Zizou Bergs and Abedallah Shelbayh will face off in the semifinal of the Mallorca Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 8:00 pm on PISTA 1. 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 Zizou Bergs who should win in 2 sets.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.3
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Abedallah Shelbayh
There is no head to head record between Zizou Bergs and Abedallah Shelbayh since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-29 | 20-16 | 2-5 | 7-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-29 | 9-9 | 17-7 | 15-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 154, Bergs got to the semifinal after defeating Daniel Rincon 6-3 6-2, Evan Furness 6-3 7-68 and Jay Clarke 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Clarke (6-3 6-2). During the match, Bergs scored 60 points vs Clarke’s 40. Zizou was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bergs managed to score 11 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Zizou Bergs was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bergs broke Clarke 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Bergs has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (210-116). 6-4 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Bergs has a composed60-30 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Zizou’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the St. Brieuc Challenger,the Troisdorf Challenger and the Ilkley Challenger.
The Belgian has an aggregate 33-22 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mallorca Challenger
Zizou has never competed in this tournament before.
Abedallah Shelbayh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-29 | 24-13 | 0-11 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-35 | 18-13 | 12-13 | 8-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 27-15 | 7-7 | 5-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-7 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 654, the got to the semifinal after defeating Dominic Stephan Stricker 6-2 7-5, Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 6-1 4-1 ret. and Dmitry Popko 5-7 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter against Popko, Shelbayh recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-1). During the match Shelbayh scored 88 points vs Popko’s 74. The was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Shelbayh struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Abedallah Shelbayh lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Shelbayh put 59% of his first serves in, winning 77% (40/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. The broke Popko 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Shelbayh’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
The has an overall 20-4 win-loss record in 2022, 17-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bergs | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 60 |
| Pts | 212-163 | 223-176 |
| Total Points | 375 | 399 |
| Winners | 90 | 86 |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% |
Both Bergs and Shelbayh played 3 matches. At the moment, Abedallah Shelbayh surrendered 1 set while Zizou Bergs hasn’t conceded a set so far. Bergs has played 2 set(s) less than Shelbayh (6 vs 8). Therefore, Bergs played 4 games less than Shelbayh. Bergs scored 90 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Shelbayh fired 86 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bergs | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 7.7 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 120/182 | 114/195 |
| %1st in | 66% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 90/120 | 86/114 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 36/62 | 43/81 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 53% |
Bergs blasted 23 aces (7.7 per match). Shelbayh scored 17 aces (5.7 per match). Bergs won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Shelbayh won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bergs | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 13 |
| Converted | 9/27 | 13/22 |
| % Converted | 33% | 59% |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 50% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Belgian broke his opponents 9 times with a 33% conversion rate. Bergs surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Shelbayh broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Abedallah conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bergs | |||||
| R1 Rincon | R2 Furness | 1/4 Clarke | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 7-68 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 17 | 56 | |
| pts | 67-48 | 85-75 | 60-40 | 212-163 | |
| Total points | 115 | 160 | 100 | 375 | |
| Winners | 31 | 30 | 29 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 35% | 48% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 11 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 40/53 | 46/79 | 34/50 | 120/182 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 58% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 30/46 | 29/34 | 90/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 65% | 85% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 19/33 | 9/16 | 36/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 58% | 56% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/7 | 3/9 | 9/27 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 43% | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | – | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Shelbayh | |||||
| R1 Stephan | R2 Menendez-Maceiras | 1/4 Popko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-1 4-1 ret. | 5-7 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 12 | 28 | 60 | |
| pts | 77-65 | 58-37 | 88-74 | 223-176 | |
| Total points | 142 | 95 | 162 | 399 | |
| Winners | 26 | 20 | 40 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | 45% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 9 | 3 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 27/44 | 52/88 | 114/195 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 61% | 59% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 20/27 | 40/52 | 86/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | 77% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 10/17 | 17/36 | 43/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 59% | 47% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/8 | 5/7 | 13/22 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 71% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 33% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Mallorca Challenger
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Dmitry PopkoPopko (5-7 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-74 6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Jerzy JanowiczJanowicz (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Dmitry PopkoPopko (5-7 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alexandar LazarovLazarov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction