Tyler Zink and Abedallah Shelbayh will face off in the 2^nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. 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 -> 1.85
Tyler Zink -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Tyler Zink vs. Abedallah Shelbayh

There is no head to head record between Tyler Zink and Abedallah Shelbayh since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tyler Zink

Ranked no. 360, Zink got to the 2^nd round after beating Alexander Bernard 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Zink had a good straight sets win against Bernard (6-3 6-3). During the match, Zink scored 67 points vs Bernard’s 50. Zink was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zink fired 4 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Tyler Zink was very effective on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Bernard 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Zink has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (94-75). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zink has a composed17-10 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Orange Park.

Tyler has an aggregate 30-23 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Abedallah Shelbayh

Ranked no. 428, Shelbayh reached the 2^nd round after defeating Murphy Cassone 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Shelbayh had a good straight sets win against Cassone (6-4 6-4). During the match Shelbayh scored 69 points vs Cassone’s 58. Shelbayh was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Shelbayh bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Abedallah Shelbayh was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (30/39) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Abedallah broke Cassone twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

The’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Astana Challenger.

Abedallah has a composed 17-25 win-loss record in 2025, 3-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zink	Shelbayh
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	20
Pts	67-50	69-58
Total Points	117	127
Winners	19	30
%Winners	28%	43%

Both Zink and Shelbayh played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zink and Shelbayh have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zink played 2 games less than Shelbayh. The American scored 19 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Shelbayh blasted 30 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zink	Shelbayh
Aces	4	2
Avg per match	4	2
1st in	25/48	39/66
%1st in	52%	59%
1st pts	19/25	30/39
%1st pts	76%	77%
2nd pts	15/23	18/27
%2nd pts	65%	67%

Zink blasted 4 aces . Shelbayh scored 2 aces . Zink won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Shelbayh won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zink	Shelbayh
Won	4	2
Converted	4/6	2/6
% Converted	67%	33%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2	3
% Saved	67%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

Tyler broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Zink surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Shelbayh broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Abedallah was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Zink
	R1 Bernard	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	67-50	67-50
Total points	117	117
Winners	19	19
%Winners	28%	28%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	25/48	25/48
% 1st in	52%	52%
1st pts	19/25	19/25
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	15/23	15/23
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Shelbayh
	R1 Cassone	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	69-58	69-58
Total points	127	127
Winners	30	30
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	39/66	39/66
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	30/39	30/39
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	18/27	18/27
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger

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• Alfredo PerezPerez – Justin BoulaisBoulais (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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