Alibek Kachmazov and Altug Celikbilek will play each other in the 1st round of the Busan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alibek Kachmazov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alibek Kachmazov is the pick to win this match.
Alibek Kachmazov -> 1.76
Altug Celikbilek -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Alibek Kachmazov vs. Altug Celikbilek
This will be the 2nd time that Alibek Kachmazov and Altug Celikbilek square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Celikbilek (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Celikbilek won 6-4 2-6 7-5 in the 1st round in the Bergamo Challenger back in 2022.
Alibek Kachmazov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-28 | 17-13 | 6-6 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 24-14 | 9-6 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 49-21 | 18-11 | 9-5 | 22-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 6-8 | 3-6 | 27-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-11 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 259, Alibek will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Saint Dizier where he lost 3-6 7-6(3) 7-5 to Onclin in the final on the 31st of March.
The Russian has an overall 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Saint Dizier.
Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 160-98 record. He has a positive 64-47 record on hard.
Previously in the Busan Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 409, the Turk reached the 1st round after beating Suk Ann 6-1 6-1 and Sanhui Shin 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Shin (6-4 6-2). During the match Celikbilek scored 62 points vs Shin’s 52. Altug was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Celikbilek recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 60% of his first serves in, winning 78% (25/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Altug broke Shin 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Altug started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.
Altug has a compiled 11-8 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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