Altug Celikbilek and Mukund Sasikumar will square off in the 1st round of the Hamburg Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Altug Celikbilek who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Altug Celikbilek is the pick to win this match.
Altug Celikbilek -> 1.41
Mukund Sasikumar -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Mukund Sasikumar
This will be the 5th time that Altug Celikbilek and Mukund Sasikumar clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Celikbilek (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Kumar Mukund won 7-5 6-3 in the qualifications in Newport back in July 2023.
Highlights Mukund Sasikumar vs Altug Celikbilek – Newport 17-July-2023
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. 295, Altug will start his run in the Hamburg Challenger after he played his last match in the Malaga Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-0 to Merida in the qualifications on the 8th of October.
The Turk has an aggregate 19-23 win-loss record in 2023, 8-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Celikbilek’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Neuve Challenger and the Salinas Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Turk has an overall 302-223 record. He has a positive 51-34 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-17 | 16-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-35 | 33-21 | 6-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 25-24 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-9 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 447, Sasi got to the 1st round after defeating Edas Butvilas 6-3 6-74 6-1 and Max Hans Rehberg 6-79 6-1 7-5.
In the qualifications against Hans Rehberg, Sasi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-79 6-1 7-5). During the match Kumar Mukund scored 126 points vs Hans Rehberg’s 107. Kumar Mukund was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Kumar Mukund blasted 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Mukund Sasikumar was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (48/66) of his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kumar Mukund broke Hans Rehberg 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kumar Mukund started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Indian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Lucknow.
Sasi has a compiled 25-29 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Kumar Mukund has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Adam WaltonWalton – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gabriel DebruDebru – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jelle SelsSels – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dennis NovakDennis – Marko TopoMarko (7-6(2) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Norbert GombosGombos – Marvin MoellerMoeller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Daniel MasurMasur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Manuel GuinardGuinard (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jelle SelsSels – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas GerchGerch – Antoine BellierBellier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Mate ValkuszValkusz (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dan AddedAdded – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Billy HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Akira SantillanSantillan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
