H2H, PREDICTION Cengiz Aksu vs Bogdan Ionut Apostol | Istanbul Challenger odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Cengiz Aksu vs. Bogdan Ionut Apostol

Cengiz Aksu and Bogdan Ionut Apostol will face off in the qualifications of the Istanbul Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bogdan Ionut Apostol who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Bogdan Ionut Apostol is the pick to win this match.
Bogdan Ionut Apostol -> 1.40
Cengiz Aksu -> 2.75

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Prediction and head to head Cengiz Aksu vs. Bogdan Ionut Apostol

This will be the 2nd time that Cengiz Aksu and Bogdan Ionut Apostol face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ionut Apostol (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Ionut Apostol won 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in M15 Antalya back in 2020.

Cengiz Aksu

Cengiz Aksu
Cengiz Aksu

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
756
High
756
LWLWWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-17 13-7 10-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 21-20 10-10 11-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 19-16 12-5 7-11 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 8-12 0-2 8-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 9-11 0-1 9-10 0-0 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, the Turk got to the qualifications after defeating Duje Ajdukovic 6-1 6-3.

In the qualifications, Cengiz had a good straight sets win against Ajdukovic (6-1 6-3). During the match, Aksu scored 65 points vs Ajdukovic’s 46. Cengiz was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Aksu struck 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Cengiz Aksu lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Aksu put 48% of his first serves in, winning 71% (22/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Aksu broke Ajdukovic 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Aksu has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 54% of his matches (106-92). 7-2 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Aksu has an overall29-23 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

Cengiz has a composed 12-10 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Istanbul Challenger

Aksu
Istanbul Challenger
Aksu's Record

Bogdan Ionut Apostol

Bogdan Ionut Apostol
Bogdan Ionut Apostol

19 - 23win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
18-22
Rank
798
High
514
LLLLWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2022 19-26 1-2 18-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 33-19 2-3 31-16 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 3-6 0-0 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2019 27-22 0-0 27-22 0-0 0-0 0-0
2018 41-28 4-2 32-23 5-2 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 583, Bogdan got to the qualifications after defeating Divij Sharan 6-3 3-6 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Romanian defeated Sharan (6-3 3-6 6-1). During the match Ionut Apostol scored 84 points vs Sharan’s 70. Ionut Apostol was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Ionut Apostol fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Bogdan Ionut Apostol lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ionut Apostol put 50% of his first serves in, winning 86% (31/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Bogdan broke Sharan 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Ionut Apostol has an aggregate 19-22 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Ionut Apostol
Istanbul Challenger
Ionut Apostol's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Aksu
B.Ionut Apostol
1h:14
1h:14
Time on court​
1h:22
1h:22
1h:14
1h:14
Last match​
1h:22
1h:22
1
1
Match played
1
1
16
16
Games Played​
25
25
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
65
65
Total points​
84
84
65
65
Avg point​
84
84
22
22
Winners
31
31
22
22
Avg Winners​
31
31
34%
34%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
5
5
3
3
Avg Aces
5
5
5
5
Double Faults
4
4
5
5
Avg Double Faults
4
4
22/31
22/31
1st won total​
31/36
31/36
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
16/34
16/34
2nd won total​
17/36
17/36
47%
47%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
BP won
4/7
4/7
6/9
6/9
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
!
67%
67%
Won
!
57%
57%
9
9
Conceded
5
5
9
9
Avg Conceded
5
5
2
2
Broken
2
2
2
2
Avg Broken
2
2
7
7
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Aksu Ionut Apostol
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 16 25
Pts 65-46 84-70
Total Points 111 154
Winners 22 31
%Winners 34% 37%

Both Aksu and Ionut Apostol played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Bogdan Ionut Apostol surrendered 1 set while Cengiz Aksu hasn’t lost a set so far. Aksu has played 1 set(s) less than Ionut Apostol (2 vs 3). Therefore, Aksu played 9 games less than Ionut Apostol. The Turk scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Ionut Apostol managed to score 31 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Aksu Ionut Apostol
Aces 3 5
Avg per match 3 5
1st in 31/65 36/72
%1st in 48% 50%
1st pts 22/31 31/36
%1st pts 71% 86%
2nd pts 16/34 17/36
%2nd pts 47% 47%

Aksu recorded 3 aces . Ionut Apostol recorded 5 aces . Aksu won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Ionut Apostol won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Aksu Ionut Apostol
Won 6 4
Converted 6/9 4/7
% Converted 67% 57%
Conceded 9 5
Saved 7 3
% Saved 78% 60%
Times Broken 2 2

Aksu broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Turk surrendered his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Bogdan conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Aksu
Q1
Ajdukovic
Total
Score 6-1 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 65-46 65-46
Total points 111 111
Winners 22 22
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 31/65 31/65
% 1st in 48% 48%
1st pts 22/31 22/31
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 16/34 16/34
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 7/9 7
Saved % 78% 78%
Times Broken 2 2
Ionut Apostol
Q1
Sharan
Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 25 25
pts 84-70 84-70
Total points 154 154
Winners 31 31
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 36/72 36/72
% 1st in 50% 50%
1st pts 31/36 31/36
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 17/36 17/36
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Aksu
LWLWWWLWWL
Ionut Apostol
2024 2023 2022
23 - 17
0 - 0
13-7
Hard
0-0
10-10
Clay
0-0
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