match played
4
4
100
100
Games Played​
94
94
12
12
Set played​​
9
9
330
330
Total points​
333
333
82.5
82.5
Avg point​
83.3
83.3
127
127
Winners
128
128
31.8
31.8
Avg Winners​
32
32
38%
38%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
37
37
Aces
28
28
9.3
9.3
Avg Aces
7
7
12
12
Double Faults
5
5
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
127/156
127/156
1st won total​
128/159
128/159
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
79/134
79/134
2nd won total​
82/129
82/129
59%
59%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
12/30
12/30
BP won
10/31
10/31
3/7.5
3/7.5
Avg BP won
2.5/7.8
2.5/7.8
40%
40%
Won
32%
32%
12
12
Conceded
10
10
3
3
Avg Conceded
2.5
2.5
5
5
Broken
1
1
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
!
0.3
0.3
7
7
Saved
9
9
See Allstats

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Celikbilek Ilkel
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 12 9
Tot Games 100 94
Pts 330-275 333-272
Total Points 605 605
Winners 127 128
%Winners 38% 38%

Both Celikbilek and Ilkel played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Altug Celikbilek surrendered 3 sets, while Cem Ilkel surrendered 1 set. Celikbilek has played 3 sets more than Ilkel (12 vs 9). Therefore, Celikbilek played 6 games more than Ilkel. The Turk scored 127 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk bagged 128 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Celikbilek Ilkel
Aces 37 28
Avg per match 9.3 7
1st in 156/290 159/288
%1st in 54% 55%
1st pts 127/156 128/159
%1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 79/134 82/129
%2nd pts 59% 64%

Celikbilek managed to score 37 aces (9.3 per match). Ilkel scored 28 aces (7 per match). Celikbilek won 81% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Celikbilek Ilkel
Won 12 10
Converted 12/30 10/31
% Converted 40% 32%
Conceded 12 10
Saved 7 9
% Saved 58% 90%
Times Broken 5 1

The Turk broke his opponents 12 times with a 40% conversion rate. Altug lost his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Cem broke his opponents 10 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.

Celikbilek
R1
Mansouri		 R2
Gabashvili		 1/4
Menendez-Maceiras		 1/2
Barrere		 Total
Score 6-73 6-1 7-64 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-0 4-6 6-3 1-1 ret.
Tot Set 3 3 2 3 11
Tot Games 33 31 15 21 100
pts 106-87 102-87 57-33 65-68 330-275
Total points 193 189 90 133 605
Winners 51 30 18 28 127
%Winners 48% 29% 32% 43% 38%
SERVE
Aces 12 4 8 13 37
Double Faults 5 3 0 4 12
1st in 61/99 41/85 22/43 32/63 156/290
% 1st in 62% 48% 51% 51% 54%
1st pts 51/61 30/41 18/22 28/32 127/156
% 1st pts 84% 73% 82% 88% 81%
2nd pts 21/38 32/44 14/21 12/31 79/134
% 2nd pts 55% 73% 67% 39% 59%
Breaks
Won 3 3 4 2 12
Converted 3/7 3/7 4/8 2/8 12/30
Converted % 43% 43% 50% 25% 40%
Conceded 5 4 0 3 12
Saved 4/5 2/4 0/0 1/3 7
Saved % 80% 50% – 33% 41%
Times Broken 1 2 0 2 5
Ilkel
R1
Haerteis		 R2
Moriya		 1/4
Van Rijthoven		 1/2
Geerts		 Total
Score 6-2 7-63 6-3 6-2 7-5 7-65 6-2 6-73 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 9
Tot Games 21 17 25 31 94
pts 73-62 59-33 87-81 114-96 333-272
Total points 135 92 168 210 605
Winners 28 21 35 44 128
%Winners 38% 36% 40% 39% 38%
SERVE
Aces 1 9 5 13 28
Double Faults 2 2 0 1 5
1st in 39/65 24/43 46/88 50/92 159/288
% 1st in 60% 56% 52% 54% 55%
1st pts 28/39 21/24 35/46 44/50 128/159
% 1st pts 72% 88% 76% 88% 81%
2nd pts 17/26 15/19 26/42 24/42 82/129
% 2nd pts 65% 79% 62% 57% 64%
Breaks
Won 3 3 1 3 10
Converted 3/9 3/4 1/4 3/14 10/31
Converted % 33% 75% 25% 21% 32%
Conceded 1 0 5 4 10
Saved 0/1 0/0 5/5 4/4 9
Saved % 0% – 100% 100% 50%
Times Broken 1 0 0 0 1

Upcoming matches in the draw

Celikbilek
More Stats
Click here
Ilkel

Click for FULL STATS