Abedallah Shelbayh and Marek Gengel will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on STADIUM COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.184
Marek Gengel -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Marek Gengel
There is no head to head record between Abedallah Shelbayh and Marek Gengel since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Abedallah Shelbayh
30 - 24win/loss
232
181
WLLWLLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-31 | 18-13 | 10-11 | 8-6 | 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. 204, Abedallah got to the 2nd round after beating Trey Hilderbrand 6-3 3-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Abedallah defeated Hilderbrand (6-3 3-6 7-5). During the match, Shelbayh scored 110 points vs Hilderbrand’s 105. The was quite aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelbayh made 10 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Abedallah Shelbayh lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Shelbayh put 66% of his first serves in, winning 72% (53/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. Shelbayh broke Hilderbrand 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Shelbayh has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (109-75). 14-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelbayh has an aggregate65-36 record in the last 5 years on hard.
The’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger.
Abedallah has an overall 29-24 win-loss record in 2024, 14-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
Shelbayh has never competed in this tournament before.
Marek Gengel
41 - 22win/loss
301
256
LWWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64-24 | 61-20 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-27 | 14-15 | 0-7 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 28-16 | 4-8 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 47-14 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-17 | 16-12 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 437, Marek reached the 2nd round after defeating Naoki Nakagawa 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Gengel had a good straight sets win against Nakagawa (6-3 6-2). During the match Gengel scored 59 points vs Nakagawa’s 38. Marek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Gengel struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marek Gengel was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Nakagawa 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
The Czech’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
The Czech has a compiled 41-21 win-loss record in 2024, 38-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelbayh | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 17 |
| Pts | 110-105 | 59-38 |
| Total Points | 215 | 97 |
| Winners | 53 | 29 |
| %Winners | 48% | 49% |
Both Shelbayh and Gengel played 1 match. At the moment, Abedallah Shelbayh conceded 1 set while Marek Gengel hasn’t lost a set so far. Shelbayh has played 1 set more than Gengel (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shelbayh played 13 games more than Gengel. The scored 53 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech fired 29 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelbayh | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 5 |
| 1st in | 74/112 | 35/53 |
| %1st in | 66% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 53/74 | 29/35 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 11/18 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 61% |
Shelbayh made 10 aces . Gengel scored 5 aces . Shelbayh won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Gengel won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelbayh | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 29% | 75% |
| Conceded | 14 | 1 |
| Saved | 11 | 1 |
| % Saved | 79% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Abedallah broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Abedallah surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Gengel was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Shelbayh | |||
| R1 Hilderbrand |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 110-105 | 110-105 | |
| Total points | 215 | 215 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 74/112 | 74/112 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 53/74 | 53/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 17/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 11/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 79% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gengel | |||
| R1 Nakagawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-38 | 59-38 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/53 | 35/53 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 29/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWWWW Tennis Scores in Las Vegas Challenger
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- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Brandon HoltHolt (7-63 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Karue SellSell – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Collin AltamiranoAltamirano (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Andres MartinMartin – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-3 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Kaylan BigunBigun – Govind NandaNanda (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Marek GengelGengel – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Omni KumarKumar (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Quinn VandecasteeleVandecasteele – Luke SavilleSaville (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Learner TienTien – Alex RybakovRybakov (6-76 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Johannus MondayMonday (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Cannon KingsleyKingsley – James TracyTracy (5-7 7-60 6-3) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Micah BraswellBraswell (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernard TomicTomic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karue SellSell – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Denis KudlaKudla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cannon KingsleyKingsley – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
