Ben Shelton and Lucas Gerch will fight against each other in the quarter of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on COURT 9. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.143
Lucas Gerch -> 5.3
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Lucas Gerch
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Lucas Gerch 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 | 36-22 | 21-12 | 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. 156 (career-high), Shelton got to the quarter after beating Chris Rodesch 6-4 6-3 and Brandon Holt 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Holt (6-3 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 67 points vs Holt’s 53. Shelton was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton scored 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ben Shelton was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Holt twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ben hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Shelton has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 2 years having won 71% of his matches (45-18). 11-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has a composed17-4 match record in the last 2 years on indoor hard courts.
Ben’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Rome Challenger,the Chicago Challenger and the Tiburon Challenger.
The American has an overall 27-11 win-loss record in 2022, 11-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
Ben has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Gerch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-21 | 0-2 | 35-16 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-20 | 2-2 | 26-14 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-29 | 11-3 | 36-20 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-27 | 8-8 | 20-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-18 | 14-9 | 7-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 328, Lucas reached the quarter after defeating Ethan Quinn 6-3 6-3 and Stefan Kozlov 6-4 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Gerch had a good straight sets win against Kozlov (6-4 7-63). During the match Gerch scored 87 points vs Kozlov’s 80. The German was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Gerch made 4 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Lucas Gerch lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gerch put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (36/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Lucas broke Kozlov 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gerch hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Lucas’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Cancun,M15 Ueberlingen and the Prague 3 Challenger.
Gerch has a composed 54-26 win-loss record in 2022, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Gerch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 41 |
| Pts | 128-97 | 145-123 |
| Total Points | 225 | 268 |
| Winners | 58 | 60 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
Both Shelton and Gerch played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Gerch have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Shelton played 3 games less than Gerch. The American scored 58 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Gerch struck 60 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Gerch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 70/115 | 81/132 |
| %1st in | 61% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 58/70 | 60/81 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 29/45 | 26/51 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 51% |
Shelton scored 18 aces (9 per match). Gerch managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Shelton won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Gerch won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Gerch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 31% | 41% |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Ben broke his opponents 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Ben extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The German broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Gerch conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | ||||
| R1 Rodesch |
R2 Holt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
| pts | 61-44 | 67-53 | 128-97 | |
| Total points | 105 | 120 | 225 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 43% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 36/60 | 70/115 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/36 | 58/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 81% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 15/24 | 29/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 63% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/9 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 22% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerch | ||||
| R1 Quinn |
R2 Kozlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 23 | 41 | |
| pts | 58-43 | 87-80 | 145-123 | |
| Total points | 101 | 167 | 268 | |
| Winners | 24 | 36 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 27/46 | 54/86 | 81/132 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 63% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 36/54 | 60/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 67% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 14/32 | 26/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 44% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/12 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 33% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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