Karlis Ozolins and Ben Shelton will play each other in the 1st round of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 1. 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.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.036
Karlis Ozolins -> 9
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Prediction and head to head Karlis Ozolins vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Karlis Ozolins and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Karlis Ozolins
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10-10 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-9 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-20 | 4-14 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Karlis will start his run in the Champaign Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Decatur where he lost 6-2 7-6(4) to Monday in the 2nd round on the 4th of August.
The Latvian has a composed 6-7 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
Talking about his overall career, Ozolins has an overall 19-35 record. He has a flat 6-6 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Ozolins has never competed in this tournament before.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-9 | 9-6 | 6-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 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. 108 (career-high), will start his run in the Champaign Challenger after he won the title in the Knoxville Challenger after beating 6-3 1-6 7-6(4) Eubanks in the final.
Shelton has a compiled 35-11 win-loss record in 2022, 19-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Ben’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Rome Challenger,the Chicago Challenger,the Tiburon Challenger,the Charlottesville Challenger and the Knoxville Challenger.
Ben won his last 10 matches.
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 53-18 record. He has a positive 25-4 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
Head 2 Head
LWLWWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Champaign Challenger
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Stefan KozlovKozlov (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Alafia AyeniAyeni (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian FanselowSebastian – Ezekiel ClarkEzekiel (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Benjamin LockLock (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas GerchGerch – Nick ChappellChappell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hunter HeckHeck – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karlis OzolinsOzolins – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
