Abedallah Shelbayh and Eliot Spizzirri will face off in the 2^nd round of the Tiburon Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on KENNEDY-GROSSMAN. 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 Abedallah Shelbayh who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Abedallah Shelbayh is the pick to win this match.
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 1.56
Eliot Spizzirri -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Eliot Spizzirri

This will be the 2^nd time that Abedallah Shelbayh and Eliot Spizzirri square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelbayh (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Shelbayh won 6-1 6-0 in the 1^st round in the Columbus Challenger back in September 2024.

Abedallah Shelbayh

Ranked no. 239, Shelbayh reached the 2^nd

round after defeating Edas Butvilas 6-4 7-6(2).

In the 1^st round, Shelbayh had a good straight sets win against Butvilas (6-4 7-6²). During the match, Shelbayh scored 70 points vs Butvilas’s 66. Abedallah was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelbayh scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Abedallah Shelbayh lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Shelbayh put 61% of his first serves in, winning 79% (33/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The broke Butvilas twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Shelbayh has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (115-78). 18-12 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelbayh has a composed69-38 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.

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

The has a compiled 35-27 win-loss record in 2024, 18-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tiburon Challenger

Eliot Spizzirri

Ranked no. 301, Eliot reached the 2^nd round after beating Ozan Baris 3-6 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Baris, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Spizzirri scored 83 points vs Baris’s 82. Eliot was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Spizzirri scored 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Eliot Spizzirri lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Spizzirri put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (37/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Spizzirri broke Baris 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Eliot’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Wichita,M25 Tulsa and M25 Laval.

The American has a composed 25-11 win-loss record in 2024, 24-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tiburon Challenger

Eliot has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelbayh	Spizzirri
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	23	27
Pts	70-66	83-82
Total Points	136	165
Winners	33	37
%Winners	47%	45%

Both Shelbayh and Spizzirri played 1 match. At the moment, Eliot Spizzirri lost 1 set while Abedallah Shelbayh hasn’t lost a set so far. Shelbayh has played 1 set(s) less than Spizzirri (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shelbayh played 4 games less than Spizzirri. Shelbayh scored 33 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Spizzirri recorded 37 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelbayh	Spizzirri
Aces	1	7
Avg per match	1	7
1st in	42/69	54/85
%1st in	61%	64%
1st pts	33/42	37/54
%1st pts	79%	69%
2nd pts	13/27	14/31
%2nd pts	48%	45%

Shelbayh made 1 ace . Spizzirri also bagged 7 aces . Shelbayh won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Spizzirri won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelbayh	Spizzirri
Won	2	5
Converted	2/3	5/10
% Converted	67%	50%
Conceded	2	6
Saved	1	3
% Saved	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	3

Shelbayh broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Eliot broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Spizzirri conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelbayh
	R1 Butvilas	Total
Score	6-4 7-62
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	70-66	70-66
Total points	136	136
Winners	33	33
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	42/69	42/69
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	33/42	33/42
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	13/27	13/27
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/3
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Spizzirri
	R1 Baris	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	83-82	83-82
Total points	165	165
Winners	37	37
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	54/85	54/85
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	37/54	37/54
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	14/31	14/31
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	3/6	3
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	3	3

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