Altug Celikbilek and Kenny de Schepper will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Hamburg Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.5
Kenny de Schepper -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Kenny de Schepper
This will be the 3rd time that Altug Celikbilek and Kenny de Schepper clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Celikbilek won 7-6(5) 5-7 7-6(4) in the qualifications in the Bergamo Challenger back in 2022.
Altug Celikbilek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-21 | 42-15 | 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, Celikbilek got to the qualifications after beating Max Wiskandt 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Celikbilek had a good straight sets win against Wiskandt (7-5 6-2). During the match, Celikbilek scored 69 points vs Wiskandt’s 51. Altug was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Celikbilek struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Altug Celikbilek was quite effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Altug broke Wiskandt 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Celikbilek has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (312-234). 6-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Celikbilek has a composed 58-41 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Altug has a compiled 9-7 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Kenny de Schepper
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-31 | 14-9 | 4-8 | 13-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 7-4 | 8-14 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-35 | 6-7 | 18-16 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-24 | 22-8 | 5-5 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 6-4 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 493, De Schepper got to the qualifications after beating Robin Bertrand 7-64 1-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kenny defeated Bertrand (7-64 1-6 6-2).During the match de Schepper scored less points (4) than Bertrand. In fact, the world no. 365 won 87 points vs Bertrand’s. That means that de Schepper was more focused during the important points. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, de Schepper managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kenny de Schepper lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, de Schepper put 66% of his first serves in, winning 75% (41/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. De Schepper broke Bertrand twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
The French player best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Bressuire.
The French player has a compiled 9-8 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Celikbilek | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 28 |
| Pts | 69-51 | 87-91 |
| Total Points | 120 | 178 |
| Winners | 23 | 41 |
| %Winners | 33% | 47% |
Both Celikbilek and de Schepper played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kenny de Schepper lost 1 set while Altug Celikbilek hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Celikbilek has played 1 set(s) less than de Schepper (2 vs 3). Therefore, Celikbilek played 8 games less than de Schepper. The Turk scored 23 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Kenny struck 41 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Celikbilek | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 8 |
| 1st in | 29/55 | 55/83 |
| %1st in | 53% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 41/55 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 14/28 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 50% |
Celikbilek fired 8 aces . de Schepper managed to score 8 aces . Celikbilek won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, de Schepper won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Celikbilek | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 67% | 29% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Celikbilek broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Altug conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Kenny conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Celikbilek | |||
| Q1 Wiskandt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-51 | 69-51 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/55 | 29/55 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 17/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| de Schepper | |||
| Q1 Bertrand |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 1-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 87-91 | 87-91 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/83 | 55/83 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 41/55 | 41/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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