H2H, prediction of Altug Celikbilek vs Matija Pecotic in Salinas Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 28th July 2023

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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Matija Pecotic

Altug Celikbilek and Matija Pecotic will play each other in the semifinal of the Salinas Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:30 am on CANCHA CENTRAL A. GĂ“MEZ. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matija Pecotic who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Matija Pecotic is the pick to win this match.
Matija Pecotic -> 1.88
Altug Celikbilek -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Matija Pecotic

This will be the 2nd time that Altug Celikbilek and Matija Pecotic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pecotic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Pecotic won 6-1 6-1 in the final in M15 Monastir back in 2019.

Altug Celikbilek

Altug Celikbilek
Altug Celikbilek

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
519
High
154
WWLWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-19 35-13 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, Altug got to the semifinal after defeating Aidan Mayo 6-4 6-2, Kaichi Uchida 6-1 2-6 6-4 and Abedallah Shelbayh 7-5 1-6 6-4.

In the quarter, Altug defeated Shelbayh (7-5 1-6 6-4).During the match, Celikbilek scored less points (5) than Shelbayh. In fact, the world no. 289 won 90 points vs Shelbayh’s. That means that Celikbilek was more focused during the important points. Altug was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Celikbilek struck 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 52% of his first serves in, winning 60% (27/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Shelbayh 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Altug has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Celikbilek has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (299-217). 5-5 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Celikbilek has a composed211-134 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Altug’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Neuve Challenger.

Altug has an overall 16-17 win-loss record in 2023, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Salinas Challenger

Celikbilek
Salinas Challenger
Celikbilek's Record

Matija Pecotic

Matija Pecotic
Matija Pecotic

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
765
High
206
LLLLWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 7-9 2-4 3-4 2-1 0-0 0-0
2023 18-11 12-5 4-4 2-1 0-1 0-0
2022 4-3 3-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 10-12 0-0 8-9 2-3 0-0 0-0
2020 17-4 14-2 2-0 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 611, the Croatian got to the semifinal after beating Andres Urrea 6-1 6-1, Blake Ellis 6-3 4-6 6-1, Tristan Schoolkate 7-5 7-67, Dane Sweeny 7-68 6-1 and Omar Jasika 6-3 7-5.

In the quarter, Matija had a good straight sets win against Jasika (6-3 7-5). During the match Pecotic scored 78 points vs Jasika’s 63. Pecotic was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Pecotic recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Matija Pecotic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Pecotic put 63% of his first serves in, winning 60% (24/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. Pecotic broke Jasika 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Matija started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Pecotic’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Orange Park.

Matija has an aggregate 15-8 win-loss record in 2023, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Pecotic
Salinas Challenger
Pecotic's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Celikbilek
M.Pecotic
5h:29
5h:29
Time on court​
!
8h:58
8h:58
!
2h:14
2h:14
Last match​
1h:46
1h:46
3
3
Match played
!
5
5
72
72
Games Played​
106
106
8
8
Set played​​
11
11
242
242
Total points​
391
391
80.7
80.7
Avg point​
78.2
78.2
81
81
Winners
145
145
27
27
Avg Winners​
29
29
33%
33%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
19
19
3.7
3.7
Avg Aces
3.8
3.8
10
10
Double Faults
6
6
3.3
3.3
Avg Double Faults
1.2
1.2
81/120
81/120
1st won total​
145/226
145/226
68%
68%
1st won %
64%
64%
53/94
53/94
2nd won total​
76/121
76/121
56%
56%
2nd won %
!
63%
63%
-- Break Points --
13/27
13/27
BP won
22/40
22/40
4.3/9
4.3/9
Avg BP won
4.4/8
4.4/8
48%
48%
Won
!
55%
55%
18
18
Conceded
21
21
6
6
Avg Conceded
4.2
4.2
9
9
Broken
9
9
3
3
Avg Broken
1.8
1.8
9
9
Saved
12
12

