Altug Celikbilek and Mark Lajal will square off in the 1st round of the Bloomfield Hills Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 7:30 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mark Lajal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.75
Altug Celikbilek -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Mark Lajal
There is no head to head record between Altug Celikbilek and Mark Lajal since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Altug Celikbilek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-15 | 14-9 | 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. 211, Celikbilek will start his run in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 7-6(4) 6-3 to Watanuki in the qualifications on the 28th of June.
Altug has a composed 11-14 win-loss record in 2023, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Altug’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Neuve Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Celikbilek has an overall 294-214 record. He has a positive 207-132 record on hard.
Previously in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger
Altug has never competed in this tournament before.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-16 | 8-7 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 25-16 | 5-2 | 16-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-24 | 35-12 | 2-6 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-7 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 244, the Estonian will start his run in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger after he played his last match in the Tyler Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-3 to Gojowczyk in the 2nd round on the 8th of June.
Lajal has an aggregate 29-12 win-loss record in 2023, 15-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Little Rock Challenger where he beat Beibit Zhukayev in the final 6-4 7-5.
In terms of his career, The Estonian has an overall 80-43 record. He has a positive 55-21 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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