Ben Shelton and Sam Riffice will play each other in the 2nd round of the Tiburon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.165
Sam Riffice -> 4.85
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Sam Riffice
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Sam Riffice since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 177, Shelton got to the 2nd round after defeating Roberto Quiroz 3-6 6-2 7-64.
In the 1st round against Quiroz, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 7-64). During the match, Shelton scored 92 points vs Quiroz’s 82. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelton blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was very efficient on serve to win 76% (42/55) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Ben broke Quiroz 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Shelton has a fantastic match record in the last 2 years having won 72% of his matches (38-15). 11-6 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelton has an overall18-9 win-loss record in the last 2 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Rome Challenger and the Chicago Challenger.
The American has a compiled 20-8 win-loss record in 2022, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tiburon Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Sam Riffice
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20-10 | 18-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-5 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 14-7 | 13-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 28-18 | 20-11 | 7-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 694, Riffice reached the 2nd round after beating Evan King 6-76 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round against King, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 7-5 6-1). During the match Riffice scored 112 points vs King’s 89. Sam was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Riffice managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sam Riffice was quite effective on serve to win 83% (48/58) of his 1st serve and 60% (29/48) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Riffice broke King 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Fayetteville.
The American has an overall 15-8 win-loss record in 2022, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Riffice |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 32 |
| Pts | 92-82 | 112-89 |
| Total Points | 174 | 201 |
| Winners | 42 | 48 |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% |
Both Shelton and Riffice played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Ben Shelton surrendered 1 set, while Sam Riffice lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Riffice have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Shelton played 2 games less than Riffice. Ben scored 42 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 48 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Riffice |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 55/87 | 58/106 |
| %1st in | 63% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 42/55 | 48/58 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 29/48 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 60% |
Shelton made 3 aces . Riffice scored 7 aces . Shelton won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Riffice won 83% of the points on 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 | Shelton | Riffice |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 38% | 67% |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 57% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Ben broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Riffice broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Sam was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points.
| Shelton | |||
| R1 Quiroz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 92-82 | 92-82 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/87 | 55/87 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 42/55 | 42/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Riffice | |||
| R1 King |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 112-89 | 112-89 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 58/106 | 58/106 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 48/58 | 48/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/48 | 29/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Tiburon Challenger
- Michael MmohMmoh – Benjamin LockLock (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Charles BroomBroom (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Nick ChappellChappell – Nicolas MejiaMejia (7-64 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Sam RifficeRiffice – Evan KingKing (6-76 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Govind NandaNanda (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Juncheng ShangShang (7-5 4-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Leandro RiediRiedi – Patrick KypsonKypson (2-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Luke SavilleSaville – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Giovanni OradiniOradini (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Brandon HoltHolt (6-4 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – August HolmgrenHolmgren (4-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (3-6 6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Jonas Eriksson ZivertsEriksson Ziverts (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Evan ZhuZhu (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Denis KudlaKudla – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luke SavilleSaville – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick ChappellChappell – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
