Ricardas Berankis and Altug Celikbilek will face off in the qualifications of the Lugano Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on CAMPO 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 Ricardas Berankis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.54
Altug Celikbilek -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Ricardas Berankis vs. Altug Celikbilek
This will be the 3rd time that Ricardas Berankis and Altug Celikbilek face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Berankis (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Berankis won 2-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in the Vilnius Challenger back in 2023.
Ricardas Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-12 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 247, Richard got to the qualifications after beating Hendrik Jebens 3-6 6-3 7-63.
In the qualifications against Jebens, The Lithuanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-63). During the match, Berankis scored 96 points vs Jebens’s 94. Richard was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Berankis recorded 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Ricardas Berankis was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (47/59) of his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Berankis broke Jebens once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Berankis has positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (257-198). 8-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Berankis has a composed 112-57 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Lithuanian has an aggregate 9-5 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Altug Celikbilek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-11 | 8-5 | 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. 365, the Turk got to the qualifications after beating Jiri Vesely 4-6 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications against Vesely, Altug recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Celikbilek scored 82 points vs Vesely’s 68. Celikbilek was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Celikbilek struck 16 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Altug Celikbilek was quite effective on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 68% (21/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Celikbilek broke Vesely 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Altug has an overall 8-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Berankis | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 28 |
| Pts | 96-94 | 82-68 |
| Total Points | 190 | 150 |
| Winners | 47 | 33 |
| %Winners | 49% | 40% |
Both Berankis and Celikbilek played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Ricardas Berankis surrendered 1 set, while Altug Celikbilek surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Berankis and Celikbilek have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Berankis played 3 games more than Celikbilek. The Lithuanian scored 47 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Celikbilek blasted 33 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Berankis | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 16 |
| 1st in | 59/95 | 40/71 |
| %1st in | 62% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 47/59 | 33/40 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 22/36 | 21/31 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 68% |
Berankis scored 7 aces . Celikbilek fired 16 aces . Berankis won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Celikbilek won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Berankis | Celikbilek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Berankis broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. The Lithuanian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Celikbilek broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Celikbilek conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Berankis | |||
| Q1 Jebens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 96-94 | 96-94 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 59/95 | 59/95 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 47/59 | 47/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/36 | 22/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Celikbilek | |||
| Q1 Vesely |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 82-68 | 82-68 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/71 | 40/71 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 33/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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