Cooper Williams and Abedallah Shelbayh will square off in the 2nd round of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 13. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Abedallah Shelbayh who should win in 2 sets.
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 1.24
Cooper Williams -> 3.78
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Prediction and head to head Cooper Williams vs. Abedallah Shelbayh
There is no head to head record between Cooper Williams and Abedallah Shelbayh since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Cooper Williams
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-12 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-12 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 9-10 | 6-5 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Williams reached the 2nd round after beating Yusuke Takahashi 6-4 2-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Takahashi (6-4 2-6 6-4). During the match, Williams scored 82 points vs Takahashi’s 79. Cooper was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Williams managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Cooper Williams was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (34/46) of his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Cooper broke Takahashi twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Williams has a losing record in the last 4 years having won 48% of his matches (22-24). 1-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Williams has an overall10-10 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
Cooper has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Williams has never competed in this tournament before.
Abedallah Shelbayh
17 - 15win/loss
249
181
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-33 | 18-13 | 12-11 | 8-8 | 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. 248, Shelbayh got to the 2nd round after beating Blaise Bicknell 7-64 6-2.
In the 1st round, Abedallah had a good straight sets win against Bicknell (7-64 6-2). During the match Shelbayh scored 77 points vs Bicknell’s 63. Abedallah was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Shelbayh struck 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Abedallah Shelbayh lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Shelbayh put 65% of his first serves in, winning 82% (36/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Abedallah broke Bicknell 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Abedallah has an overall 16-15 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Williams | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 21 |
| Pts | 82-79 | 77-63 |
| Total Points | 161 | 140 |
| Winners | 34 | 36 |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% |
Both Williams and Shelbayh played 1 match. At the moment, Cooper Williams conceded 1 set while Abedallah Shelbayh hasn’t dropped a set so far. Williams has played 1 set more than Shelbayh (3 vs 2). Therefore, Williams played 7 games more than Shelbayh. Williams scored 34 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Abedallah struck 36 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Williams | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 46/77 | 44/68 |
| %1st in | 60% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 36/44 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 10/24 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 42% |
Williams bagged 4 aces . Shelbayh struck 3 aces . Williams won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Shelbayh won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Williams | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 33% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Williams lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Shelbayh broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Williams | |||
| R1 Takahashi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 82-79 | 82-79 | |
| Total points | 161 | 161 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/77 | 46/77 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 34/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 20/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Shelbayh | |||
| R1 Bicknell | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-63 | 77-63 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/68 | 44/68 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 36/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 10/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Little Rock Challenger
- Cooper WilliamsWilliams – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Trevor SvajdaSvajda – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Blaise BicknellBicknell (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Rudy QuanQuan – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Andres MartinMartin – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (7-61 6-2) – See score progression
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Murphy CassoneCassone (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Keegan SmithSmith (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Liam DraxlDraxl (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-0 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Andres AndradeAndrade – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-75 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Aidan MayoMayo – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 5-7 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernard TomicTomic – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Brandon HoltHolt (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Tung-Lin WuWu (3-0) – H2H and prediction