Bu Yunchaokete and Abedallah Shelbayh will square off in the qualifications of the Surbiton Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bu Yunchaokete who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bu Yunchaokete is the pick to win this match.
Bu Yunchaokete -> 1.8
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Bu Yunchaokete vs. Abedallah Shelbayh
There is no head to head record between Bu Yunchaokete and Abedallah Shelbayh since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Bu Yunchaokete
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-12 | 16-5 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 27-15 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 87-28 | 84-24 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 173, the Chinese reached the qualifications after beating Charles Broom 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Yunchaokete had a good straight sets win against Broom (6-4 6-4). During the match, Yunchaokete scored 63 points vs Broom’s 53. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Yunchaokete recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Bu Yunchaokete was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bu was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Broom twice.
Yunchaokete has a fantastic record in the last 4 years having won 72% of his matches (111-44). 1-0 on grass in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Yunchaokete has a composed1-0 match record in the last 4 years on grass.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Seoul Challenger where he overcame Aleksandar Vukic in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Yunchaokete has a compiled 23-12 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Surbiton Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Abedallah Shelbayh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-18 | 10-8 | 6-7 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 27-15 | 7-7 | 5-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-7 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-4 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 244, the got to the qualifications after beating Stuart Parker 6-4 7-67.
In the qualifications, Abedallah had a good straight sets win against Parker (6-4 7-67). During the match Shelbayh scored 79 points vs Parker’s 66. The was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Shelbayh scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Abedallah Shelbayh lost the serve 9 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Shelbayh put 75% of his first serves in, winning 33% (18/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The broke Parker 10 times after converting 63% of his break points (10/16).
Shelbayh’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Manacor and the Manama Challenger.
The has a compiled 24-14 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yunchaokete | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 |
| Pts | 63-53 | 79-66 |
| Total Points | 116 | 145 |
| Winners | 29 | 18 |
| %Winners | 46% | 23% |
Both Yunchaokete and Shelbayh played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Yunchaokete and Shelbayh have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Yunchaokete played 3 games less than Shelbayh. The Chinese scored 29 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The struck 18 winners (23%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yunchaokete | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 55/73 |
| %1st in | 59% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 18/55 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 33% |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 9/18 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 50% |
Yunchaokete scored 5 aces . Shelbayh blasted 1 ace . Yunchaokete won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Shelbayh won 33% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yunchaokete | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 10 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 10/16 |
| % Converted | 100% | 63% |
| Conceded | 7 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 36% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 9 |
Bu broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. The Chinese was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 7 break points. Shelbayh broke his opponent 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Abedallah conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 36% of the break points that he conceded.
| Yunchaokete | |||
| Q1 Broom |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 63-53 | 63-53 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 38/64 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 17/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shelbayh | |||
| Q1 Parker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 79-66 | 79-66 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 23% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 55/73 | 55/73 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 18/55 | 18/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 33% | 33% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 10 | 10 | |
| Converted | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/14 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 36% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 9 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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