Abedallah Shelbayh and Marek Gengel will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 204, Abedallah got to the 2^nd round after beating Trey Hilderbrand 6-3 3-6 7-5.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 437, Marek reached the 2^nd round after defeating Naoki Nakagawa 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st 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

Tennis Scores in Las Vegas Challenger

• Colton SmithSmith – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• 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