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Altuğ Çelikbilek (; born 7 September 1996) is a Turkish professional
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player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 154 achieved on 21 February 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 224, achieved on 25 July 2022. He is currently the No. 3 Turkish player. Çelikbilek has won 2 ATP Challengers and 5 ITF singles titles and 11 ITF doubles titles.


Professional career

He made his Grand Slam debut at the
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in the qualifying competition. Çelikbilek has represented
Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
at
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, 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.


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals


Singles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner-ups)


Doubles: 28 (13 titles, 15 runner-ups)


References


External links

* 1996 births Living people Turkish male tennis players Sportspeople from Antalya Tennis players from Istanbul Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{Turkey-tennis-bio-stub