Altug Celikbilek and Marek Gengel will play each other in the 2nd round of the Malaga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Altug Celikbilek who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Altug Celikbilek is the pick to win this match.
Altug Celikbilek -> 1.44
Marek Gengel -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Marek Gengel
There is no head to head record between Altug Celikbilek and Marek Gengel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Altug Celikbilek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-15 | 14-9 | 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. 179, Altug got to the 2nd round after beating Hiroki Moriya 6-3 6-75 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Turk defeated Moriya (6-3 6-75 7-5). During the match, Celikbilek scored 125 points vs Moriya’s 110. The Turk was extremely aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about the service games, Celikbilek bagged 15 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 56% of his first serves in, winning 75% (53/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (28/56) on the 2nd serve. Celikbilek was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Moriya 5 times.
Celikbilek has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (266-186). 4-7 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Celikbilek has a compiled197-123 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Turk has a composed 10-16 win-loss record in 2022, 4-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Malaga Challenger
Celikbilek has never competed in this tournament before.
Marek Gengel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-13 | 33-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-27 | 14-15 | 0-7 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 28-16 | 4-8 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 47-14 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-17 | 16-12 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 425, Gengel reached the 2nd round after defeating Sergi Perez Contri 6-4 4-6 7-5, Enzo Frances Tessari 6-3 6-2 and Frederico Ferreira Silva 5-7 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Ferreira Silva, Marek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-3). During the match Gengel and Ferreira Silva scored the same amount of points (106). However, the world no. 179 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Gengel fired 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Marek Gengel lost the serve 4 times and he saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Gengel put 63% of his first serves in, winning 58% (40/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. Marek broke Ferreira Silva 6 times after converting 33% of his break points (6/18).
Gengel’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh.
Marek has an aggregate 18-15 win-loss record in 2022, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Celikbilek | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 78 |
| Pts | 125-110 | 288-269 |
| Total Points | 235 | 557 |
| Winners | 53 | 109 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Celikbilek played 1 match while Gengel competed in 3 matches. Gengel started his run from the qualifications while Celikbilek had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Altug Celikbilek lost 1 set, while Marek Gengel dropped 2 sets. Celikbilek has played 5 set(s) less than Gengel (3 vs 8). Therefore, Celikbilek played 44 games less than Gengel. The Turk scored 53 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Gengel made 109 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Celikbilek | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 71/127 | 170/272 |
| %1st in | 56% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 53/71 | 109/170 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 28/56 | 51/102 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Celikbilek fired 15 aces . Gengel struck 7 aces (2.3 per match). Celikbilek won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Gengel won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Celikbilek | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 15 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 15/43 |
| % Converted | 100% | 35% |
| Conceded | 8 | 32 |
| Saved | 5 | 23 |
| % Saved | 63% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 9 |
Altug broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Celikbilek surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 15 times with a 35% conversion rate. Gengel conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
| Celikbilek | |||
| R1 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-75 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 125-110 | 125-110 | |
| Total points | 235 | 235 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 71/127 | 71/127 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 53/71 | 53/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/56 | 28/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gengel | |||||
| Q1 Perez Contri |
Q3 Frances |
R1 Ferreira Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-5 | 6-3 6-2 | 5-7 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 | 29 | 78 | |
| pts | 118-120 | 64-43 | 106-106 | 288-269 | |
| Total points | 238 | 107 | 212 | 557 | |
| Winners | 44 | 25 | 40 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 1 | 5 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 66/114 | 35/48 | 69/110 | 170/272 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 73% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 44/66 | 25/35 | 40/69 | 109/170 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 71% | 58% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/48 | 9/13 | 20/41 | 51/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 69% | 49% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/12 | 6/18 | 15/43 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 33% | 33% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 1 | 19 | 32 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 0/1 | 15/19 | 23 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 79% | 146% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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