Tim Van Rijthoven and Ben Shelton will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Indianapolis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tim Van Rijthoven who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tim Van Rijthoven is the pick to win this match.
Tim Van Rijthoven -> 1.31
Ben Shelton -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Tim Van Rijthoven vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Tim Van Rijthoven and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tim Van Rijthoven
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-24 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 25-15 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-22 | 13-7 | 7-6 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 8-8 | 3-2 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 101 (career-high), Tim got to the 2nd round after beating Evan Zhu 6-72 7-65 7-63.
In the 1st round against Zhu, Van Rijthoven recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 7-65 7-63). During the match, Van Rijthoven scored 130 points vs Zhu’s 127. Van Rijthoven was extremely aggressive to blast 58 winners.
Talking about the service games, Van Rijthoven recorded 14 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Tim Van Rijthoven was quite effective on serve to win 76% (58/76) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Dutch broke Zhu 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Van Rijthoven has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (224-126). 19-7 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Van Rijthoven has a composed72-39 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Hertogenbosch where he overcame Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-4 6-1.
Tim has a compiled 31-15 win-loss record in 2022, 19-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Indianapolis Challenger
Van Rijthoven 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. 323 (career-high), Shelton got to the 2nd round after beating Rinky Hijikata 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-3 6-4). During the match Shelton scored 67 points vs Hijikata’s 53. Ben was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Shelton fired 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ben Shelton was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (32/40) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ben was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Hijikata twice.
Ben’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Rome Challenger.
The American has a compiled 10-3 win-loss record in 2022, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Rijthoven | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 19 |
| Pts | 130-127 | 67-53 |
| Total Points | 257 | 120 |
| Winners | 58 | 32 |
| %Winners | 45% | 48% |
Both Van Rijthoven and Shelton played 1 match. At the moment, Tim Van Rijthoven conceded 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t dropped a set so far. Van Rijthoven has played 1 set more than Shelton (3 vs 2). Therefore, Van Rijthoven played 20 games more than Shelton. Van Rijthoven scored 58 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 32 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Rijthoven | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 11 |
| 1st in | 76/115 | 40/65 |
| %1st in | 66% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 58/76 | 32/40 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 14/25 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 56% |
Van Rijthoven fired 14 aces . Shelton struck 11 aces . Van Rijthoven won 76% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Rijthoven | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 2/2 |
| % Converted | 27% | 100% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 57% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Tim broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Dutch lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Ben broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Ben was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Van Rijthoven | |||
| R1 Zhu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 7-65 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 130-127 | 130-127 | |
| Total points | 257 | 257 | |
| Winners | 58 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 76/115 | 76/115 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 58/76 | 58/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Shelton | |||
| R1 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 67-53 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/65 | 40/65 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 32/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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