Gijs Brouwer and Ben Shelton will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Chicago Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.5
Gijs Brouwer -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Gijs Brouwer vs. Ben Shelton
This will be the 2nd time that Gijs Brouwer and Ben Shelton clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Shelton won 7-6(4) 6-3 in the final in M25 Champaign back in 2021.
Gijs Brouwer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-19 | 5-5 | 6-5 | 4-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-34 | 5-8 | 3-6 | 12-15 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-27 | 12-5 | 13-5 | 14-12 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-25 | 9-5 | 12-10 | 21-10 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 13-4 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 196, Gijs got to the semifinal after defeating Keegan Smith 6-3 6-4, Christopher O Connell 7-5 6-4 and Liam Broady 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Broady (6-2 6-4). During the match, Brouwer scored 74 points vs Broady’s 63. The Dutch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Brouwer struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gijs Brouwer lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Brouwer put 52% of his first serves in, winning 74% (25/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Gijs broke Broady 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gijs hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Brouwer has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (249-151). 8-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Brouwer has an overall76-39 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Brouwer’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Tunis Challenger.
Gijs has an overall 39-21 win-loss record in 2022, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
The Dutch 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 reached the semifinal after defeating Dmitry Popko 6-0 7-65, Billy Harris 6-3 6-2 and Jordan Thompson 7-612 6-4.
In the quarter, Ben had a good straight sets win against Thompson (7-612 6-4). During the match Shelton scored 84 points vs Thompson’s 82. Ben was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Shelton fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 55% of his first serves in, winning 67% (31/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the 2nd serve. Ben broke Thompson 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ben hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Rome Challenger.
Ben has a composed 16-5 win-loss record in 2022, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brouwer | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 59 |
| Pts | 217-178 | 227-176 |
| Total Points | 395 | 403 |
| Winners | 90 | 92 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Both Brouwer and Shelton played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Brouwer and Shelton have played the same amount of sets 6. They also played the same amount of games (59). The Dutch scored 90 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Shelton managed to score 92 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brouwer | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 127/201 | 114/182 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 90/127 | 92/114 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 38/74 | 41/68 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 60% |
Brouwer blasted 15 aces (5 per match). Shelton managed to score 25 aces (8.3 per match). Brouwer won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Brouwer | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 9 |
| Converted | 12/27 | 9/27 |
| % Converted | 44% | 33% |
| Conceded | 18 | 7 |
| Saved | 13 | 5 |
| % Saved | 72% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Brouwer broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. Shelton broke his opponents 9 times with a 33% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Brouwer | |||||
| R1 Smith |
R2 O |
1/4 Broady |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 18 | 59 | |
| pts | 67-57 | 76-58 | 74-63 | 217-178 | |
| Total points | 124 | 134 | 137 | 395 | |
| Winners | 30 | 35 | 25 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 46% | 34% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 10 | 3 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 41/65 | 52/70 | 34/66 | 127/201 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 74% | 52% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 35/52 | 25/34 | 90/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 67% | 74% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 12/18 | 16/32 | 38/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 67% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/6 | 4/9 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 67% | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 4/6 | 4/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 67% | 80% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Shelton | |||||
| R1 Popko |
R2 Harris |
1/4 Thompson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-65 | 6-3 6-2 | 7-612 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 23 | 59 | |
| pts | 80-59 | 63-35 | 84-82 | 227-176 | |
| Total points | 139 | 98 | 166 | 403 | |
| Winners | 35 | 26 | 31 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | 8 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 41/58 | 27/40 | 46/84 | 114/182 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 68% | 55% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 35/41 | 26/27 | 31/46 | 92/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 96% | 67% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 10/13 | 22/38 | 41/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 77% | 58% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 9/27 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 60% | 30% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Radu AlbotAlbot – Borna GojoGojo (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Liam BroadyBroady (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-612 6-4) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Borna GojoGojo (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
