Altug Celikbilek and Matthias Bachinger will play each other in the quarter of the Forli 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on CAMPO CITTÀ DI FORLÌ. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.78
Matthias Bachinger -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Matthias Bachinger
This will be the 2nd time that Altug Celikbilek and Matthias Bachinger clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bachinger (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bachinger won 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in the Ismaning Challenger back in October 2021.
Altug Celikbilek
Ranked no. 164, Altug reached the quarter after defeating Raul Brancaccio 7-5 6-2 and Vitaliy Sachko 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Altug had a good straight sets win against Sachko (6-2 6-4). During the match, Celikbilek scored 65 points vs Sachko’s 47. The Turk was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Celikbilek blasted 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 63% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Celikbilek broke Sachko 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Altug started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Celikbilek has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (256-169). 15-7 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Celikbilek has an overall33-18 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering 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 a composed 42-23 win-loss record in 2021, 15-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 2 Challenger
Celikbilek has never competed in this tournament before.
Matthias Bachinger
Ranked no. 256, the German reached the quarter after beating Alexander Ritschard 6-3 6-4 and Oscar Otte 6-2 3-1 ret..
In the 2nd round, Matthias had a good straight sets win against Otte (6-2 3-1 ret.). During the match Bachinger scored 43 points vs Otte’s 23. Matthias was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Bachinger bagged 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matthias Bachinger was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Matthias broke Otte 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Matthias’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Biella 4 Challenger.
Matthias has an aggregate 26-20 win-loss record in 2021, 15-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Celikbilek | Bachinger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 31 |
| Pts | 152-113 | 117-86 |
| Total Points | 265 | 203 |
| Winners | 61 | 52 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Celikbilek and Bachinger played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Celikbilek has played 1 set(s) less than Bachinger (4 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Celikbilek played 7 games more than Bachinger. The Turk scored 61 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Bachinger recorded 52 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Celikbilek | Bachinger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 81/141 | 65/100 |
| %1st in | 57% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 61/81 | 52/65 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 32/60 | 21/35 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 60% |
Celikbilek recorded 12 aces (6 per match). Bachinger fired 8 aces (4 per match). Celikbilek won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Bachinger won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Celikbilek | Bachinger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/16 | 5/16 |
| % Converted | 50% | 31% |
| Conceded | 16 | 11 |
| Saved | 14 | 11 |
| % Saved | 88% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Turk broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Celikbilek lost his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Bachinger broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The German was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 11 break points.
| Celikbilek | ||||
| R1 Brancaccio |
R2 Sachko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 87-66 | 65-47 | 152-113 | |
| Total points | 153 | 112 | 265 | |
| Winners | 33 | 28 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 40/76 | 41/65 | 81/141 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 63% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 28/41 | 61/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 68% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/36 | 11/24 | 32/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 46% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/6 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 83% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 5/7 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 71% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bachinger | ||||
| R1 Ritschard |
R2 Otte |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 12 | 31 | |
| pts | 74-63 | 43-23 | 117-86 | |
| Total points | 137 | 66 | 203 | |
| Winners | 32 | 20 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/67 | 24/33 | 65/100 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 73% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 20/24 | 52/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 83% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 6/9 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 67% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/12 | 3/4 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 75% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 | 11 | |
| Saved | 10/10 | 1/1 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Forli 2 Challenger
- Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov – Pavel Kotov/Piotr MatuszewskiKotov/Piotr Matuszewski (3-6 6-4 11-9) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea Vavassori/David Vega HernandezVavassori/David Vega Hernandez – Jelle Sels/Glenn SmitsSels/Glenn Smits (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Jelle SelsSels (2-2) – H2H and prediction
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