H2H, PREDICTION Ben Shelton vs Sam Riffice | Tiburon Challenger odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Tiburon Challenger. Shelton and Riffice will play each other in the 2nd round of the Tiburon Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Sam Riffice

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.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs 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

Ben Shelton
Ben Shelton

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
21
High
13
LWLWWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 42-25 22-13 8-4 8-4 4-4 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.

Shelton
Tiburon Challenger
Shelton's Record

Sam Riffice

Sam Riffice
Sam Riffice

15 - 9win/loss

Hard
13-7
I Hard
2-2
Rank
493
High
487
LWWWWWLWWW
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).

Riffice
Tiburon Challenger
Riffice's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Shelton
S.Riffice
1h:54
1h:54
Time on court​
2h:33
2h:33
1h:54
1h:54
Last match​
!
2h:33
2h:33
1
1
Match played
1
1
30
30
Games Played​
32
32
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
92
92
Total points​
112
112
92
92
Avg point​
112
112
42
42
Winners
48
48
42
42
Avg Winners​
48
48
46%
46%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
7
7
3
3
Avg Aces
7
7
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
42/55
42/55
1st won total​
48/58
48/58
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
18/32
18/32
2nd won total​
29/48
29/48
56%
56%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
BP won
4/6
4/6
3/8
3/8
Avg BP won
4/6
4/6
38%
38%
Won
!
67%
67%
7
7
Conceded
9
9
7
7
Avg Conceded
9
9
3
3
Broken
0
0
3
3
Avg Broken
!
0
0
4
4
Saved
9
9

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

Win Loss
Shelton
LWLWWWWLWW
Riffice
2024 2023 2022
42 - 25
0 - 0
22-13
Hard
0-0
8-4
I Hard
0-0
8-4
Clay
0-0
4-4
Grass
0-0

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