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Celikbilek Pecotic
Match played 3 5
Tot Set 8 11
Tot Games 72 106
Pts 242-225 391-313
Total Points 467 704
Winners 81 145
%Winners 33% 37%

Celikbilek played 3 matches while Pecotic competed in 5 matches. Pecotic started his run from the qualifications while Celikbilek had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Altug Celikbilek dropped 2 sets, while Matija Pecotic conceded 1 set. Celikbilek has played 3 set(s) less than Pecotic (8 vs 11). Therefore, Celikbilek played 34 games less than Pecotic. Celikbilek scored 81 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Pecotic bagged 145 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Celikbilek Pecotic
Aces 11 19
Avg per match 3.7 3.8
1st in 120/214 226/347
%1st in 56% 65%
1st pts 81/120 145/226
%1st pts 68% 64%
2nd pts 53/94 76/121
%2nd pts 56% 63%

Celikbilek bagged 11 aces (3.7 per match). Pecotic fired 19 aces (3.8 per match). Celikbilek won 68% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Pecotic won 64% of the points on 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 Pecotic
Won 13 22
Converted 13/27 22/40
% Converted 48% 55%
Conceded 18 21
Saved 9 12
% Saved 50% 57%
Times Broken 9 9

Altug broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Turk lost his serve 9 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Matija broke his opponents 22 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Celikbilek
R1
Mayo
R2
Uchida
1/4
Shelbayh
Total
Score 6-4 6-2 6-1 2-6 6-4 7-5 1-6 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 18 25 29 72
pts 66-53 86-77 90-95 242-225
Total points 119 163 185 467
Winners 22 32 27 81
%Winners 33% 37% 30% 33%
SERVE
Aces 0 8 3 11
Double Faults 2 2 6 10
1st in 30/55 45/73 45/86 120/214
% 1st in 55% 62% 52% 56%
1st pts 22/30 32/45 27/45 81/120
% 1st pts 73% 71% 60% 68%
2nd pts 16/25 15/28 22/41 53/94
% 2nd pts 64% 54% 54% 56%
Breaks
Won 4 4 5 13
Converted 4/8 4/12 5/7 13/27
Converted % 50% 33% 71% 48%
Conceded 2 5 11 18
Saved 1/2 2/5 6/11 9
Saved % 50% 40% 55% 48%
Times Broken 1 3 5 9
Pecotic
Q1
Urrea
Q3
Ellis
R1
Schoolkate
R2
Sweeny
1/4
Jasika
Total
Score 6-1 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-1 7-5 7-67 7-68 6-1 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 3 2 2 2 11
Tot Games 14 26 25 20 21 106
pts 60-33 89-68 92-88 72-61 78-63 391-313
Total points 93 157 180 133 141 704
Winners 24 35 35 27 24 145
%Winners 40% 39% 38% 38% 31% 37%
SERVE
Aces 0 5 4 4 6 19
Double Faults 0 1 1 2 2 6
1st in 31/45 48/72 56/88 51/78 40/64 226/347
% 1st in 69% 67% 64% 65% 63% 65%
1st pts 24/31 35/48 35/56 27/51 24/40 145/226
% 1st pts 77% 73% 63% 53% 60% 64%
2nd pts 8/14 16/24 21/32 17/27 14/24 76/121
% 2nd pts 57% 67% 66% 63% 58% 63%
Breaks
Won 5 4 3 5 5 22
Converted 5/5 4/11 3/7 5/6 5/11 22/40
Converted % 100% 36% 43% 83% 45% 55%
Conceded 2 1 8 6 4 21
Saved 2/2 0/1 6/8 3/6 1/4 12
Saved % 100% 0% 75% 50% 25% 83%
Times Broken 0 1 2 3 3 9

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Celikbilek
WWLWWWLWWW
Pecotic
LLLLWLWWLW
2024 2023 2022
40 - 19
7 - 9
34-13
Hard
2-4
6-6
I Hard
2-1
0-0
Clay
3-4

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