Ben Shelton and Ernesto Escobedo will square off in the 2nd round of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 7. 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 -> 1.31
Ernesto Escobedo -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Ernesto Escobedo
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Ernesto Escobedo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-21 | 20-11 | 8-4 | 3-2 | 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. 158 (career-high), Ben reached the 2nd round after beating Valentin Vacherot 6-74 7-64 6-4.
In the 1st round against Vacherot, Shelton recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 7-64 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 114 points vs Vacherot’s 107. Ben was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton struck 14 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was quite effective on serve to win 78% (45/58) of his 1st serve and 59% (29/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Vacherot twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Shelton has a fantastic record in the last 2 years having won 72% of his matches (43-17). 16-8 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelton has an aggregate23-11 record in the last 2 years on hard.
Shelton’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Rome Challenger,the Chicago Challenger and the Tiburon Challenger.
Shelton has an overall 25-10 win-loss record in 2022, 16-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Ernesto Escobedo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-21 | 19-13 | 1-6 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-17 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-31 | 16-16 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-25 | 17-12 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 6-4 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 224, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Omni Kumar 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Escobedo had a good straight sets win against Kumar (6-1 6-4). During the match Escobedo scored 82 points vs Kumar’s 62. Escobedo was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Escobedo managed to score 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ernesto Escobedo was very efficient on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Kumar 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Bendigo Challenger.
Ernesto has an aggregate 23-27 win-loss record in 2022, 15-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 17 |
| Pts | 114-107 | 82-62 |
| Total Points | 221 | 144 |
| Winners | 45 | 30 |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% |
Both Shelton and Escobedo played 1 match. At the moment, Ben Shelton dropped 1 set while Ernesto Escobedo hasn’t lost a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set more than Escobedo (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shelton played 19 games more than Escobedo. The American scored 45 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Ernesto bagged 30 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 3 |
| 1st in | 58/107 | 41/63 |
| %1st in | 54% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 45/58 | 30/41 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 29/49 | 15/22 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 68% |
Shelton scored 14 aces . Escobedo recorded 3 aces . Shelton won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Escobedo won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 29% | 27% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Shelton broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Ben conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Escobedo broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Escobedo was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Shelton | |||
| R1 Vacherot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 114-107 | 114-107 | |
| Total points | 221 | 221 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 58/107 | 58/107 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 45/58 | 45/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Escobedo | |||
| R1 Kumar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 82-62 | 82-62 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/63 | 41/63 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 15/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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