Ben Shelton and Aleksandar Vukic will clash against each other in the final of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.41
Aleksandar Vukic -> 2.82
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Aleksandar Vukic
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Aleksandar Vukic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other 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. 108 (career-high), Ben reached the final after beating Karlis Ozolins 6-3 6-4, Ethan Quinn 6-4 6-4, Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-3 7-5 and Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-73 6-2 6-4.
In the semifinal against Kovacevic, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-2 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 103 points vs Kovacevic’s 87. Ben was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelton overpowered his opponent with 25 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ben Shelton was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (51/58) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shelton broke Kovacevic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ben has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Shelton has a fantastic record in the last 2 years having won 76% of his matches (57-18). 23-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has an aggregate29-4 record in the last 2 years on indoor hard courts.
Shelton’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Rome Challenger,the Chicago Challenger,the Tiburon Challenger,the Charlottesville Challenger and the Knoxville Challenger.
Shelton has a composed 39-11 win-loss record in 2022, 23-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Aleksandar Vukic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-38 | 15-20 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-36 | 13-18 | 5-9 | 6-2 | 10-7 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 141, the Australian reached the final after beating Aidan Mchugh 6-2 6-4, Patrick Kypson 6-4 6-2, Nicolas Alvarez Varona 7-66 6-4 and Christopher Eubanks 7-67 6-4.
In the semifinal, Aleksandar had a good straight sets win against Eubanks (7-67 6-4). During the match Vukic scored 80 points vs Eubanks’s 67. Vukic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Vukic bagged 16 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aleksandar Vukic was quite efficient on serve to win 86% (31/36) of his 1st serve and 71% (25/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vukic broke Eubanks once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Australian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger and the Calgary Challenger.
Aleksandar has a compiled 27-22 win-loss record in 2022, 12-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 91 | 82 |
| Pts | 301-246 | 280-236 |
| Total Points | 547 | 516 |
| Winners | 132 | 115 |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% |
Both Shelton and Vukic played 4 matches. At the moment, Ben Shelton conceded 1 set while Aleksandar Vukic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set more than Vukic (9 vs 8). Therefore, Shelton played 9 games more than Vukic. Shelton scored 132 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Aleksandar struck 115 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 46 | 40 |
| Avg per match | 11.5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 163/255 | 141/253 |
| %1st in | 64% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 132/163 | 115/141 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 57/92 | 65/112 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 58% |
Shelton bagged 46 aces (11.5 per match). Vukic recorded 40 aces (10 per match). Shelton won 81% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Vukic won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 10 |
| Converted | 12/27 | 10/23 |
| % Converted | 44% | 43% |
| Conceded | 14 | 10 |
| Saved | 12 | 8 |
| % Saved | 86% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Ben broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American lost his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | ||||||
| R1 Ozolins |
R2 Quinn |
1/4 Gunneswaran |
1/2 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 7-5 | 6-73 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 21 | 31 | 91 | |
| pts | 65-49 | 70-60 | 63-50 | 103-87 | 301-246 | |
| Total points | 114 | 130 | 113 | 190 | 547 | |
| Winners | 25 | 27 | 29 | 51 | 132 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% | 46% | 50% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 10 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 46 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 37/66 | 40/57 | 58/88 | 163/255 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 56% | 70% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 27/37 | 29/40 | 51/58 | 132/163 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 73% | 73% | 88% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 20/29 | 12/17 | 16/30 | 57/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 69% | 71% | 53% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/4 | 3/6 | 3/8 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 50% | 38% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 7/7 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 67% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Vukic | ||||||
| R1 Mchugh |
R2 Kypson |
1/4 Alvarez |
1/2 Eubanks |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-66 6-4 | 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 82 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 62-48 | 73-71 | 80-67 | 280-236 | |
| Total points | 115 | 110 | 144 | 147 | 516 | |
| Winners | 25 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% | 42% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 40 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 32/53 | 42/72 | 36/71 | 141/253 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 60% | 58% | 51% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 28/32 | 31/42 | 31/36 | 115/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 88% | 74% | 86% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 7/21 | 19/30 | 25/35 | 65/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 33% | 63% | 71% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/12 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 67% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 67% | 100% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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