Ben Shelton and Brandon Holt will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on BRENDA MYERS COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.47
Brandon Holt -> 2.6
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Holt
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Brandon Holt since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| 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. 156 (career-high), Ben reached the 2nd round after defeating Chris Rodesch 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Rodesch (6-4 6-3). During the match, Shelton scored 61 points vs Rodesch’s 44. The American was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton scored 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ben Shelton was quite efficient on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shelton broke Rodesch twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Shelton has a fantastic record in the last 2 years having won 71% of his matches (44-18). 10-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has an overall16-4 match record in the last 2 years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Rome Challenger,the Chicago Challenger and the Tiburon Challenger.
Ben has an overall 26-11 win-loss record in 2022, 10-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
Ben has never competed in this tournament before.
Brandon Holt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-30 | 37-24 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-24 | 14-16 | 1-2 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-21 | 48-17 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 218, Brandon reached the 2nd round after defeating Tennys Sandgren 6-1 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Brandon defeated Sandgren (6-1 3-6 6-2). During the match Holt scored 80 points vs Sandgren’s 60. The American was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Holt blasted 4 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Brandon Holt was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (30/39) of his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Holt broke Sandgren 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Brandon’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Cancun,M25 Nottingham and M15 Los Angeles.
Holt has an overall 52-19 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 24 |
| Pts | 61-44 | 80-60 |
| Total Points | 105 | 140 |
| Winners | 29 | 30 |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% |
Both Shelton and Holt played 1 match. At the moment, Brandon Holt lost 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t lost a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set(s) less than Holt (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shelton played 5 games less than Holt. Shelton scored 29 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Holt fired 30 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 39/64 |
| %1st in | 62% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 30/39 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 18/25 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 72% |
Shelton made 8 aces . Holt made 4 aces . Shelton won 85% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 44% |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Shelton broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The American pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Holt broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Brandon conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||
| R1 Rodesch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 61-44 | 61-44 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 34/55 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Holt | |||
| R1 Sandgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 80-60 | 80-60 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/64 | 39/64 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 30/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/25 | 18/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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