Altug Celikbilek and Linang Xiao will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Shenzhen 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Altug Celikbilek is the pick to win this match.
Altug Celikbilek -> 1.21
Linang Xiao -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Altug Celikbilek vs. Linang Xiao
There is no head to head record between Altug Celikbilek and Linang Xiao since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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. 401, Altug got to the qualifications after defeating Kamil Majchrzak 7-67 6-4.
In the qualifications, Celikbilek had a good straight sets win against Majchrzak (7-67 6-4). During the match, Celikbilek scored 78 points vs Majchrzak’s 70. Celikbilek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Celikbilek recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Altug Celikbilek was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (32/41) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Celikbilek broke Majchrzak 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Celikbilek has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (316-237). 7-4 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Celikbilek has a compiled 221-145 record in the last years on hard.
Altug has an aggregate 13-10 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
The Turk has never competed in this tournament before.
Linang Xiao
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-21 | 17-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-27 | 38-25 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-16 | 30-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 723, Linang got to the qualifications after beating Mukund Sasikumar 5-7 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Kumar Mukund, Linang recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match Xiao scored 98 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 91. Xiao was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Xiao managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Linang Xiao lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Xiao put 58% of his first serves in, winning 74% (43/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. Xiao broke Kumar Mukund 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Xiao has an aggregate 8-6 win-loss record in 2024, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Celikbilek | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 32 |
| Pts | 78-70 | 98-91 |
| Total Points | 148 | 189 |
| Winners | 32 | 43 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Both Celikbilek and Xiao played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Linang Xiao surrendered 1 set while Altug Celikbilek hasn’t lost a set so far. Celikbilek has played 1 set(s) less than Xiao (2 vs 3). Therefore, Celikbilek played 9 games less than Xiao. Altug scored 32 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Xiao blasted 43 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Celikbilek | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 41/65 | 58/100 |
| %1st in | 63% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 43/58 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 21/42 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 50% |
Celikbilek recorded 5 aces . Xiao bagged 5 aces . Celikbilek won 78% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Xiao won 74% of the points behind 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 | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 30% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Celikbilek broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Celikbilek conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Linang broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Linang conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Celikbilek | |||
| Q1 Majchrzak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 78-70 | 78-70 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/65 | 41/65 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 32/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Xiao | |||
| Q1 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 98-91 | 98-91 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 58/100 | 58/100 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 43/58 | 43/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/42 | 21/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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