Roman Safiullin and Ben Shelton will clash against each other in the final of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm 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 Roman Safiullin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.83
Ben Shelton -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-16 | 5-7 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-12 | 6-2 | 4-5 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 122, Safiullin reached the final after defeating Mitchell Krueger 6-3 6-3, Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-4 4-6 6-0, Zachary Svajda 6-3 6-74 6-3 and Radu Albot 7-5 6-3.
In the semifinal, Safiullin had a good straight sets win against Albot (7-5 6-3). During the match, Safiullin scored 74 points vs Albot’s 64. Safiullin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Safiullin fired 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 68% of his first serves in, winning 71% (36/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Safiullin broke Albot 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Safiullin has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Safiullin has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (326-153). 15-5 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Safiullin has an aggregate 199-65 record in the last years on hard.
Roman’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Sultan Challenger.
Roman has an overall 31-14 win-loss record in 2022, 15-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
The Russian 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, Shelton got to the final after defeating Dmitry Popko 6-0 7-65, Billy Harris 6-3 6-2, Jordan Thompson 7-612 6-4 and Gijs Brouwer 6-3 7-5.
In the semifinal, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Brouwer (6-3 7-5). During the match Shelton scored 73 points vs Brouwer’s 53. Ben was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Shelton scored 8 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Ben Shelton was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 80% (16/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shelton broke Brouwer 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shelton hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Shelton’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Rome Challenger.
The American has a composed 17-5 win-loss record in 2022, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 96 | 80 |
| Pts | 352-306 | 300-229 |
| Total Points | 658 | 529 |
| Winners | 141 | 121 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Both Safiullin and Shelton played 4 matches. At the moment, Roman Safiullin lost 2 sets while Ben Shelton hasn’t conceded a set so far. Safiullin has played 2 sets more than Shelton (10 vs 8). Therefore, Safiullin played 16 games more than Shelton. The Russian scored 141 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 121 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 30 | 33 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 202/339 | 155/243 |
| %1st in | 60% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 141/202 | 121/155 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 67/137 | 57/88 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 65% |
Safiullin recorded 30 aces (7.5 per match). Shelton fired 33 aces (8.3 per match). Safiullin won 70% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safiullin | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 12 |
| Converted | 18/40 | 12/32 |
| % Converted | 45% | 38% |
| Conceded | 30 | 10 |
| Saved | 22 | 7 |
| % Saved | 73% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 3 |
Safiullin broke his opponents 18 times with a 45% conversion rate. Safiullin surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 12 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Safiullin | ||||||
| R1 Krueger |
R2 Alberto |
1/4 Svajda |
1/2 Albot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 4-6 6-0 | 6-3 6-74 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 | 31 | 21 | 96 | |
| pts | 68-51 | 94-82 | 116-109 | 74-64 | 352-306 | |
| Total points | 119 | 176 | 225 | 138 | 658 | |
| Winners | 20 | 35 | 50 | 36 | 141 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 37% | 43% | 49% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 27/59 | 52/86 | 72/119 | 51/75 | 202/339 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 60% | 61% | 68% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 35/52 | 50/72 | 36/51 | 141/202 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 67% | 69% | 71% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 18/34 | 19/47 | 11/24 | 67/137 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 53% | 40% | 46% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/13 | 5/13 | 4/6 | 18/40 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 38% | 67% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 30 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 8/10 | 5/8 | 7/9 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 80% | 63% | 78% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Shelton | ||||||
| R1 Popko |
R2 Harris |
1/4 Thompson |
1/2 Brouwer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-65 | 6-3 6-2 | 7-612 6-4 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 80 | |
| pts | 80-59 | 63-35 | 84-82 | 73-53 | 300-229 | |
| Total points | 139 | 98 | 166 | 126 | 529 | |
| Winners | 35 | 26 | 31 | 29 | 121 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% | 37% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 41/58 | 27/40 | 46/84 | 41/61 | 155/243 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 68% | 55% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 35/41 | 26/27 | 31/46 | 29/41 | 121/155 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 96% | 67% | 71% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 10/13 | 22/38 | 16/20 | 57/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 77% | 58% | 80% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 3/5 | 12/32 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 60% | 30% | 60% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | 67% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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