Ben Shelton and Prajnesh Gunneswaran will face off in the quarter of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am 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.
Ben Shelton -> 1.119
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 5.85
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Prajnesh Gunneswaran
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Prajnesh Gunneswaran 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 | 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. 108 (career-high), Ben got to the quarter after defeating Karlis Ozolins 6-3 6-4 and Ethan Quinn 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Quinn (6-4 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 70 points vs Quinn’s 60. The American was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ben Shelton was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 69% (20/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ben broke Quinn twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ben hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Shelton has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 2 years having won 75% of his matches (55-18). 21-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has a composed27-4 win-loss record in the last 2 years on indoor hard courts.
Ben’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Rome Challenger,the Chicago Challenger,the Tiburon Challenger,the Charlottesville Challenger and the Knoxville Challenger.
Ben has a composed 37-11 win-loss record in 2022, 21-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10-6 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-25 | 19-18 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 8-12 | 0-6 | 11-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-15 | 12-8 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2019 | 33-26 | 26-15 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 381, the Indian reached the quarter after defeating Stefan Kozlov 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Sebastian Fanselow 3-6 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Fanselow, Gunneswaran recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 7-5). During the match Gunneswaran scored 96 points vs Fanselow’s 89. Prajnesh was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Gunneswaran scored 5 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gunneswaran put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (37/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the 2nd serve. The Indian broke Fanselow 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Indian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Prajnesh’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
Gunneswaran has a compiled 25-23 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2013. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 57 |
| Pts | 135-109 | 182-171 |
| Total Points | 244 | 353 |
| Winners | 52 | 75 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Both Shelton and Gunneswaran played 2 matches. At the moment, Prajnesh Gunneswaran conceded 2 sets while Ben Shelton hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shelton has played 2 set(s) less than Gunneswaran (4 vs 6). Therefore, Shelton played 18 games less than Gunneswaran. The American scored 52 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Prajnesh bagged 75 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 6 |
| 1st in | 65/110 | 111/176 |
| %1st in | 59% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 52/65 | 75/111 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 29/45 | 37/65 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 57% |
Shelton managed to score 18 aces (9 per match). Gunneswaran managed to score 12 aces (6 per match). Shelton won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Gunneswaran won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 46% | 41% |
| Conceded | 8 | 17 |
| Saved | 7 | 11 |
| % Saved | 88% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Ben broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Shelton conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Prajnesh broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Gunneswaran conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | ||||
| R1 Ozolins | R2 Quinn | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 65-49 | 70-60 | 135-109 | |
| Total points | 114 | 130 | 244 | |
| Winners | 25 | 27 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 8 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 37/66 | 65/110 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 27/37 | 52/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 73% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 20/29 | 29/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 69% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/4 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gunneswaran | ||||
| R1 Kozlov | R2 Fanselow | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | 3-6 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 29 | 57 | |
| pts | 86-82 | 96-89 | 182-171 | |
| Total points | 168 | 185 | 353 | |
| Winners | 38 | 37 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 57/86 | 54/90 | 111/176 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 38/57 | 37/54 | 75/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 69% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 22/36 | 37/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 61% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/15 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 27% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 6/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 75% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
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