Abedallah Shelbayh and Bruno Kuzuhara will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Tyler Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Abedallah Shelbayh who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Abedallah Shelbayh is the pick to win this match.
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 1.27
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Bruno Kuzuhara
There is no head to head record between Abedallah Shelbayh and Bruno Kuzuhara since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Abedallah Shelbayh
20 - 16win/loss
220
181
LWLWWLWWWL | 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. 248, Abedallah reached the 2nd round after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round, Abedallah had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (7-5 6-1). During the match, Shelbayh scored 65 points vs Ramanathan’s 47. The was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelbayh managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Abedallah Shelbayh was exceptionally effective on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The broke Ramanathan 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Shelbayh has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (99-67). 9-7 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelbayh has a compiled60-33 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Abedallah’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger.
Shelbayh has an aggregate 19-16 win-loss record in 2024, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tyler Challenger
The has never competed in this tournament before.
Bruno Kuzuhara
20 - 16win/loss
421
414
LWLLWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-18 | 6-6 | 15-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-30 | 13-6 | 28-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-23 | 8-13 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-13 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 436 (career-high), the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Moerani Bouzige 6-76 7-67 6-3.
In the 1st round against Bouzige, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 7-67 6-3). During the match Kuzuhara scored 133 points vs Bouzige’s 125. Kuzuhara was quite aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuzuhara fired 5 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Bruno Kuzuhara lost the serve 5 times and he saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 66% of his first serves in, winning 66% (60/91) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (20/47) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Bouzige 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Bruno’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Pensacola.
Bruno has a compiled 20-15 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tyler Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelbayh | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 35 |
| Pts | 65-47 | 133-125 |
| Total Points | 112 | 258 |
| Winners | 28 | 60 |
| %Winners | 43% | 45% |
Both Shelbayh and Kuzuhara played 1 match. At the moment, Bruno Kuzuhara dropped 1 set while Abedallah Shelbayh hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shelbayh has played 1 set(s) less than Kuzuhara (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shelbayh played 16 games less than Kuzuhara. Abedallah scored 28 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Bruno struck 60 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelbayh | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 5 |
| 1st in | 34/61 | 91/138 |
| %1st in | 56% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 60/91 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 20/47 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 43% |
Shelbayh fired 10 aces . Kuzuhara recorded 5 aces . Shelbayh won 82% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Kuzuhara won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelbayh | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 60% | 55% |
| Conceded | 4 | 19 |
| Saved | 4 | 14 |
| % Saved | 100% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. Bruno broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Bruno conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelbayh | |||
| R1 Ramanathan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 65-47 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/61 | 34/61 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 28/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kuzuhara | |||
| R1 Bouzige |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 7-67 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 133-125 | 133-125 | |
| Total points | 258 | 258 | |
| Winners | 60 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 91/138 | 91/138 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 60/91 | 60/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/47 | 20/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 19 | 19 | |
| Saved | 14/19 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 74% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Andres AndradeAndrade (6-2 2-6 7-61) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Leo BorgBorg (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Rudy QuanQuan (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-76 7-67 6-3) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Aidan MayoMayo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Liam DraxlDraxl – Nick ChappellChappell (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-2 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Trevor SvajdaSvajda (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Blaise BicknellBicknell (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Rudy QuanQuan (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-2 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Aidan MayoMayo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Liam DraxlDraxl – Nick ChappellChappell (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-7(6) 7-6(7) 6-3) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Leo BorgBorg (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Tung-Lin WuWu (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Liam DraxlDraxl (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Christian LangmoLangmo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
