Turkish tennis player (born 1996)
Altuğ Çelikbilek (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈaɫtuː ˈtʃelicbilec] ; born 7 September 1996) is a Turkish professional tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 154 achieved on 21 February 2022.[ 1] He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 224, achieved on 25 July 2022.
Çelikbilek has won 2 ATP Challengers and 5 ITF singles titles and 11 ITF doubles titles. He is currently the No. 4 Turkish player.[ 2]
Professional career
He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 French Open in the qualifying competition.
Çelikbilek has represented Turkey at Davis Cup , where he has a win–loss record of 5–7.
Personal life
In December 2024, he suffered a stroke whilst competing at the ITF M25 in Monastir, shortly afterwards he had to have surgery to remove a brain tumour.[ 3]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–1)
ITF Futures/WTT (6–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Nov 2016
Turkey F45, Antalya
Futures
Hard
Dmitry Popko
2–6, 5–7
Win
1–1
Feb 2017
Turkey F7, Antalya
Futures
Hard
Alexandar Lazov
4–6, 7–6(7–5) , 6–4
Win
2–1
Apr 2018
Tunisia F16, Djerba
Futures
Hard
Yannick Mertens
6–7(4–7) , 6–3, 6–4
Win
3–1
Oct 2018
Germany F16, Hamburg
Futures
Hard
Louis Wessels
6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win
4–1
Feb 2019
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Christoph Negritu
2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win
5–1
May 2019
M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria
WTT
Hard
Alexander Donski
6–7(5–7) , 6–3, 6–2
Loss
5–2
Nov 2019
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Matija Pecotić
1–6, 1–6
Loss
5–3
Mar 2021
St.Petersburg , Russia
Challenger
Hard
Zizou Bergs
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win
6–3
Jul 2021
Porto , Portugal
Challenger
Hard
Quentin Halys
6–2, 6–1
Win
7–3
Jul 2021
Pozoblanco , Spain
Challenger
Hard
Cem İlkel
6–1, 6–7(2–7) , 6–3
Win
8–3
Jul 2022
Porto , Portugal
Challenger
Hard
Christopher O'Connell
7–6(7–5) , 3–1 ret.
Loss
8–4
Aug 2024
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Yaroslav Demin
4–6, ret.
Win
9–4
Sep 2024
M15 Monastir, Tunisia
WTT
Hard
Carles Hernández
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Doubles: 28 (13 titles, 15 runner-ups)
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures/WTT (12–15)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–11)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Jun 2014
Turkey F21, Istanbul
Futures
Hard
Sarp Ağabigün
Cem Ilkel Efe Yurtacan
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss
0–2
May 2015
Turkey F21, Antalya
Futures
Hard
Sefa Suluoglu
Ricardo Rodriguez Ruan Roelofse
2–6, 2–6
Loss
0–3
Jun 2015
Turkey F22, Bursa
Futures
Hard
Sefa Suluoglu
Alessandro Bega Davide Melchiorre
6–4, 5–7, [3–10]
Loss
0–4
Jul 2015
Turkey F28, Ankara
Futures
Clay
Tuna Altuna
Alessandro Bega Francesco Vilardo
4–6, 3–6
Win
1–4
Sep 2015
Turkey F35, Antalya
Futures
Hard
Sarp Ağabigün
Michal Konecny Miliaan Niesten
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Loss
1–5
Dec 2015
Turkey F52, Antalya
Futures
Hard
Sarp Ağabigün
Tuna Altuna Cem Ilkel
6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss
1–6
Feb 2016
Turkey F8, Antalya
Futures
Hard
Tuna Altuna
Sarp Ağabigün Marek Michalička
6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Loss
1–7
May 2016
Turkey F18, Antalya
Futures
Hard
Sarp Ağabigün
Hugo Nys Miķelis Lībietis
2–6, 2–6
Win
2–7
May 2016
Turkey F20, Antalya
Futures
Hard
Sarp Ağabigün
Filipp Kekercheni Christoph Negritu
7–5, 6–3
Win
3–7
Aug 2016
Netherlands F5, Oldenzaal
Futures
Clay
Niels Lootsma
Antoine Hoang Benjamin Bonzi
6–3, 6–3
Win
4–7
Aug 2016
Netherlands F6, Rotterdam
Futures
Clay
Benjamin Bonzi
Bobbie De Goeijen Glenn Smits
6–1, 6–4
Win
5–7
Mar 2017
Turkey F11, Antalya
Futures
Clay
Mauricio Echazú
Ilya Vasilyev Victor Baluda
7–5, 6–4
Loss
5–8
Apr 2017
Turkey F15, Antalya
Futures
Clay
Sarp Ağabigün
Isak Arvidsson Pedro Sakamoto
3–6, 3–6
Loss
5–9
Jun 2017
Turkey F22, Istanbul
Futures
Clay
Sarp Ağabigün
Hugo Dellien Federico Zeballos
4–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Win
6–9
Jul 2017
Portugal F13, Idanha-a-Nova
Futures
Hard
Anil Yuksel
Jonathan Gray Clement Larrière
7–5, 6–2
Loss
6–10
Oct 2017
Germany F16, Hamburg
Futures
Hard
Anil Yuksel
Marvin Moeller Dan Added
7–6(7–3) , 6–7(4–7) , [2–10]
Loss
6–11
Nov 2017
Greece F9, Heraklion
Futures
Hard
Yaraslav Shyla
Marco Bortolotti Miles Seemann
6–7(1–7) , 6–4, [7–10]
Win
7–11
Nov 2017
Greece F10, Heraklion
Futures
Hard
Christopher Díaz Figueroa
Marco Bortolotti Lucas Gomez
6–2, 6–2
Win
8–11
Jan 2018
Turkey F1, Antalya
Futures
Hard
Jakob Sude
Michal Konecny Patrik Rikl
7–6(7–4) , 2–6, [10–4]
Win
9–11
Feb 2018
Turkey F6, Antalya
Futures
Hard
Cengiz Aksu
Omar Giacalone Pietro Rondoni
6–3, 3–6, [10–3]
Win
10–11
Mar 2018
Turkey F11, Antalya
Futures
Clay
Cem Ilkel
Rafael Matos Marcelo Zormann
1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss
10–12
Apr 2018
Tunisia F15, Djerba
Futures
Hard
Juraj Masar
Dan Added Hugo Voljacques
1–6, 3–6
Loss
10–13
Apr 2018
Tunisia F16, Djerba
Futures
Hard
Domagoj Biljesko
Bernardo Saraiva Sem Verbeek
3–6, 1–6
Loss
10–14
Sep 2018
Tunisia F33, Monastir
Futures
Hard
Florent Diep
Ivan Liutarevich Skander Mansouri
3–6, 1–6
Loss
10–15
Oct 2018
Germany F15, Bad Salzdetfurth
Futures
Carpet
Hugo Voljacques
Mats Rosenkranz Petr Nouza
6–4, 3–6, [12–14]
Win
11–15
Oct 2018
Germany F16, Hamburg
Futures
Hard
Alexander Mannapov
Michael Geerts Christopher Heyman
6–3, 1–6, [10–7]
Win
12–15
Oct 2018
Germany F16, Hamburg
Futures
Hard
Alexander Mannapov
Michael Geerts Christopher Heyman
6–3, 1–6, [10–7]
Win
13–15
Jul 2022
Málaga , Spain
Challenger
Hard
Dmitry Popko
Daniel Cukierman Emilio Gómez
6–7(4–7) , 6–4, [10–6]
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