Abedallah Shelbayh and Jiri Vesely will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on COURT 9. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Abedallah Shelbayh who should win in 3 sets.
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 1.68
Jiri Vesely -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Jiri Vesely
There is no head to head record between Abedallah Shelbayh and Jiri Vesely since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Abedallah Shelbayh
37 - 31win/loss
232
181
| 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. 229, Shelbayh got to the qualifications after defeating Norbert Gombos 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Shelbayh had a good straight sets win against Gombos (6-4 6-4). During the match, Shelbayh scored 66 points vs Gombos’s 59. Abedallah was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelbayh bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Abedallah Shelbayh lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shelbayh put 61% of his first serves in, winning 62% (26/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. Shelbayh broke Gombos 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Shelbayh has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (117-82). 8-6 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelbayh has a compiled18-14 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger and the Las Vegas Challenger.
The has a composed 37-31 win-loss record in 2024, 8-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Shelbayh has never competed in this tournament before.
Jiri Vesely
20 - 27win/loss
340
35
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-27 | 6-8 | 7-12 | 6-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-15 | 5-3 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 20-19 | 12-10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-27 | 4-5 | 8-12 | 9-5 | 2-3 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 8-5 | 9-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 337, Jiri reached the qualifications after beating Kalin Ivanovski 6-4 7-6(3).
In the qualifications, Jiri had a good straight sets win against Ivanovski (6-4 7-63). During the match Vesely scored 72 points vs Ivanovski’s 64. Vesely was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Vesely managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jiri Vesely was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (39/50) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vesely was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ivanovski once.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Prague Challenger where he beat Gauthier Onclin in the final 6-2 3-6 7-6(3).
The Czech has an overall 20-27 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelbayh | Vesely |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 |
| Pts | 66-59 | 72-64 |
| Total Points | 125 | 136 |
| Winners | 26 | 39 |
| %Winners | 39% | 54% |
Both Shelbayh and Vesely played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shelbayh and Vesely have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Shelbayh played 3 games less than Vesely. Abedallah scored 26 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Vesely blasted 39 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelbayh | Vesely |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 42/69 | 50/70 |
| %1st in | 61% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 26/42 | 39/50 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 13/20 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 65% |
Shelbayh blasted 3 aces . Vesely struck 6 aces . Shelbayh won 62% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Vesely won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelbayh | Vesely |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 1 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 1/1 |
| % Converted | 44% | 100% |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Abedallah broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Shelbayh lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Vesely broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Jiri was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Shelbayh | |||
| Q1 Gombos | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-59 | 66-59 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/69 | 42/69 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/42 | 26/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Vesely | |||
| Q1 Ivanovski | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 72-64 | 72-64 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/70 | 50/70 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 39/50 | 39/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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