Mitchell Krueger and Abedallah Shelbayh will play each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Court 11. 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 Mitchell Krueger who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mitchell Krueger is the pick to win this match.
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.74
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 2.05

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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Abedallah Shelbayh

This will be the 2nd time that Mitchell Krueger and Abedallah Shelbayh face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Krueger (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Krueger won 3-6 6-1 6-4 in the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger back in June 2024.

Mitchell Krueger

Mitchell Krueger

35 - 21win/loss

Hard
24-11
I Hard
1-2
Clay
9-7
Grass
1-1
Rank
170
High
135
WLLWWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-21 24-11 9-7 1-2 1-1 0-0
2023 29-29 15-19 4-4 10-6 0-0 0-0
2022 29-28 18-15 6-5 1-6 4-2 0-0
2021 29-24 19-12 5-5 3-5 2-2 0-0
2020 17-13 14-8 1-3 2-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 170, Mitchell got to the qualifications after defeating Vit Kopriva 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, Krueger had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (6-3 6-3). During the match, Krueger scored 62 points vs Kopriva’s 49. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Krueger couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Mitchell Krueger lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 50% of his first serves in, winning 62% (18/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 72% (21/29) on the 2nd serve. Mitchell broke Kopriva 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Krueger has good record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (296-278). 24-11 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Krueger has an overall 207-169 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Indian Wells 1 Challenger where he defeated Brandon Holt in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 and the Little Rock Challenger where he overcame Yuta Shimizu in the final 6-3 6-4.

Mitchell has an overall 35-21 win-loss record in 2024, 24-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Krueger's Record

Abedallah Shelbayh

Abedallah Shelbayh

26 - 22win/loss

Hard
11-8
I Hard
4-2
Clay
10-11
Grass
1-1
Rank
214
High
181
WLWWLLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-22 11-8 10-11 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. 214, Abedallah got to the qualifications after beating Brandon Holt 3-6 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications against Holt, Shelbayh recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Shelbayh scored 84 points vs Holt’s 80. Abedallah was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Shelbayh bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Abedallah Shelbayh lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shelbayh put 64% of his first serves in, winning 64% (36/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Abedallah broke Holt 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Abedallah started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Abedallah’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger.

Shelbayh has a compiled 26-22 win-loss record in 2024, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

U.S. Open
Shelbayh's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Krueger
A.Shelbayh
1h:26
1h:26
Time on court​
1h:54
1h:54
1h:26
1h:26
Last match​
1h:54
1h:54
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
27
27
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
62
62
Total points​
84
84
62
62
Avg point​
84
84
18
18
Winners
36
36
18
18
Avg Winners​
36
36
29%
29%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
3
3
0
0
Avg Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
2
2
Avg Double Faults
4
4
18/29
18/29
1st won total​
36/56
36/56
62%
62%
1st won %
64%
64%
21/29
21/29
2nd won total​
16/32
16/32
!
72%
72%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
BP won
5/6
5/6
4/8
4/8
Avg BP won
5/6
5/6
50%
50%
Won
!
83%
83%
2
2
Conceded
9
9
2
2
Avg Conceded
9
9
1
1
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
1
1
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Krueger Shelbayh
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 18 27
Pts 62-49 84-80
Total Points 111 164
Winners 18 36
%Winners 29% 43%

Both Krueger and Shelbayh played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Abedallah Shelbayh dropped 1 set while Mitchell Krueger hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Krueger has played 1 set(s) less than Shelbayh (2 vs 3). Therefore, Krueger played 9 games less than Shelbayh. The American scored 18 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Abedallah managed to score 36 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Krueger Shelbayh
Aces 0 3
Avg per match 0 3
1st in 29/58 56/88
%1st in 50% 64%
1st pts 18/29 36/56
%1st pts 62% 64%
2nd pts 21/29 16/32
%2nd pts 72% 50%

Krueger didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Shelbayh struck 3 aces . Krueger won 62% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Shelbayh won 64% of the points on 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 Krueger Shelbayh
Won 4 5
Converted 4/8 5/6
% Converted 50% 83%
Conceded 2 9
Saved 1 6
% Saved 50% 67%
Times Broken 1 3

Krueger broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mitchell dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Abedallah broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Krueger
Q1
Kopriva
Total
Score 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 62-49 62-49
Total points 111 111
Winners 18 18
%Winners 29% 29%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 29/58 29/58
% 1st in 50% 50%
1st pts 18/29 18/29
% 1st pts 62% 62%
2nd pts 21/29 21/29
% 2nd pts 72% 72%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Shelbayh
Q1
Holt
Q1
Holt
Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 27 27 54
pts 84-80 84-80 168-160
Total points 164 164 328
Winners 36 36 72
%Winners 43% 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 3 3 6
Double Faults 4 4 8
1st in 56/88 56/88 112/176
% 1st in 64% 64% 64%
1st pts 36/56 36/56 72/112
% 1st pts 64% 64% 64%
2nd pts 16/32 16/32 32/64
% 2nd pts 50% 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 5 5 10
Converted 5/6 5/6 10/12
Converted % 83% 83% 83%
Conceded 9 9 18
Saved 6/9 6/9 12
Saved % 67% 67% 134%
Times Broken 3 3 6

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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