Ben Shelton and Enzo Couacaud will face off in the semifinal of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 2 sets.
Ben Shelton -> 1.4
Enzo Couacaud -> 2.86
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Enzo Couacaud
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Enzo Couacaud since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-24 | 23-9 | 7-5 | 4-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-26 | 22-13 | 8-4 | 8-5 | 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), Ben got to the semifinal after defeating Keegan Smith 4-6 6-4 6-3, Mitchell Krueger 6-2 6-1 and Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-5 6-4.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (7-5 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 76 points vs Kovacevic’s 64. Shelton was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton blasted 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 64% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Shelton broke Kovacevic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ben has conceded 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Shelton has a fantastic match record in the last 2 years having won 74% of his matches (51-18). 17-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has an aggregate23-4 match record in the last 2 years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Rome Challenger,the Chicago Challenger,the Tiburon Challenger and the Charlottesville Challenger.
The American has an aggregate 33-11 win-loss record in 2022, 17-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Enzo Couacaud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-13 | 3-6 | 8-6 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-20 | 8-6 | 21-11 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 12-9 | 9-9 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-28 | 27-13 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-24 | 5-4 | 16-17 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 183, Enzo reached the semifinal after defeating Ezekiel Clark 7-65 6-3, Aidan Mchugh 6-4 6-2 and Stefan Kozlov 6-3 7-5.
In the quarter, Enzo had a good straight sets win against Kozlov (6-3 7-5). During the match Couacaud scored 73 points vs Kozlov’s 59. Couacaud was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Couacaud recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Enzo Couacaud lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Couacaud put 54% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Kozlov 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Couacaud’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Bendigo Challenger.
Couacaud has an aggregate 38-27 win-loss record in 2022, 4-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Couacaud |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 61 |
| Pts | 236-190 | 198-153 |
| Total Points | 426 | 351 |
| Winners | 98 | 80 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Both Shelton and Couacaud played 3 matches. At the moment, Ben Shelton lost 1 set while Enzo Couacaud hasn’t lost a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set more than Couacaud (7 vs 6). Therefore, Shelton played 5 games more than Couacaud. The American scored 98 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 80 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Couacaud |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 6.7 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 133/220 | 100/171 |
| %1st in | 60% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 98/133 | 80/100 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 49/87 | 35/71 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 49% |
Shelton struck 20 aces (6.7 per match). Couacaud made 25 aces (8.3 per match). Shelton won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Couacaud won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Couacaud |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 13 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 13/21 |
| % Converted | 52% | 62% |
| Conceded | 18 | 16 |
| Saved | 14 | 10 |
| % Saved | 78% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Ben broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Shelton lost his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Enzo broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. Couacaud conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||||
| R1 Smith | R2 Krueger | 1/4 Kovacevic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-1 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 15 | 22 | 66 | |
| pts | 97-86 | 63-40 | 76-64 | 236-190 | |
| Total points | 183 | 103 | 140 | 426 | |
| Winners | 41 | 23 | 34 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% | 45% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 55/96 | 32/52 | 46/72 | 133/220 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 62% | 64% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 41/55 | 23/32 | 34/46 | 98/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 72% | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/41 | 13/20 | 11/26 | 49/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 65% | 42% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/6 | 4/7 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 67% | 57% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 2 | 6 | 18 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 2/2 | 4/6 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 67% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Couacaud | |||||
| R1 Clark | R2 Mchugh | 1/4 Kozlov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 21 | 61 | |
| pts | 73-62 | 52-32 | 73-59 | 198-153 | |
| Total points | 135 | 84 | 132 | 351 | |
| Winners | 32 | 24 | 24 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% | 33% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 11 | 5 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 24/41 | 36/67 | 100/171 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 59% | 54% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 24/24 | 24/36 | 80/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 100% | 67% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 9/17 | 16/31 | 35/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 53% | 52% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/6 | 6/9 | 13/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 67% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/1 | 7/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 0% | 70% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger
- Martin Damm/Mitchell KruegerDamm/Mitchell Krueger – N.Sriram Balaji/Jeevan NedunchezhiyanBalaji/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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