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

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

As 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 2^nd 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

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

Matija Pecotic

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).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

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

Tennis Scores in Salinas Challenger

• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-6⁹ 6-7⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 3-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Matija PecoticPecotic – Omar JasikaJasika (6-3 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Matija PecoticPecotic – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (1-0) – H2H and prediction