Abedallah Shelbayh and James Kent Trotter will clash against each other in the quarter of the Tyler Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.39
James Kent Trotter -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. James Kent Trotter
There is no head to head record between Abedallah Shelbayh and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Abedallah Shelbayh
20 - 17win/loss
249
181
WLLWLLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-33 | 18-13 | 11-11 | 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 quarter after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-5 6-1 and Bruno Kuzuhara 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Shelbayh had a good straight sets win against Kuzuhara (6-2 6-3). During the match, Shelbayh scored 62 points vs Kuzuhara’s 40. The was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelbayh recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Abedallah Shelbayh was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shelbayh broke Kuzuhara 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shelbayh hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Shelbayh has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (100-67). 10-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelbayh has a composed61-33 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Abedallah’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger.
Abedallah has a composed 20-16 win-loss record in 2024, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tyler Challenger
Shelbayh has never competed in this tournament before.
James Kent Trotter
16 - 12win/loss
182
182
LWWWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-23 | 19-12 | 1-3 | 21-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-13 | 15-10 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-11 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 371 (career-high), Kent got to the quarter after defeating Trevor Svajda 6-4 7-65 and Christian Langmo 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Kent had a good straight sets win against Langmo (6-3 6-4). During the match Kent scored 67 points vs Langmo’s 55. Kent was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Kent managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. James Kent Trotter was pretty efficient on serve to win 86% (31/36) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Langmo twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Japanese has a composed 15-12 win-loss record in 2024, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelbayh | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 42 |
| Pts | 127-87 | 148-121 |
| Total Points | 214 | 269 |
| Winners | 50 | 63 |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% |
Both Shelbayh and Kent played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shelbayh and Kent have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Shelbayh played 6 games less than Kent. Abedallah scored 50 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese recorded 63 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelbayh | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 63/113 | 75/121 |
| %1st in | 56% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 50/63 | 63/75 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 31/50 | 24/46 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 52% |
Shelbayh managed to score 15 aces (7.5 per match). Kent bagged 17 aces (8.5 per match). Shelbayh won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelbayh | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 5/17 |
| % Converted | 58% | 29% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 86% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Shelbayh broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Shelbayh conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. James conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelbayh | ||||
| R1 Ramanathan |
R2 Kuzuhara |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 62-40 | 127-87 | |
| Total points | 112 | 102 | 214 | |
| Winners | 28 | 22 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 35% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 34/61 | 29/52 | 63/113 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 22/29 | 50/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 76% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 15/23 | 31/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 65% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/7 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 57% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kent | ||||
| R1 Svajda |
R2 Langmo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
| pts | 81-66 | 67-55 | 148-121 | |
| Total points | 147 | 122 | 269 | |
| Winners | 32 | 31 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 39/66 | 36/55 | 75/121 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 65% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 31/36 | 63/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 86% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 11/19 | 24/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 58% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/9 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 22% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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