Abedallah Shelbayh and Dhakshineswar Suresh will square off in the qualifications of the Winston-Salem for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Court 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Abedallah Shelbayh who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Abedallah Shelbayh is the pick to win this match.
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 1.66
Dhakshineswar Suresh -> 2.06
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Dhakshineswar Suresh
There is no head to head record between Abedallah Shelbayh and Dhakshineswar Suresh since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Abedallah Shelbayh
21 - 24win/loss
250
181
LLWWLWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-27 | 15-12 | 6-11 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 27-29 | 24-13 | 0-11 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-35 | 18-13 | 12-13 | 8-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 27-15 | 7-7 | 5-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-7 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 253, Abedallah reached the qualifications after beating Ryan Seggerman 2-6 7-6(4) 6-3.
In the qualifications against Seggerman, The recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-64 6-3). During the match, Shelbayh scored 92 points vs Seggerman’s 88. Abedallah was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelbayh recorded 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Abedallah Shelbayh was very effective on serve to win 72% (46/64) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The broke Seggerman twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Shelbayh has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 54% of his matches (166-139). 12-9 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelbayh has a composed105-61 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Shelbayh has a composed 20-24 win-loss record in 2026, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Abedallah has never competed in this tournament before.
Dhakshineswar Suresh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19-12 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 28-10 | 17-6 | 0-0 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 9-5 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 400, Dhakshineswar reached the qualifications after beating Roger Pascual Ferra 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Pascual Ferra, Suresh recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Suresh scored 105 points vs Pascual Ferra’s 100. The Indian was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Suresh struck 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dhakshineswar Suresh lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Suresh put 59% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (24/35) on the 2nd serve. Suresh broke Pascual Ferra twice after converting 15% of his break points (2/13).
Dhakshineswar has an aggregate 18-9 win-loss record in 2026, 16-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelbayh | Suresh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 28 |
| Pts | 92-88 | 105-100 |
| Total Points | 180 | 205 |
| Winners | 46 | 35 |
| %Winners | 50% | 33% |
Both Shelbayh and Suresh played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Abedallah Shelbayh lost 1 set, while Dhakshineswar Suresh dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shelbayh and Suresh have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Shelbayh played 2 games more than Suresh. Abedallah scored 46 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Suresh fired 35 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelbayh | Suresh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 12 |
| 1st in | 64/96 | 51/86 |
| %1st in | 67% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 46/64 | 35/51 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 24/35 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 69% |
Shelbayh fired 8 aces . Suresh made 12 aces . Shelbayh won 72% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Suresh won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelbayh | Suresh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/13 |
| % Converted | 67% | 15% |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 |
| Saved | 7 | 7 |
| % Saved | 70% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Abedallah broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Suresh broke his opponent twice with a 15% conversion rate. Dhakshineswar conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelbayh | |||
| Q1 Seggerman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 92-88 | 92-88 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 64/96 | 64/96 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 46/64 | 46/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Suresh | |||
| Q1 Pascual |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 105-100 | 105-100 | |
| Total points | 205 | 205 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 51/86 | 51/86 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 35/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/35 | 24/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/13 | 2/13 | |
| Converted % | 15% | 15% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
WWWWWWWWWW
WWWWWWWWWW 
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Yibing WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
