Altug Celikbilek and Michael Geerts will square off in the quarter of the Lille Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Altug Celikbilek who should win in 3 sets.
Altug Celikbilek -> 1.75
Michael Geerts -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Michael Geerts
There is no head to head record between Altug Celikbilek and Michael Geerts since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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. 208, Altug got to the quarter after defeating Antoine Escoffier 6-4 6-2 and Cem Ilkel 7-63 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Altug had a good straight sets win against Ilkel (7-63 6-4). During the match, Celikbilek scored 91 points vs Ilkel’s 84. Celikbilek was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Celikbilek managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve 4 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 50% of his first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (22/53) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Ilkel 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Turk hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Celikbilek has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (291-206). 8-6 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Celikbilek has an overall51-33 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Celikbilek’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Neuve Challenger.
Celikbilek has a compiled 8-6 win-loss record in 2023, 8-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
Altug has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-34 | 27-15 | 10-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-37 | 18-11 | 10-12 | 17-13 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 233, Geerts got to the quarter after beating Norbert Gombos 6-4 6-3 and Kyrian Jacquet 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Jacquet (6-3 6-1). During the match Geerts scored 62 points vs Jacquet’s 40. Geerts was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Geerts recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Michael Geerts was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belgian broke Jacquet 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Belgian has a composed 11-10 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Lille Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Celikbilek | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 35 |
| Pts | 164-141 | 122-91 |
| Total Points | 305 | 213 |
| Winners | 61 | 50 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Both Celikbilek and Geerts played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Celikbilek and Geerts have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Celikbilek played 6 games more than Geerts. Altug scored 61 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Geerts bagged 50 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Celikbilek | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 96/174 | 66/125 |
| %1st in | 55% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 61/96 | 50/66 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 38/78 | 37/59 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 63% |
Celikbilek made 10 aces (5 per match). Geerts recorded 12 aces (6 per match). Celikbilek won 64% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Celikbilek | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 6 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 53% | 60% |
| Conceded | 23 | 8 |
| Saved | 17 | 8 |
| % Saved | 74% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 |
Altug broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Altug dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. Geerts broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Geerts was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 8 break points.
| Celikbilek | ||||
| R1 Escoffier | R2 Ilkel | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 23 | 41 | |
| pts | 73-57 | 91-84 | 164-141 | |
| Total points | 130 | 175 | 305 | |
| Winners | 26 | 35 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/69 | 52/105 | 96/174 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 50% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 26/44 | 35/52 | 61/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 67% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 22/53 | 38/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 42% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/9 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 17 | 23 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 13/17 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 76% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Geerts | ||||
| R1 Gombos | R2 Jacquet | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 35 | |
| pts | 60-51 | 62-40 | 122-91 | |
| Total points | 111 | 102 | 213 | |
| Winners | 29 | 21 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 34% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/66 | 29/59 | 66/125 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 49% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 21/29 | 50/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 72% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 20/30 | 37/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 67% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/5 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 80% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 6/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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