Egor Gerasimov and Altug Celikbilek will face off in the quarter of the Porto Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on COURT CARLSBERG. 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 Egor Gerasimov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Egor Gerasimov is the pick to win this match.
Egor Gerasimov -> 1.52
Altug Celikbilek -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Egor Gerasimov vs. Altug Celikbilek

This will be the 2^nd time that Egor Gerasimov and Altug Celikbilek play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gerasimov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Gerasimov won 7-6(6) 6-3 in the qualifications in Sofia back in 2021.

Egor Gerasimov

Ranked no. 144, Gerasimov got to the quarter after defeating Gabriel Decamps 6-7³ 6-4 6-1 and Evgeny Donskoy 6-3 6-7⁷ 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Egor defeated Donskoy (6-3 6-7⁷ 6-2). During the match, Gerasimov scored 108 points vs Donskoy’s 87. The Belarussian was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gerasimov bagged 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Egor Gerasimov lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gerasimov put 66% of his first serves in, winning 89% (54/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (12/32) on the 2nd serve. Egor broke Donskoy 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gerasimov has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Gerasimov has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (329-224). 8-9 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gerasimov has an aggregate 147-92 match record in the last years on hard.

The Belarussian has an aggregate 17-15 win-loss record in 2022, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto Challenger

The Belarussian has never competed in this tournament before.

Altug Celikbilek

Ranked no. 179, Celikbilek reached the quarter after beating Renzo Olivo 6-3 6-3 and Antoine Escoffier 6-2 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Escoffier (6-2 6-3). During the match Celikbilek scored 56 points vs Escoffier’s 39. Celikbilek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Celikbilek blasted 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Altug Celikbilek lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Celikbilek put 62% of his first serves in, winning 81% (25/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. The Turk was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Escoffier 5 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Altug hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 62% of the points he played.

Altug’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Malaga Challenger.

Altug has an aggregate 14-17 win-loss record in 2022, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Gerasimov and Celikbilek played 2 matches. At the moment, Egor Gerasimov lost 2 sets while Altug Celikbilek hasn’t lost a set so far. Gerasimov has played 2 sets more than Celikbilek (6 vs 4). Therefore, Gerasimov played 25 games more than Celikbilek. Gerasimov scored 102 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Celikbilek made 47 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Gerasimov fired 17 aces (8.5 per match). Celikbilek recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Gerasimov won 82% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Celikbilek won 82% 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

Egor broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Gerasimov conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Turk broke his opponents 9 times with a 100% conversion rate. Celikbilek conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.