Abedallah Shelbayh and Altug Celikbilek will clash against each other in the quarter of the Salinas Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL A. GÓMEZ. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Abedallah Shelbayh who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Abedallah Shelbayh is the pick to win this match.
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 1.63
Altug Celikbilek -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Altug Celikbilek
There is no head to head record between Abedallah Shelbayh and Altug Celikbilek since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Abedallah Shelbayh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-34 | 18-13 | 12-12 | 8-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 27-15 | 7-7 | 5-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-7 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-4 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 249, Abedallah got to the quarter after beating Tristan Boyer 7-63 6-75 6-4 and Bernard Tomic 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The had a good straight sets win against Tomic (6-2 6-2). During the match, Shelbayh scored 59 points vs Tomic’s 43. The was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelbayh bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Abedallah Shelbayh was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Abedallah broke Tomic 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Abedallah has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Shelbayh has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 63% of his matches (66-39). 18-9 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelbayh has a composed42-20 record in the last 4 years on hard.
Shelbayh’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Manacor and the Manama Challenger.
The has an overall 29-20 win-loss record in 2023, 18-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salinas Challenger
Shelbayh has never competed in this tournament before.
Altug Celikbilek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-20 | 39-14 | 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. 289, Celikbilek reached the quarter after defeating Aidan Mayo 6-4 6-2 and Kaichi Uchida 6-1 2-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Celikbilek defeated Uchida (6-1 2-6 6-4). During the match Celikbilek scored 86 points vs Uchida’s 77. Celikbilek was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Celikbilek scored 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Altug Celikbilek was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Altug broke Uchida 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Celikbilek has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Altug’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Neuve Challenger.
Celikbilek has an aggregate 15-17 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelbayh | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 43 |
| Pts | 190-164 | 152-130 |
| Total Points | 354 | 282 |
| Winners | 84 | 54 |
| %Winners | 44% | 36% |
Both Shelbayh and Celikbilek played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Abedallah Shelbayh lost 1 set, while Altug Celikbilek surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shelbayh and Celikbilek have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Shelbayh played 9 games more than Celikbilek. The scored 84 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Altug struck 54 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelbayh | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 120/187 | 75/128 |
| %1st in | 64% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 84/120 | 54/75 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 33/67 | 31/53 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 58% |
Shelbayh made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Celikbilek managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Shelbayh won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Celikbilek won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelbayh | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 43% | 40% |
| Conceded | 21 | 7 |
| Saved | 17 | 3 |
| % Saved | 81% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Shelbayh broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The lost his serve 4 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. The Turk broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Altug conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelbayh | ||||
| R1 Boyer |
R2 Tomic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-75 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 16 | 52 | |
| pts | 131-121 | 59-43 | 190-164 | |
| Total points | 252 | 102 | 354 | |
| Winners | 62 | 22 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 37% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 93/141 | 27/46 | 120/187 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 59% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 62/93 | 22/27 | 84/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 81% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/48 | 12/19 | 33/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 63% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/12 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 33% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 18 | 3 | 21 | |
| Saved | 14/18 | 3/3 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 100% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Celikbilek | ||||
| R1 Mayo |
R2 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 25 | 43 | |
| pts | 66-53 | 86-77 | 152-130 | |
| Total points | 119 | 163 | 282 | |
| Winners | 22 | 32 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/55 | 45/73 | 75/128 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 62% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 32/45 | 54/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 71% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 15/28 | 31/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 54% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/12 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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