Ben Shelton and Billy Harris will square off in the 2nd round of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.31
Billy Harris -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Billy Harris
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Billy Harris since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-15 | 9-6 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 4-4 | 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. 282, Shelton reached the 2nd round after defeating Dmitry Popko 6-0 7-65.
In the 1st round, Ben had a good straight sets win against Popko (6-0 7-65). During the match, Shelton scored 80 points vs Popko’s 59. Ben was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton recorded 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ben Shelton was extremely efficient on serve to win 85% (35/41) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Popko 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Shelton has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 2 years having won 73% of his matches (32-12). 5-3 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has an aggregate12-6 win-loss record in the last 2 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Rome Challenger.
Ben has an aggregate 14-5 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Billy Harris
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-22 | 3-3 | 6-8 | 5-6 | 11-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-34 | 27-15 | 7-8 | 14-5 | 11-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-34 | 23-13 | 10-9 | 9-8 | 2-3 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 51-20 | 13-5 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-13 | 19-10 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 309 (career-high), Harris reached the 2nd round after beating Makoto Ochi 7-63 6-2, Tennys Sandgren 6-4 7-69 and Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-3 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Brit defeated Kovacevic (6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match Harris scored 107 points vs Kovacevic’s 98. Billy was pretty aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about serving, Harris recorded 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Billy Harris lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Harris put 72% of his first serves in, winning 63% (55/87) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Billy broke Kovacevic 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The Brit’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Antalya and M25 Nottingham.
Billy has an aggregate 39-24 win-loss record in 2022, 18-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 72 |
| Pts | 80-59 | 270-241 |
| Total Points | 139 | 511 |
| Winners | 35 | 115 |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% |
Shelton played 1 match while Harris competed in 3 matches. Harris started his run from the qualifications while Shelton had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Billy Harris lost 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shelton has played 5 set(s) less than Harris (2 vs 7). Therefore, Shelton played 53 games less than Harris. The American scored 35 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Harris managed to score 115 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 41/58 | 170/267 |
| %1st in | 71% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 35/41 | 115/170 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 52/97 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 54% |
Shelton made 11 aces . Harris bagged 16 aces (5.3 per match). Shelton won 85% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Harris won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 11 |
| Converted | 3/12 | 11/29 |
| % Converted | 25% | 38% |
| Conceded | 3 | 20 |
| Saved | 3 | 14 |
| % Saved | 100% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Shelton quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Brit broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||
| R1 Popko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 80-59 | 80-59 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/58 | 41/58 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 35/41 | 35/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Harris | |||||
| Q1 Ochi |
Q3 Sandgren |
R1 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 | 6-4 7-69 | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 23 | 28 | 72 | |
| pts | 71-60 | 92-83 | 107-98 | 270-241 | |
| Total points | 131 | 175 | 205 | 511 | |
| Winners | 25 | 35 | 55 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% | 51% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 36/65 | 47/81 | 87/121 | 170/267 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 58% | 72% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 35/47 | 55/87 | 115/170 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 74% | 63% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 18/34 | 16/34 | 52/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 53% | 47% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/13 | 5/9 | 11/29 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 23% | 56% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 4/6 | 9/12 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 75% | 192% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Chicago Challenger
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Alexander RitschardRitschard (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Paul JubbJubb (7-68 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Li TuTu (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-65 7-69) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Keegan SmithSmith (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Evan ZhuZhu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (3-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Gijs Brouwer/Reese StalderBrouwer/Reese Stalder – Robert Galloway/Alex LawsonGalloway/Alex Lawson (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Govind NandaNanda (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-0 7-65) – See score progression
- Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Dalibor Svrcina/Petros TsitsipasSvrcina/Petros Tsitsipas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-4 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Li TuTu (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Alexander RitschardRitschard (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Radu AlbotAlbot (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Brandon HoltHolt (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
