Abedallah Shelbayh and Khumoun Sultanov will play each other in the quarter of the Manacor Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on PISTA 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Abedallah Shelbayh who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Abedallah Shelbayh is the pick to win this match.
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 1.58
Khumoun Sultanov -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Khumoun Sultanov

There is no head to head record between Abedallah Shelbayh and Khumoun Sultanov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Abedallah Shelbayh

Ranked no. 215, Shelbayh got to the quarter after defeating Naoya Honda 7-6(1) 4-6 6-3 and Inaki Montes-De La Torre 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Shelbayh had a good straight sets win against Montes-De La Torre (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match, Shelbayh scored 77 points vs Montes-De La Torre’s 69. Abedallah was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shelbayh recorded 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Abedallah Shelbayh lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shelbayh put 56% of his first serves in, winning 83% (35/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Abedallah broke Montes-De La Torre twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Shelbayh has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (108-74). 13-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelbayh has a compiled64-35 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

Shelbayh’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger.

Abedallah has an overall 28-23 win-loss record in 2024, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Manacor Challenger

Abedallah has never competed in this tournament before.

Khumoun Sultanov

Ranked no. 264 (career-high), the Uzbek reached the quarter after beating Fabrizio Andaloro 6-3 6-1, Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 6-4 6-4, Robin Bertrand 6-2 6-7(4) 6-4 and Raphael Collignon 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Uzbek had a good straight sets win against Collignon (6-3 6-4). During the match Sultanov scored 67 points vs Collignon’s 54. Sultanov was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Sultanov bagged 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Khumoun Sultanov was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Uzbek broke Collignon 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Uzbek started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Uzbek’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Doha,M25 Doha,M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio,M15 Chandigarh,M25 Duffel,M25 Brussels,M25 Kassel,M25 Astana and Nova.

The Uzbek has an aggregate 58-16 win-loss record in 2024, 39-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelbayh	Sultanov
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	9
Tot Games	55	86
Pts	178-162	289-231
Total Points	340	520
Winners	81	111
%Winners	46%	38%

Shelbayh played 2 matches while Sultanov competed in 4 matches. Sultanov started his run from the qualifications while Shelbayh had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Abedallah Shelbayh conceded 1 set, while Khumoun Sultanov surrendered 1 set. Shelbayh has played 4 set(s) less than Sultanov (5 vs 9). Therefore, Shelbayh played 31 games less than Sultanov. Shelbayh scored 81 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Khumoun made 111 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelbayh	Sultanov
Aces	13	28
Avg per match	6.5	7
1st in	97/176	149/251
%1st in	55%	59%
1st pts	81/97	111/149
%1st pts	84%	74%
2nd pts	40/79	56/102
%2nd pts	51%	55%

Shelbayh scored 13 aces (6.5 per match). Sultanov recorded 28 aces (7 per match). Shelbayh won 84% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Sultanov won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelbayh	Sultanov
Won	4	18
Converted	4/10	18/43
% Converted	40%	42%
Conceded	16	15
Saved	13	8
% Saved	81%	53%
Times Broken	3	7

Shelbayh broke his opponents 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Abedallah conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. Khumoun broke his opponents 18 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Uzbek conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelbayh
	R1 Honda	R2 Montes-De La Torre	Total
Score	7-61 4-6 6-3	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	32	23	55
pts	101-93	77-69	178-162
Total points	194	146	340
Winners	46	35	81
%Winners	46%	45%	46%
SERVE
Aces	6	7	13
Double Faults	4	4	8
1st in	55/101	42/75	97/176
% 1st in	54%	56%	55%
1st pts	46/55	35/42	81/97
% 1st pts	84%	83%	84%
2nd pts	24/46	16/33	40/79
% 2nd pts	52%	48%	51%
Breaks
Won	2	2	4
Converted	2/6	2/4	4/10
Converted %	33%	50%	40%
Conceded	9	7	16
Saved	7/9	6/7	13
Saved %	78%	86%	82%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Sultanov
	Q1 Andaloro	Q3 Gueymard	R1 Bertrand	R2 Collignon	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	6-4 6-4	6-2 6-74 6-4	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	16	20	31	19	86
pts	60-34	64-53	98-90	67-54	289-231
Total points	94	117	188	121	520
Winners	22	26	39	24	111
%Winners	37%	41%	40%	36%	38%
SERVE
Aces	6	6	9	7	28
Double Faults	1	0	2	2	5
1st in	24/40	34/52	57/91	34/68	149/251
% 1st in	60%	65%	63%	50%	59%
1st pts	22/24	26/34	39/57	24/34	111/149
% 1st pts	92%	76%	68%	71%	74%
2nd pts	10/16	9/18	18/34	19/34	56/102
% 2nd pts	63%	50%	53%	56%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	4	6	4	18
Converted	4/10	4/10	6/14	4/9	18/43
Converted %	40%	40%	43%	44%	42%
Conceded	0	3	5	7	15
Saved	0/0	1/3	2/5	5/7	8
Saved %	–	33%	40%	71%	72%
Times Broken	0	2	3	2	7

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