Ben Shelton and Gabriel Diallo will square off in the 2^nd round of the Fairfield Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CAMMISA COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.285
Gabriel Diallo -> 3.5

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Gabriel Diallo

There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Gabriel Diallo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 160 (career-high), Ben reached the 2^nd round after defeating Aidan Mayo 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Mayo (6-3 6-3). During the match, Shelton scored 59 points vs Mayo’s 49. Shelton was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelton scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Ben Shelton lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 68% of his first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Mayo 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Shelton has a fantastic match record in the last 2 years having won 72% of his matches (42-16). 15-7 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has an aggregate22-10 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,the Chicago Challenger and the Tiburon Challenger.

Shelton has an overall 24-9 win-loss record in 2022, 15-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Fairfield Challenger

Shelton has never competed in this tournament before.

Gabriel Diallo

Ranked no. 324, Gabriel got to the 2^nd round after beating Leandro Riedi 2-6 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Riedi, Diallo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Diallo scored 92 points vs Riedi’s 85. Gabriel was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Diallo made 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Gabriel Diallo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Diallo put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Riedi 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Gabriel’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 East Lansing and the Granby Challenger.

Diallo has an overall 15-6 win-loss record in 2022, 13-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelton	Diallo
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	26
Pts	59-49	92-85
Total Points	108	177
Winners	27	37
%Winners	46%	40%

Both Shelton and Diallo played 1 match. At the moment, Gabriel Diallo surrendered 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set(s) less than Diallo (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shelton played 8 games less than Diallo. Ben scored 27 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Diallo recorded 37 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelton	Diallo
Aces	1	5
Avg per match	1	5
1st in	41/60	55/84
%1st in	68%	65%
1st pts	27/41	37/55
%1st pts	66%	67%
2nd pts	9/19	15/29
%2nd pts	47%	52%

Shelton fired 1 ace . Diallo also fired 5 aces . Shelton won 66% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Diallo won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelton	Diallo
Won	5	4
Converted	5/9	4/12
% Converted	56%	33%
Conceded	6	7
Saved	4	4
% Saved	67%	57%
Times Broken	2	3

The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Shelton dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Diallo broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Gabriel conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
	R1 Mayo	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	59-49	59-49
Total points	108	108
Winners	27	27
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	41/60	41/60
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	27/41	27/41
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	9/19	9/19
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Diallo
	R1 Riedi	Total
Score	2-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	92-85	92-85
Total points	177	177
Winners	37	37
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	55/84	55/84
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	37/55	37/55
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	15/29	15/29
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	4/7	4
Saved %	57%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

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