Altug Celikbilek and Dragos Nicolae Madaras will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Shymkent 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 11. 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 Dragos Nicolae Madaras who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dragos Nicolae Madaras is the pick to win this match.
Dragos Nicolae Madaras -> 1.66
Altug Celikbilek -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Dragos Nicolae Madaras

There is no head to head record between Altug Celikbilek and Dragos Nicolae Madaras since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Altug Celikbilek

Altug Celikbilek

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Rank
442
High
154
LWWWLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 48-21 42-15 0-0 6-6 0-0 0-0
2023 20-27 8-12 0-3 9-9 3-3 0-0
2022 27-30 13-13 4-7 10-8 0-2 0-0
2021 42-24 23-11 1-2 15-8 3-2 0-1
2020 14-10 3-2 7-4 4-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 185, the Turk will start his run in the Shymkent 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Mauthausen Challenger where he lost 7-6(0) 3-0 ret. to Balazs in the 2nd round on the 4th of May.

Celikbilek has an aggregate 8-10 win-loss record in 2022, 3-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Celikbilek has an overall 264-180 record. He has a negative 28-31 record on clay.

Previously in the Shymkent 1 Challenger

The Turk has never competed in this tournament before.

Shymkent 1 Challenger
Celikbilek's Record

Dragos Nicolae Madaras

Dragos Nicolae Madaras

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
892
High
191
WLWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 7-2 4-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 0-0 - - - - -
2023 74-16 0-0 73-15 0-0 1-1 0-0
2022 42-29 0-2 40-22 2-3 0-2 0-0
2021 83-31 9-3 74-27 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 321 (career-high), the Romanian will start his run in the Shymkent 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Mauthausen Challenger where he lost 6-7(5) 6-1 6-2 to Kopp in the qualifications on the 1st of May.

Nicolae has an overall 22-11 win-loss record in 2022, 22-8 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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The Romanian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.

In terms of his career, Dragos has an overall 230-131 record. He has a positive 204-110 record on clay.

Shymkent 1 Challenger
Nicolae's Record

Tennis Scores in Shymkent 1 Challenger

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