Ben Shelton and Liam Draxl will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Rome Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.56
Liam Draxl -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Liam Draxl
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Liam Draxl fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Draxl (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Draxl won 6-1 6-7(3) 6-4 in the quarter in M15 Vero Beach back in 2021.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-14 | 9-6 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 4-3 | 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. 433 (career-high), the American got to the qualifications after defeating Toshihide Matsui 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, Ben had a good straight sets win against Matsui (6-0 6-2). During the match, Shelton scored 53 points vs Matsui’s 20. Ben was quite aggressive to blast 14 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelton made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ben Shelton was extremely efficient on serve to win 100% (14/14) of his 1st serve and 82% (14/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ben broke Matsui 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Shelton has a fantastic match record in the last 2 years having won 71% of his matches (22-9). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has a compiled7-2 win-loss record in the last 2 years on indoor hard courts.
Shelton’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger.
Shelton has a composed 4-2 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Ben has never competed in this tournament before.
Liam Draxl
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-12 | 7-4 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-9 | 23-5 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-16 | 16-10 | 3-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-14 | 16-9 | 12-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 511, Draxl reached the qualifications after defeating Emil Reinberg 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Draxl had a good straight sets win against Reinberg (6-2 6-1). During the match Draxl scored 61 points vs Reinberg’s 32. Draxl was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Draxl fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Liam Draxl was very efficient on serve to win 95% (21/22) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Draxl broke Reinberg 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Draxl’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Wichita.
The Canadian has an aggregate 10-4 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 15 |
| Pts | 53-20 | 61-32 |
| Total Points | 73 | 93 |
| Winners | 14 | 21 |
| %Winners | 26% | 34% |
Both Shelton and Draxl played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Draxl have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Shelton played 1 game less than Draxl. Ben scored 14 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Liam blasted 21 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 5 |
| 1st in | 14/31 | 22/33 |
| %1st in | 45% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 14/14 | 21/22 |
| %1st pts | 100% | 95% |
| 2nd pts | 14/17 | 7/11 |
| %2nd pts | 82% | 64% |
Shelton made 8 aces . Draxl blasted 5 aces . Shelton won 100% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 82% of the points. On the other side, Draxl won 95% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 63% | 45% |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Ben broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The American had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Draxl broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Liam was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Shelton | |||
| Q1 Matsui |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 53-20 | 53-20 | |
| Total points | 73 | 73 | |
| Winners | 14 | 14 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 14/31 | 14/31 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 14/14 | 14/14 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/17 | 14/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 82% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Draxl | |||
| Q1 Reinberg |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 61-32 | 61-32 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 21/22 | 21/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 95% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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