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.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bogdan Ionut Apostol who should win in 3 sets.
As 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
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-18 | 13-7 | 11-11 | 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
Bogdan Ionut Apostol
19 - 23win/loss
798
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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
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
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