Ben Shelton and Giulio Zeppieri will fight against each other in the quarter of the Cagliari Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:30 pm on CENTRALE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giulio Zeppieri who should win in 3 sets.
Giulio Zeppieri -> 1.81
Ben Shelton -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Giulio Zeppieri
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Giulio Zeppieri since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-14 | 9-6 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 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. 38, Ben got to the quarter after defeating Fabian Marozsan 6-4 7-66.
In the 2nd round, Ben had a good straight sets win against Marozsan (6-4 7-66). During the match, Shelton scored 90 points vs Marozsan’s 87. Shelton was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton recorded 4 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 55% of his first serves in, winning 74% (39/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (21/44) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Marozsan twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Shelton has a fantastic match record in the last 3 years having won 70% of his matches (67-29). 3-4 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelton has an overall8-6 win-loss record in the last 3 years on clay.
The American has an aggregate 9-11 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cagliari Challenger
Ben has never competed in this tournament before.
Giulio Zeppieri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-18 | 8-4 | 7-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-26 | 7-5 | 19-13 | 14-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 1-2 | 25-22 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-20 | 0-0 | 26-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 125, Zeppieri reached the quarter after beating Andrea Vavassori 7-60 4-6 6-4 and Mattia Bellucci 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Zeppieri had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (6-2 6-0). During the match Zeppieri scored 56 points vs Bellucci’s 32. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Zeppieri scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Giulio Zeppieri lost the serve once. Furthermore, Zeppieri put 59% of his first serves in, winning 78% (21/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Zeppieri broke Bellucci 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he defeated Titouan Droguet in the final 7-5 7-6(4).
Giulio has an aggregate 18-9 win-loss record in 2023, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 47 |
| Pts | 90-87 | 167-142 |
| Total Points | 177 | 309 |
| Winners | 39 | 59 |
| %Winners | 43% | 35% |
Shelton played 1 match while Zeppieri competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Giulio Zeppieri surrendered 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shelton has played 3 set(s) less than Zeppieri (2 vs 5). Therefore, Shelton played 24 games less than Zeppieri. The American scored 39 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Zeppieri blasted 59 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 53/97 | 86/152 |
| %1st in | 55% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 59/86 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 32/66 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 48% |
Shelton struck 4 aces . Zeppieri scored 4 aces (2 per match). Shelton won 74% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Zeppieri won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 11 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 11/19 |
| % Converted | 33% | 58% |
| Conceded | 8 | 15 |
| Saved | 7 | 9 |
| % Saved | 88% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Ben broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Ben conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Zeppieri broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Giulio conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||
| R2 Marozsan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 90-87 | 90-87 | |
| Total points | 177 | 177 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 53/97 | 53/97 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 39/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 21/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zeppieri | ||||
| R1 Vavassori | R2 Bellucci | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-60 4-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 14 | 47 | |
| pts | 111-110 | 56-32 | 167-142 | |
| Total points | 221 | 88 | 309 | |
| Winners | 38 | 21 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 59/106 | 27/46 | 86/152 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 59% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 38/59 | 21/27 | 59/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 78% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/47 | 8/19 | 32/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 42% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 6/7 | 11/19 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 86% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 1 | 15 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 0/1 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 0% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
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