Yibing Wu and Ben Shelton will square off in the final of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yibing Wu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yibing Wu is the pick to win this match.
Yibing Wu -> 1.53
Ben Shelton -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Yibing Wu vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Yibing Wu and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Yibing Wu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-17 | 5-7 | 3-5 | 9-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-7 | 20-5 | 10-2 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 329, Yibing reached the final after defeating Malek Jaziri 6-4 4-0 ret., Ulises Blanch 6-3 6-4, Jeff Wolf 6-4 6-1 and Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-1 6-0.
In the semifinal, Wu had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (6-1 6-0). During the match, Wu scored 57 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 26. Yibing was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Wu blasted 3 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Yibing Wu conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Wu put 78% of his first serves in, winning 86% (25/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (4/8) on the 2nd serve. Wu broke Pablo Ficovich 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 62% of the points he played.
Wu has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (79-50). 4-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Wu has an aggregate5-1 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The Chinese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Orange Park and the Orlando Challenger.
Yibing has an aggregate 24-4 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Wu has never competed in this tournament before.
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), Ben reached the final after beating Toshihide Matsui 6-0 6-2, Liam Draxl 6-4 6-1, Govind Nanda 4-6 6-2 6-3, Alex Rybakov 7-64 6-3, Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-62 7-5 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-1 6-3.
In the semifinal, Ben had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (6-1 6-3). During the match Shelton scored 60 points vs Uchiyama’s 39. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Shelton recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ben Shelton was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shelton broke Uchiyama 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shelton started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Ben’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger and the Rome Challenger.
Shelton has a composed 9-2 win-loss record in 2022, 6-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Wu | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 121 |
| Pts | 242-152 | 435-326 |
| Total Points | 394 | 761 |
| Winners | 89 | 174 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Wu played 4 matches while Shelton competed in 6 matches. Shelton started his run from the qualifications while Wu had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ben Shelton surrendered 1 set while Yibing Wu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Wu has played 4 set(s) less than Shelton (9 vs 13). Therefore, Wu played 58 games less than Shelton. Yibing scored 89 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Ben managed to score 174 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Wu | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 35 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 5.8 |
| 1st in | 115/176 | 228/369 |
| %1st in | 65% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 89/115 | 174/228 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 43/61 | 96/141 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 68% |
Wu managed to score 9 aces (2.3 per match). Shelton blasted 35 aces (5.8 per match). Wu won 77% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Wu | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 19 |
| Converted | 15/34 | 19/51 |
| % Converted | 44% | 37% |
| Conceded | 7 | 23 |
| Saved | 5 | 20 |
| % Saved | 71% | 87% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Yibing broke his opponents 15 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Chinese surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Ben broke his opponents 19 times with a 37% conversion rate. Shelton conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded.
| Wu | ||||||
| R1 Jaziri |
R2 Blanch |
1/4 Wolf |
1/2 Pablo Ficovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-0 ret. | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 63 | |
| pts | 57-37 | 69-48 | 59-41 | 57-26 | 242-152 | |
| Total points | 94 | 117 | 100 | 83 | 394 | |
| Winners | 16 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 39% | 36% | 44% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 21/39 | 31/50 | 34/50 | 29/37 | 115/176 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 62% | 68% | 78% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 16/21 | 27/31 | 21/34 | 25/29 | 89/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 87% | 62% | 86% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/19 | 13/16 | 4/8 | 43/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 68% | 81% | 50% | 70% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/6 | 4/9 | 5/10 | 15/34 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 33% | 44% | 50% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 0% | 100% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Shelton | ||||||||
| Q1 Matsui |
Q3 Draxl |
R1 Nanda |
R2 Rybakov |
1/4 Kovacevic |
1/2 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | 7-64 6-3 | 7-62 7-5 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 17 | 27 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 121 | |
| pts | 53-20 | 62-39 | 93-81 | 74-66 | 93-81 | 60-39 | 435-326 | |
| Total points | 73 | 101 | 174 | 140 | 174 | 99 | 761 | |
| Winners | 14 | 24 | 38 | 38 | 36 | 24 | 174 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 39% | 41% | 51% | 39% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 35 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 14/31 | 30/46 | 56/95 | 51/79 | 46/73 | 31/45 | 228/369 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 65% | 59% | 65% | 63% | 69% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 14/14 | 24/30 | 38/56 | 38/51 | 36/46 | 24/31 | 174/228 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 80% | 68% | 75% | 78% | 77% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/17 | 13/16 | 26/39 | 17/28 | 16/27 | 10/14 | 96/141 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 81% | 67% | 61% | 59% | 71% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/9 | 3/5 | 1/3 | 3/15 | 4/11 | 19/51 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 33% | 60% | 33% | 20% | 36% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 10/11 | 5/5 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 20 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 91% | 100% | 33% | 100% | 106% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
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