Jason Murray Kubler and Ben Shelton will square off in the semifinal of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on STADIUM. 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 Jason Murray Kubler who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jason Murray Kubler is the pick to win this match.
Jason Murray Kubler -> 1.49
Ben Shelton -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Jason Murray Kubler vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Jason Murray Kubler and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Jason Murray Kubler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-19 | 10-9 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-22 | 17-10 | 20-5 | 4-5 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-15 | 23-12 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160, Jason got to the semifinal after defeating Gonzalo Villanueva 6-1 7-64, Hiroki Moriya 6-3 6-3 and Brandon Holt 7-65 6-3.
In the quarter, Murray Kubler had a good straight sets win against Holt (7-65 6-3). During the match, Murray Kubler scored 69 points vs Holt’s 65. Murray Kubler was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Murray Kubler made 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jason Murray Kubler lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Murray Kubler put 61% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. Jason broke Holt 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jason hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Murray Kubler has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (277-130). 6-4 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Murray Kubler has an overall 101-46 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Jason’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Canberra.
Jason has a composed 26-9 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Jason has never competed in this tournament before.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-12 | 9-6 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-26 | 21-13 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-11 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 24-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-7 | 7-3 | 5-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 548, Shelton got to the semifinal after defeating Christian Harrison 7-64 6-4, Emilio Gomez 6-4 6-4 and Roman Andres Burruchaga 7-5 6-1.
In the quarter, Ben had a good straight sets win against Andres Burruchaga (7-5 6-1). During the match Shelton scored 62 points vs Andres Burruchaga’s 43. Ben was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Shelton blasted 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ben broke Andres Burruchaga 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ben hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Shelton has a composed 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Murray Kubler | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 62 |
| Pts | 205-173 | 229-187 |
| Total Points | 378 | 416 |
| Winners | 75 | 85 |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% |
Both Murray Kubler and Shelton played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Murray Kubler and Shelton have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Murray Kubler played 2 games less than Shelton. Murray Kubler scored 75 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Ben made 85 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Murray Kubler | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 9.3 |
| 1st in | 106/184 | 116/191 |
| %1st in | 58% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 75/106 | 85/116 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 41/78 | 41/75 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 55% |
Murray Kubler fired 13 aces (4.3 per match). Shelton struck 28 aces (9.3 per match). Murray Kubler won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Murray Kubler | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 11 |
| Converted | 13/25 | 11/31 |
| % Converted | 52% | 35% |
| Conceded | 14 | 11 |
| Saved | 8 | 6 |
| % Saved | 57% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 5 |
Jason broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 11 times with a 35% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Murray Kubler | |||||
| R1 Villanueva |
R2 Moriya |
1/4 Holt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-64 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 22 | 60 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 64-50 | 69-65 | 205-173 | |
| Total points | 130 | 114 | 134 | 378 | |
| Winners | 20 | 25 | 30 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 39% | 43% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 30/62 | 32/50 | 44/72 | 106/184 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 64% | 61% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 25/32 | 30/44 | 75/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 78% | 68% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 10/18 | 15/28 | 41/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 56% | 54% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 4/6 | 3/6 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 67% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 3/4 | 3/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 75% | 60% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Shelton | |||||
| R1 Harrison |
R2 Gomez |
1/4 Andres |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 19 | 62 | |
| pts | 86-74 | 81-70 | 62-43 | 229-187 | |
| Total points | 160 | 151 | 105 | 416 | |
| Winners | 34 | 27 | 24 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 33% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 7 | 12 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 46/70 | 39/69 | 31/52 | 116/191 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 57% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 27/39 | 24/31 | 85/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 69% | 77% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 17/30 | 14/21 | 41/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 57% | 67% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/15 | 4/9 | 11/31 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 27% | 44% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 5/7 | 1/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 71% | 50% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLLWLWW Tennis Scores in Little Rock Challenger
- Ben SheltonShelton – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Murphy CassoneCassone (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrew Harris/Christian HarrisonHarris/Christian Harrison – Emilio Gomez/Aleksandar KovacevicGomez/Aleksandar Kovacevic (6-4 4-6 10-4) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Brandon HoltHolt (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Murphy CassoneCassone (7-6(5) 6-1) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-6(4) 6-1) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Brandon HoltHolt (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
