Akira Santillan and Sarp Agabigun will play each other in the qualifications of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 9 LIMAK. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Akira Santillan who should win in 2 sets.
Akira Santillan -> 1.168
Sarp Agabigun -> 4.55
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Prediction and head to head Akira Santillan vs. Sarp Agabigun
There is no head to head record between Akira Santillan and Sarp Agabigun since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Akira Santillan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-33 | 11-13 | 21-14 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-28 | 28-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 20-15 | 2-5 | 12-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-6 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 380, Akira got to the qualifications after beating Jaycer Lyeons 6-2 4-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Santillan defeated Lyeons (6-2 4-6 6-2). During the match, Santillan scored 93 points vs Lyeons’s 76. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Santillan fired 5 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Akira Santillan lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Santillan put 70% of his first serves in, winning 67% (38/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (7/24) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Lyeons 8 times after converting 80% of his break points (8/10).
Santillan has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (238-174). 27-17 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Santillan has a compiled 160-103 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Akira’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Canberra,M25 Monastir and M25 Mungia.
Akira has a composed 36-23 win-loss record in 2022, 27-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Sarp Agabigun
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-11 | 3-3 | 0-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 8-14 | 2-3 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-18 | 2-1 | 14-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-19 | 2-4 | 3-13 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 883, will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in the Istanbul Challenger where he beat 6-2 6-2 to Walkin in the qualifications on the 11th of September.
Agabigun has an overall 11-12 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
In terms of his career, Sarp has an overall 120-162 record. He has a negative 69-81 record on hard.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Santillan | Agabigun |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 16 |
| Pts | 93-76 | 62-39 |
| Total Points | 169 | 101 |
| Winners | 38 | 26 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Both Santillan and Agabigun played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Akira Santillan conceded 1 set while Sarp Agabigun hasn’t conceded a set so far. Santillan has played 1 set more than Agabigun (3 vs 2). Therefore, Santillan played 10 games more than Agabigun. Akira scored 38 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Sarp scored 26 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Santillan | Agabigun |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 57/81 | 30/54 |
| %1st in | 70% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 38/57 | 26/30 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 7/24 | 12/24 |
| %2nd pts | 29% | 50% |
Santillan struck 5 aces . Agabigun scored 4 aces . Santillan won 67% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 29% of the points. On the other side, Agabigun won 87% of the points behind 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 | Santillan | Agabigun |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 4 |
| Converted | 8/10 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 80% | 67% |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
The Australian broke his opponent 8 times with a 80% conversion rate. Santillan surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Agabigun broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Turk was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Santillan | |||
| Q1 Lyeons | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 93-76 | 93-76 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 12 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 57/81 | 57/81 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/24 | 7/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 29% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/10 | 8/10 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Agabigun | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | 0% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | 0% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 0% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | 0% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
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