Mikael Ymer and Altug Celikbilek will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Ottignies for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikael Ymer who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikael Ymer is the pick to win this match.
Mikael Ymer -> 1.24
Altug Celikbilek -> 3.84
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Prediction and head to head Mikael Ymer vs. Altug Celikbilek
There is no head to head record between Mikael Ymer and Altug Celikbilek since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mikael Ymer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24-18 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-25 | 9-6 | 3-8 | 17-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-24 | 9-5 | 10-7 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-11 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 54-20 | 13-4 | 20-7 | 17-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 69, Ymer reached the semifinal after defeating Gilles Arnaud Bailly 7-5 6-0, Cem Ilkel 6-2 6-4, Raphael Collignon 6-75 6-2 6-2, Borna Gojo 6-4 7-5 and Fabian Marozsan 6-2 6-1.
In the quarter, The Swede had a good straight sets win against Marozsan (6-2 6-1). During the match, Ymer scored 58 points vs Marozsan’s 32. Ymer was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ymer couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Mikael Ymer lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 68% of his first serves in, winning 73% (22/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The Swede broke Marozsan 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mikael started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Ymer has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (263-152). 5-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ymer has a compiled 99-47 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Mikael has a composed 9-3 win-loss record in 2023, 5-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Louvain
Ymer has never competed in this tournament before.
Altug Celikbilek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-20 | 41-14 | 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. 238, Altug got to the semifinal after beating Mats Rosenkranz 7-5 6-2, Valentin Vacherot 6-4 6-2, Elias Ymer 6-3 6-3 and Filip Misolic 6-4 5-7 6-4.
In the quarter, Altug defeated Misolic (6-4 5-7 6-4). During the match Celikbilek scored 98 points vs Misolic’s 82. The Turk was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Celikbilek managed to score 13 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Altug Celikbilek was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (42/57) of his 1st serve and 83% (20/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Celikbilek broke Misolic 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Altug started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Turk has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ymer | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 102 | 88 |
| Pts | 369-276 | 301-228 |
| Total Points | 645 | 529 |
| Winners | 173 | 116 |
| %Winners | 47% | 39% |
Ymer played 5 matches while Celikbilek competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Mikael Ymer dropped 1 set, while Altug Celikbilek surrendered 1 set. Ymer has played 2 sets more than Celikbilek (11 vs 9). Therefore, Ymer played 14 games more than Celikbilek. The Swede scored 173 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Celikbilek struck 116 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ymer | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 240/315 | 153/243 |
| %1st in | 76% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 173/240 | 116/153 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 41/75 | 58/90 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 64% |
Ymer made 5 aces (1 per match). Celikbilek made 25 aces (6.3 per match). Ymer won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Celikbilek won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ymer | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 23 | 16 |
| Converted | 23/52 | 16/34 |
| % Converted | 44% | 47% |
| Conceded | 22 | 22 |
| Saved | 17 | 16 |
| % Saved | 77% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Ymer broke his opponents 23 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Swede conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Altug broke his opponents 16 times with a 47% conversion rate. Altug conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ymer | |||||||
| Q1 Arnaud |
Q3 Ilkel |
R1 Collignon |
R2 Gojo |
1/4 Marozsan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-0 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-75 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 7-5 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 29 | 22 | 15 | 102 | |
| pts | 73-55 | 62-41 | 109-86 | 67-62 | 58-32 | 369-276 | |
| Total points | 128 | 103 | 195 | 129 | 90 | 645 | |
| Winners | 32 | 31 | 50 | 38 | 22 | 173 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 50% | 46% | 57% | 38% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/61 | 38/44 | 70/93 | 54/73 | 30/44 | 240/315 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 86% | 75% | 74% | 68% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 31/38 | 50/70 | 38/54 | 22/30 | 173/240 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 82% | 71% | 70% | 73% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 5/6 | 11/23 | 10/19 | 7/14 | 41/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 83% | 48% | 53% | 50% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 3/10 | 6/12 | 3/5 | 6/11 | 23/52 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 30% | 50% | 60% | 55% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 22 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/0 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 2/3 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 80% | 80% | 67% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Celikbilek | |||||||
| Q1 Rosenkranz |
Q3 Arnaboldi |
R1 Vacherot |
R2 Ymer |
1/4 Misolic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 32 | 106 | |
| pts | 69-48 | – | 70-53 | 64-45 | 98-82 | 301-228 | |
| Total points | 117 | 0 | 123 | 109 | 180 | 529 | |
| Winners | 24 | 23 | 27 | 42 | 116 | ||
| %Winners | 35% | 0% | 33% | 42% | 43% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1st in | 30/57 | / | 33/53 | 33/52 | 57/81 | 153/243 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 0% | 62% | 63% | 70% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | / | 23/33 | 27/33 | 42/57 | 116/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 0% | 70% | 82% | 74% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | / | 14/20 | 10/19 | 20/24 | 58/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 0% | 70% | 53% | 83% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | ||
| Converted | 5/6 | / | 4/10 | 4/7 | 3/11 | 16/34 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 0% | 40% | 57% | 27% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | ||
| Saved | 5/7 | 0/ | 4/5 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 71% | – | 80% | 80% | 60% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
Head 2 Head
WWLWWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Louvain
- David GoffinGoffin – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (4-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Sander Arends/David PelArends/David Pel – Lukas Klein/Jozef KovalikKlein/Jozef Kovalik (6-3 3-6 11-9) – See score progression
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- David GoffinGoffin – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Mikael YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
