Jurij Rodionov and Altug Celikbilek will face off in the 2nd round of the Bergamo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on PALAINTRED. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jurij Rodionov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jurij Rodionov is the pick to win this match.
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.58
Altug Celikbilek -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Altug Celikbilek
There is no head to head record between Jurij Rodionov and Altug Celikbilek since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Jurij Rodionov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-30 | 17-12 | 14-10 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-32 | 10-10 | 6-12 | 11-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-33 | 3-6 | 15-13 | 21-11 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-31 | 5-5 | 16-11 | 21-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-28 | 2-4 | 2-7 | 13-13 | 3-3 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 130, Jurij reached the 2nd round after defeating Fernando Verdasco 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Rodionov had a good straight sets win against Verdasco (6-2 6-3). During the match, Rodionov scored 75 points vs Verdasco’s 58. The Austrian was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rodionov recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jurij Rodionov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 67% of his first serves in, winning 78% (35/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Verdasco 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Rodionov has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (195-144). 16-8 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Rodionov has a composed63-40 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The Austrian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Biel Challenger and the Mauthausen Challenger.
Jurij has a composed 38-27 win-loss record in 2022, 16-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
Altug Celikbilek
| 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. 212, the Turk got to the 2nd round after beating Kenny de Schepper 7-65 5-7 7-64, Giovanni Oradini 7-5 6-2 and Alibek Kachmazov 6-4 2-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Celikbilek defeated Kachmazov (6-4 2-6 7-5).During the match Celikbilek scored less points (4) than Kachmazov. In fact, the world no. 130 won 94 points vs Kachmazov’s. That means that Celikbilek was more focused during the important points. The Turk was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Celikbilek bagged 8 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (39/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Celikbilek broke Kachmazov 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The Turk’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Porto Challenger.
The Turk has an overall 26-27 win-loss record in 2022, 9-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodionov | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 88 |
| Pts | 75-58 | 291-284 |
| Total Points | 133 | 575 |
| Winners | 35 | 122 |
| %Winners | 47% | 42% |
Rodionov played 1 match while Celikbilek competed in 3 matches. Celikbilek started his run from the qualifications while Rodionov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Altug Celikbilek lost 2 sets while Jurij Rodionov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rodionov has played 6 set(s) less than Celikbilek (2 vs 8). Therefore, Rodionov played 71 games less than Celikbilek. Jurij scored 35 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Altug scored 122 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodionov | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 35 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 11.7 |
| 1st in | 45/67 | 166/286 |
| %1st in | 67% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 122/166 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 61/120 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 51% |
Rodionov fired 5 aces . Celikbilek blasted 35 aces (11.7 per match). Rodionov won 78% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Celikbilek won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodionov | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 9 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 9/28 |
| % Converted | 27% | 32% |
| Conceded | 4 | 21 |
| Saved | 4 | 14 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
Rodionov broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Rodionov extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Turk broke his opponents 9 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodionov | |||
| R1 Verdasco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 75-58 | 75-58 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/67 | 45/67 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 35/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 9/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Celikbilek | |||||
| Q1 de Schepper |
Q3 Oradini |
R1 Kachmazov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 5-7 7-64 | 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 2-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 20 | 30 | 88 | |
| pts | 121-123 | 76-63 | 94-98 | 291-284 | |
| Total points | 244 | 139 | 192 | 575 | |
| Winners | 52 | 31 | 39 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 17 | 10 | 8 | 35 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 | |
| 1st in | 67/120 | 43/72 | 56/94 | 166/286 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 60% | 60% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 52/67 | 31/43 | 39/56 | 122/166 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 72% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/53 | 14/29 | 19/38 | 61/120 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 48% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/12 | 4/7 | 3/9 | 9/28 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 57% | 33% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 13 | 21 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2/3 | 10/13 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 67% | 77% | 184% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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