Jordan Thompson and Ben Shelton will face off in the quarter of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.88
Jordan Thompson -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Jordan Thompson vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Jordan Thompson and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jordan Thompson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-15 | 11-7 | 3-5 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-28 | 22-15 | 0-3 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-26 | 18-14 | 2-6 | 8-1 | 12-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-25 | 10-11 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 9-5 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 112, the Australian got to the quarter after beating Paul Jubb 7-68 6-75 6-3 and Ryan Harrison 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Harrison (6-3 6-3). During the match, Thompson scored 81 points vs Harrison’s 64. Jordan was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Thompson scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Jordan Thompson lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Thompson put 72% of his first serves in, winning 71% (30/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Thompson broke Harrison 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Thompson has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (371-250). 7-8 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Thompson has an aggregate 208-136 match record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Surbiton Challenger and the Nottingham Challenger.
Thompson has a composed 23-20 win-loss record in 2022, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Jordan has never competed in this tournament before.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-14 | 9-6 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 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. 282, Ben got to the quarter after beating Dmitry Popko 6-0 7-65 and Billy Harris 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Harris (6-3 6-2). During the match Shelton scored 63 points vs Harris’s 35. Ben was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Shelton bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ben Shelton was pretty efficient on serve to win 96% (26/27) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shelton broke Harris 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ben hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Shelton’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Rome Challenger.
Ben has an overall 15-5 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Thompson | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 36 |
| Pts | 201-182 | 143-94 |
| Total Points | 383 | 237 |
| Winners | 85 | 61 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
Both Thompson and Shelton played 2 matches. At the moment, Jordan Thompson dropped 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t conceded a set so far. Thompson has played 1 set more than Shelton (5 vs 4). Therefore, Thompson played 17 games more than Shelton. Jordan scored 85 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Shelton made 61 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Thompson | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 118/180 | 68/98 |
| %1st in | 66% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 85/118 | 61/68 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 32/62 | 19/30 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 63% |
Thompson managed to score 13 aces (6.5 per match). Shelton recorded 17 aces (8.5 per match). Thompson won 72% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Thompson | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/29 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 24% | 35% |
| Conceded | 11 | 3 |
| Saved | 8 | 3 |
| % Saved | 73% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Jordan broke his opponents 7 times with a 24% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Shelton broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Thompson | ||||
| R1 Jubb |
R2 Harrison |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 6-75 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 18 | 53 | |
| pts | 120-118 | 81-64 | 201-182 | |
| Total points | 238 | 145 | 383 | |
| Winners | 55 | 30 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 1 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 76/122 | 42/58 | 118/180 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 72% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 55/76 | 30/42 | 85/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 71% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/46 | 8/16 | 32/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 4/17 | 7/29 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 24% | 24% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 5/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 83% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Shelton | ||||
| R1 Popko |
R2 Harris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-65 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
| pts | 80-59 | 63-35 | 143-94 | |
| Total points | 139 | 98 | 237 | |
| Winners | 35 | 26 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 41/58 | 27/40 | 68/98 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 68% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 35/41 | 26/27 | 61/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 96% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 10/13 | 19/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 77% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/5 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 60% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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