Tallon Griekspoor and Altug Celikbilek will face off in the quarter of the Tenerife Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tallon Griekspoor who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tallon Griekspoor is the pick to win this match.
Tallon Griekspoor -> 1.34
Altug Celikbilek -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Tallon Griekspoor vs. Altug Celikbilek
This will be the 2nd time that Tallon Griekspoor and Altug Celikbilek face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Griekspoor (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Griekspoor won 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Turkey F1 (Antalya) back in 2017.
Tallon Griekspoor
Ranked no. 88 (career-high), the Dutch got to the quarter after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-2 6-2 and Yan Bondarevskiy 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Tallon had a good straight sets win against Bondarevskiy (6-4 6-4). During the match, Griekspoor scored 80 points vs Bondarevskiy’s 67. Tallon was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Griekspoor scored 4 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Tallon Griekspoor lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Griekspoor put 53% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Bondarevskiy 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tallon started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Griekspoor has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (267-142). 8-3 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Griekspoor has an aggregate95-41 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Prague Challenger where he beat Oscar Otte in the final 5-7 6-4 6-4 and in the Bratislava Challenger where he overcame Sebastian Baez in the final 7-6(6) 6-3 and in the Amersfoort Challenger where he overcame Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 6-1 3-6 6-1 and in the Murcia Challenger where he overcame Roberto Carballes Baena in the final 3-6 7-5 6-3 and in the Napoli Challenger where he beat Andrea Pellegrino in the final 6-3 6-2 and in the Napoli 2 Challenger where he overcame Alexander Ritschard in the final 6-3 6-2.
The Dutch has a compiled 51-17 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife Challenger
Tallon has never competed in this tournament before.
Altug Celikbilek
Ranked no. 160 (career-high), the Turk got to the quarter after beating Timofey Skatov 6-3 6-0 and Chun Hsin Tseng 5-7 6-3 7-63.
In the 2nd round against Hsin Tseng, The Turk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 7-63). During the match Celikbilek scored 116 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 114. Altug was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Celikbilek struck 9 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 54% of his first serves in, winning 65% (43/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (28/56) on the 2nd serve. Celikbilek broke Hsin Tseng 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
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 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Porto Challenger where he defeated Quentin Halys in the final 6-2 6-1 and in the Pozoblanco Challenger where he overcame Cem Ilkel in the final 6-1 6-7(2) 6-3.
Altug has an aggregate 39-20 win-loss record in 2021, 23-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Griekspoor | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 49 |
| Pts | 139-106 | 174-151 |
| Total Points | 245 | 325 |
| Winners | 44 | 57 |
| %Winners | 32% | 33% |
Both Griekspoor and Celikbilek played 2 matches. At the moment, Altug Celikbilek dropped 1 set while Tallon Griekspoor hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Griekspoor has played 1 set(s) less than Celikbilek (4 vs 5). Therefore, Griekspoor played 13 games less than Celikbilek. The Dutch scored 44 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Celikbilek recorded 57 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Griekspoor | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 62/114 | 89/166 |
| %1st in | 54% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 44/62 | 57/89 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 30/52 | 41/77 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 53% |
Griekspoor blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Celikbilek recorded 14 aces (7 per match). Griekspoor won 71% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Celikbilek won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Griekspoor | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 11 |
| Converted | 9/22 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 41% | 52% |
| Conceded | 10 | 19 |
| Saved | 7 | 12 |
| % Saved | 70% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
Tallon broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Dutch dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Altug broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Celikbilek conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Griekspoor | ||||
| R1 Kirkin |
R2 Bondarevskiy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 36 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 80-67 | 139-106 | |
| Total points | 98 | 147 | 245 | |
| Winners | 19 | 25 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 31% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 26/46 | 36/68 | 62/114 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 25/36 | 44/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 69% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 16/32 | 30/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 50% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/14 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 29% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 6/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Celikbilek | ||||
| R1 Skatov |
R2 Hsin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 5-7 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 34 | 49 | |
| pts | 58-37 | 116-114 | 174-151 | |
| Total points | 95 | 230 | 325 | |
| Winners | 14 | 43 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 24% | 37% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 11 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 23/44 | 66/122 | 89/166 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 14/23 | 43/66 | 57/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 65% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 28/56 | 41/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 5/14 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 36% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 14 | 19 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 9/14 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 64% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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