Damir Dzumhur and Abedallah Shelbayh will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Montemar Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on IVAN NAVARRO COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Damir Dzumhur who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.35
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 2.99

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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Abedallah Shelbayh

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

The last time that they locked horns, Dzumhur won 6-1 6-1 in the 1^st round in the Brest Challenger back in October 2024.

Damir Dzumhur

Ranked no. 106, Damir got to the 2^nd round after defeating Javier Barranco Cosano 6-7(4) 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Barranco Cosano, Dzumhur recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-3). During the match, Dzumhur scored 110 points vs Barranco Cosano’s 91. Damir was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dzumhur made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve 7 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 69% of his first serves in, winning 53% (40/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the 2nd serve. Damir broke Barranco Cosano 9 times after converting 60% of his break points (9/15).

Dzumhur has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (354-287). 23-6 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dzumhur has an aggregate 158-112 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Barletta Challenger where he defeated Harold Mayot in the final 6-1 6-3 and the Ostrava Challenger where he beat Henri Squire in the final 6-2 4-6 7-5 and the Zagreb Challenger where he beat Luka Mikrut in the final 7-5 6-0 and the Santo Domingo Challenger where he defeated Andres Andrade in the final 6-4 6-4 and the Istanbul Challenger where he overcame Hamad Medjedovic in the final 6-4 6-2.

The Bosnian has an aggregate 42-29 win-loss record in 2024, 23-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Montemar Challenger

Dzumhur has never competed in this tournament before.

Abedallah Shelbayh

Ranked no. 249, Abedallah got to the 2^nd round after beating Andrea Pellegrino 1-1 ret..

In the 1^st round against Pellegrino, the had a free pass after Pellegrino retired on a 1-1 . scoreline.

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

The has an overall 38-33 win-loss record in 2024, 11-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dzumhur	Shelbayh
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	32	2
Pts	110-91	11-10
Total Points	201	21
Winners	40	0
%Winners	36%	0%

Both Dzumhur and Shelbayh played 1 match. At the moment, Damir Dzumhur dropped 1 set while Abedallah Shelbayh hasn’t lost a set so far. Dzumhur has played 1 set more than Shelbayh (3 vs 2). Therefore, Dzumhur played 30 games more than Shelbayh. The Bosnian scored 40 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The managed to score 0 winners (0%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dzumhur	Shelbayh
Aces	2	0
Avg per match	2	0
1st in	75/109	2/5
%1st in	69%	40%
1st pts	40/75	0/2
%1st pts	53%	0%
2nd pts	20/34	1/3
%2nd pts	59%	33%

Dzumhur made 2 aces . Shelbayh didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Dzumhur won 53% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Shelbayh won 0% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dzumhur	Shelbayh
Won	9	1
Converted	9/15	1/5
% Converted	60%	20%
Conceded	13	1
Saved	6	0
% Saved	46%	0%
Times Broken	7	1

Dzumhur broke his opponent 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Damir lost his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded. Abedallah broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Shelbayh conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Dzumhur
	R1 Barranco	Total
Score	6-74 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	110-91	110-91
Total points	201	201
Winners	40	40
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	75/109	75/109
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	40/75	40/75
% 1st pts	53%	53%
2nd pts	20/34	20/34
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	9	9
Converted	9/15	9/15
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	6/13	6
Saved %	46%	46%
Times Broken	7	7

Shelbayh
	R1 Pellegrino	Total
Score	1-1 ret.
Tot Set	1	1
Tot Games	2	2
pts	11-10	11-10
Total points	21	21
Winners	0	0
%Winners	0%	0%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	2/5	2/5
% 1st in	40%	40%
1st pts	0/2	0/2
% 1st pts	0%	0%
2nd pts	1/3	1/3
% 2nd pts	33%	33%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/5	1/5
Converted %	20%	20%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Montemar Challenger

• Edas ButvilasButvilas – Sumit NagalNagal (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Miguel DamasDamas (7-6⁰ 6-1) – See score progression
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Svyatoslav GulinGulin – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Daniel RinconRincon (6-2 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Iliyan RadulovRadulov – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (7-5 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Francesco PassaroPassaro (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
• Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (1-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Nick HardtHardt – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-3 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Vilius GaubasGaubas (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Fabio FogniniFognini – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nick HardtHardt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (3-3) – H2H and prediction