Ben Shelton and Toshihide Matsui will face off in the qualifications of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:30 pm on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.025
Toshihide Matsui -> 11.25
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Toshihide Matsui
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Toshihide Matsui since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-14 | 9-6 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 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. 436, the American will start his run in the Rome Challenger after he played his last match in the Orlando Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(8) to Hijikata in the 1st round on the 7th of June.
The American has a composed 3-2 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Shelton has an overall 21-9 record. He has a positive 6-2 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Ben has never competed in this tournament before.
Toshihide Matsui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-7 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 881, Toshihide will start his run in the Rome Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Harmon where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Sung Nam in the 2nd round on the 9th of June.
Toshihide has a composed 1-3 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
In terms of his career, Toshihide has an overall 389-335 record. He has a negative 5-12 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
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