Max Purcell and Ben Shelton will play each other in the quarter of the Indianapolis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:30 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 Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.727
Max Purcell -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 240, Purcell reached the quarter after beating Liam Broady 6-2 6-2 and Aidan Mchugh 6-75 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Mchugh, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-4). During the match, Purcell scored 110 points vs Mchugh’s 102. Max was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell scored 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Max Purcell was pretty effective on serve to win 80% (41/51) of his 1st serve and 57% (30/53) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Purcell broke Mchugh 3 times after converting 19% of his break points (3/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Purcell has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (195-149). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Purcell has an aggregate14-11 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Purcell has an aggregate 21-19 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Indianapolis Challenger
Purcell 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 quarter after beating Rinky Hijikata 6-3 6-4 and Tim Van Rijthoven 6-77 1-2 ret..
In the 2nd round against Van Rijthoven, Ben had an good comeback after recovering from a 2-sets down deficit before winning (6-77 1-2 ret.).During the match Shelton scored less points (12) than Van Rijthoven. In fact, the world no. 240 won 43 points vs Van Rijthoven’s. That means that Shelton was more focused during the important points. Shelton was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Shelton managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve once. Furthermore, Shelton put 62% of his first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (6/17) on the 2nd serve. Ben broke Van Rijthoven once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Ben’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Rome Challenger.
Ben has a composed 11-3 win-loss record in 2022, 8-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 35 |
| Pts | 172-138 | 110-108 |
| Total Points | 310 | 218 |
| Winners | 65 | 56 |
| %Winners | 38% | 51% |
Both Purcell and Shelton played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Max Purcell surrendered 1 set, while Ben Shelton surrendered 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Purcell and Shelton have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Purcell played 13 games more than Shelton. Purcell scored 65 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Shelton struck 56 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 10.5 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 77/145 | 68/110 |
| %1st in | 53% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 65/77 | 56/68 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 39/68 | 20/42 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 48% |
Purcell fired 21 aces (10.5 per match). Shelton scored 19 aces (9.5 per match). Purcell won 84% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/25 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 28% | 75% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 86% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 28% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Shelton broke his opponents 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Shelton conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | ||||
| R1 Broady |
R2 Mchugh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-75 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 32 | 48 | |
| pts | 62-36 | 110-102 | 172-138 | |
| Total points | 98 | 212 | 310 | |
| Winners | 24 | 41 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 12 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 51/104 | 77/145 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 49% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 41/51 | 65/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 80% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 30/53 | 39/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/16 | 7/25 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 19% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Shelton | ||||
| R1 Hijikata |
R2 Van Rijthoven |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-77 1-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 35 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 43-55 | 110-108 | |
| Total points | 120 | 98 | 218 | |
| Winners | 32 | 24 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 56% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 40/65 | 28/45 | 68/110 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 24/28 | 56/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 86% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 6/17 | 20/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 35% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 1/2 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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