Ben Shelton and Keegan Smith will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.172
Keegan Smith -> 4.5
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Keegan Smith
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Keegan Smith 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 | 34-21 | 19-11 | 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. 128 (career-high), Shelton will start his run in the Knoxville Challenger after he won the title in the Charlottesville Challenger after beating 7-6(4) 7-5 Eubanks in the final.
Shelton has an overall 30-11 win-loss record in 2022, 14-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Rome Challenger,the Chicago Challenger,the Tiburon Challenger and the Charlottesville Challenger.
The American won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Ben has an overall 48-18 record. He has a positive 20-4 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Ben has never competed in this tournament before.
Keegan Smith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-18 | 28-16 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 31-20 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-24 | 26-14 | 3-4 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-5 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 347, the American will start his run in the Knoxville Challenger after he played his last match in the Charlottesville Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Rodesch in the qualifications on the 31st of October.
Keegan has an overall 30-23 win-loss record in 2022, 1-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Cancun and M25 Bakersfield.
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 97-55 record. He has a positive 14-10 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
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- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Martin DammDamm (6-77 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-62 4-6 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas GerchGerch – Juncheng ShangShang (6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Ezekiel ClarkClark (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Emilio NavaNava (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paul JubbJubb – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Keegan SmithSmith – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
