Learner Tien and Abedallah Shelbayh will face off in the semifinal of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.53
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Abedallah Shelbayh
There is no head to head record between Learner Tien and Abedallah Shelbayh since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Learner Tien
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 63-14 | 53-8 | 0-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-10 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-11 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 193, the American reached the semifinal after beating Alex Rybakov 6-7(6) 6-2 6-2, Cannon Kingsley 6-3 6-3 and Bernard Tomic 7-5 ret..
In the quarter against Tomic, Learner had a free pass after Tomic retired on a 7-5 . scoreline.
Tien has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 75% of his matches (84-28). 42-6 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tien has an aggregate70-21 record in the last 3 years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he overcame Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
The American has an overall 42-7 win-loss record in 2024, 42-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
Tien has never competed in this tournament before.
Abedallah Shelbayh
31 - 25win/loss
250
181
LLWWLLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-35 | 18-13 | 12-13 | 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. 204, Shelbayh got to the semifinal after defeating Trey Hilderbrand 6-3 3-6 7-5, Marek Gengel 6-3 6-4 and Denis Kudla 6-4 3-6 6-2.
In the quarter, Abedallah defeated Kudla (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match Shelbayh scored 80 points vs Kudla’s 68. The was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Shelbayh managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Abedallah Shelbayh was very effective on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Shelbayh broke Kudla 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shelbayh has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Abedallah’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger.
Shelbayh has a composed 31-24 win-loss record in 2024, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tien | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 76 |
| Pts | 227-181 | 256-229 |
| Total Points | 408 | 485 |
| Winners | 81 | 114 |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% |
Both Tien and Shelbayh played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Learner Tien conceded 1 set, while Abedallah Shelbayh conceded 2 sets. Tien has played 1 set(s) less than Shelbayh (7 vs 8). Therefore, Tien played 17 games less than Shelbayh. Learner scored 81 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Abedallah made 114 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tien | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 117/188 | 155/250 |
| %1st in | 62% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 81/117 | 114/155 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 39/71 | 49/95 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 52% |
Tien recorded 3 aces (1 per match). Shelbayh scored 19 aces (6.3 per match). Tien won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Shelbayh won 74% of the points on 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 | Tien | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 11 |
| Converted | 13/33 | 11/29 |
| % Converted | 39% | 38% |
| Conceded | 19 | 26 |
| Saved | 14 | 19 |
| % Saved | 74% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
Learner broke his opponents 13 times with a 39% conversion rate. Tien surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. The broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. Shelbayh conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tien | |||||
| R1 Rybakov |
R2 Kingsley |
1/4 Tomic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 18 | 12 | 59 | |
| pts | 116-102 | 64-44 | 47-35 | 227-181 | |
| Total points | 218 | 108 | 82 | 408 | |
| Winners | 43 | 19 | 19 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 30% | 40% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 69/106 | 24/46 | 24/36 | 117/188 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 52% | 67% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 43/69 | 19/24 | 19/24 | 81/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 79% | 79% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 15/22 | 5/12 | 39/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 68% | 42% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | |
| Converted | 7/18 | 4/13 | 2/2 | 13/33 | |
| Converted % | 39% | 31% | 100% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 2 | 2 | 19 | |
| Saved | 12/15 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 50% | 50% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Shelbayh | |||||
| R1 Hilderbrand |
R2 Gengel |
1/4 Kudla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 19 | 27 | 76 | |
| pts | 110-105 | 66-56 | 80-68 | 256-229 | |
| Total points | 215 | 122 | 148 | 485 | |
| Winners | 53 | 30 | 31 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 45% | 39% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 74/112 | 39/64 | 42/74 | 155/250 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 61% | 57% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 53/74 | 30/39 | 31/42 | 114/155 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 77% | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 15/25 | 17/32 | 49/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 60% | 53% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 2/7 | 5/8 | 11/29 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | 63% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 4 | 8 | 26 | |
| Saved | 11/14 | 4/4 | 4/8 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 79% | 100% | 50% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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