Pablo Carreno-Busta and Abedallah Shelbayh will face off in the quarter of the Tenerife 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Carreno-Busta who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Pablo Carreno-Busta is the pick to win this match.
Pablo Carreno-Busta -> 1.25
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 3.64

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Prediction and head to head Pablo Carreno-Busta vs. Abedallah Shelbayh

There is no head to head record between Pablo Carreno-Busta and Abedallah Shelbayh since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Pablo Carreno-Busta

Ranked no. 133, Carreno-Busta reached the quarter after beating Jie Cui 6-3 6-4 and Antoine Escoffier w/o.

In the 2^nd round, The Spaniard defeated Escoffier (w/o). During the match, Carreno-Busta and Escoffier scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 133 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Pablo was not very aggressive to strike just winners.

Regarding the service games, Carreno-Busta was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Pablo Carreno-Busta conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.

Carreno-Busta has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (260-173). 8-4 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Carreno-Busta has an overall 123-71 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he beat Alejandro Moro Canas in the final 6-3 6-2.

The Spaniard has an overall 9-5 win-loss record in 2025, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tenerife 2 Challenger

Carreno-Busta has never competed in this tournament before.

Abedallah Shelbayh

Ranked no. 265, the got to the quarter after beating Vilius Gaubas 4-6 6-4 7-5 and Andres Andrade 7-6(5) 2-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The defeated Andrade (7-6⁵ 2-6 6-4).During the match Shelbayh scored less points (8) than Andrade. In fact, the world no. 133 won 103 points vs Andrade’s. That means that Shelbayh was more focused during the important points. The was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Shelbayh fired 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Abedallah Shelbayh lost the serve 6 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shelbayh put 51% of his first serves in, winning 62% (33/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (24/50) on the 2nd serve. The broke Andrade 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shelbayh has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.

The has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Carreno-Busta	Shelbayh
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	19	63
Pts	70-57	206-205
Total Points	127	411
Winners	28	80
%Winners	40%	39%

Carreno-Busta played 1 match while Shelbayh competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Abedallah Shelbayh dropped 2 sets while Pablo Carreno-Busta hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Carreno-Busta has played 4 set(s) less than Shelbayh (2 vs 6). Therefore, Carreno-Busta played 44 games less than Shelbayh. The Spaniard scored 28 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The scored 80 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Carreno-Busta	Shelbayh
Aces	11	11
Avg per match	11	5.5
1st in	36/53	118/200
%1st in	68%	59%
1st pts	28/36	80/118
%1st pts	78%	68%
2nd pts	10/17	38/82
%2nd pts	59%	46%

Carreno-Busta bagged 11 aces . Shelbayh bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Carreno-Busta won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Shelbayh won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Carreno-Busta	Shelbayh
Won	3	10
Converted	3/10	10/26
% Converted	30%	38%
Conceded	2	22
Saved	1	12
% Saved	50%	55%
Times Broken	1	10

Carreno-Busta broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Carreno-Busta conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Abedallah broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. The conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.

Carreno-Busta
	R1 Cui	R2 Escoffier	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	w/o
Tot Set	2	–	2
Tot Games	19	–	19
pts	70-57	–	70-57
Total points	127	–	127
Winners	28	–	28
%Winners	40%	–	40%
SERVE
Aces	11	–	11
Double Faults	0	–	0
1st in	36/53	–	36/53
% 1st in	68%	–	68%
1st pts	28/36	–	28/36
% 1st pts	78%	–	78%
2nd pts	10/17	–	10/17
% 2nd pts	59%	–	59%
Breaks
Won	3	–	3
Converted	3/10	–	3/10
Converted %	30%	–	30%
Conceded	2	–	2
Saved	1/2	–	1
Saved %	50%	–	25%
Times Broken	1	–	1

Shelbayh
	R1 Gaubas	R2 Andrade	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 7-5	7-65 2-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	32	31	63
pts	103-94	103-111	206-205
Total points	197	214	411
Winners	47	33	80
%Winners	46%	32%	39%
SERVE
Aces	6	5	11
Double Faults	5	5	10
1st in	65/97	53/103	118/200
% 1st in	67%	51%	59%
1st pts	47/65	33/53	80/118
% 1st pts	72%	62%	68%
2nd pts	14/32	24/50	38/82
% 2nd pts	44%	48%	46%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/14	5/12	10/26
Converted %	36%	42%	38%
Conceded	10	12	22
Saved	6/10	6/12	12
Saved %	60%	50%	55%
Times Broken	4	6	10

Tennis Scores in Tenerife 2 Challenger

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