Abedallah Shelbayh and Tyler Zink will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Tiburon Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on KENNEDY-GROSSMAN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.666
Tyler Zink -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Tyler Zink

This will be the 2^nd time that Abedallah Shelbayh and Tyler Zink play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zink (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Zink won 6-4 7-6(6) in the 2^nd round in the Columbus Challenger back in September 2025.

Abedallah Shelbayh

Ranked no. 302, Abedallah reached the semifinal after defeating Jurij Rodionov 7-6(3) 6-4, Alfredo Perez 4-6 6-3 6-2 and Dmitry Popko 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter, The had a good straight sets win against Popko (6-4 6-2). During the match, Shelbayh scored 65 points vs Popko’s 47. Abedallah was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelbayh blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Abedallah Shelbayh was quite effective on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shelbayh broke Popko 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Abedallah has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Shelbayh has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (144-112). 22-10 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelbayh has an aggregate91-49 record in the last 6 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Las Vegas Challenger where he beat Alex Rybakov in the final 6-2 6-4.

Abedallah has an aggregate 25-26 win-loss record in 2025, 22-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tiburon Challenger

Tyler Zink

Ranked no. 347, Zink got to the semifinal after beating Micah Braswell 6-1 6-4, Johannus Monday 6-4 6-3 and Samir Banerjee 6-4 1-6 6-3.

In the quarter, Zink defeated Banerjee (6-4 1-6 6-3).During the match Zink scored less points (2) than Banerjee. In fact, the world no. 302 won 110 points vs Banerjee’s. That means that Zink was more focused during the important points. The American was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Zink managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tyler Zink lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Zink put 56% of his first serves in, winning 64% (37/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (25/45) on the 2nd serve. Zink broke Banerjee twice after converting 10% of his break points (2/20).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Zink’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Orange Park.

The American has an overall 34-25 win-loss record in 2025, 11-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tiburon Challenger

Tyler has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelbayh	Zink
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	68	62
Pts	233-202	232-204
Total Points	435	436
Winners	117	89
%Winners	50%	38%

Both Shelbayh and Zink played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Abedallah Shelbayh dropped 1 set, while Tyler Zink dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shelbayh and Zink have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Shelbayh played 6 games more than Zink. Abedallah scored 117 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Tyler made 89 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelbayh	Zink
Aces	11	15
Avg per match	3.7	5
1st in	156/231	125/222
%1st in	68%	56%
1st pts	117/156	89/125
%1st pts	75%	71%
2nd pts	35/75	54/97
%2nd pts	47%	56%

Shelbayh made 11 aces (3.7 per match). Zink fired 15 aces (5 per match). Shelbayh won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Zink won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelbayh	Zink
Won	9	8
Converted	9/14	8/30
% Converted	64%	27%
Conceded	10	19
Saved	7	16
% Saved	70%	84%
Times Broken	3	3

The broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Abedallah surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Tyler broke his opponents 8 times with a 27% conversion rate. Tyler conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 84% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelbayh
	R1 Rodionov	R2 Perez	1/4 Popko	Total
Score	7-63 6-4	4-6 6-3 6-2	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	23	27	18	68
pts	77-73	91-82	65-47	233-202
Total points	150	173	112	435
Winners	39	50	28	117
%Winners	51%	55%	43%	50%
SERVE
Aces	5	3	3	11
Double Faults	1	4	2	7
1st in	54/82	67/98	35/51	156/231
% 1st in	66%	68%	69%	68%
1st pts	39/54	50/67	28/35	117/156
% 1st pts	72%	75%	80%	75%
2nd pts	15/28	10/31	10/16	35/75
% 2nd pts	54%	32%	63%	47%
Breaks
Won	2	4	3	9
Converted	2/2	4/5	3/7	9/14
Converted %	100%	80%	43%	64%
Conceded	5	5	0	10
Saved	4/5	3/5	0/0	7
Saved %	80%	60%	–	47%
Times Broken	1	2	0	3

Zink
	R1 Braswell	R2 Monday	1/4 Banerjee	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-4 6-3	6-4 1-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	17	19	26	62
pts	63-42	59-50	110-112	232-204
Total points	105	109	222	436
Winners	29	23	37	89
%Winners	46%	39%	34%	38%
SERVE
Aces	6	3	6	15
Double Faults	2	2	1	5
1st in	34/60	33/59	58/103	125/222
% 1st in	57%	56%	56%	56%
1st pts	29/34	23/33	37/58	89/125
% 1st pts	85%	70%	64%	71%
2nd pts	13/26	16/26	25/45	54/97
% 2nd pts	50%	62%	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	3	2	8
Converted	3/4	3/6	2/20	8/30
Converted %	75%	50%	10%	27%
Conceded	5	3	11	19
Saved	5/5	2/3	9/11	16
Saved %	100%	67%	82%	83%
Times Broken	0	1	2	3

Tennis Scores in Tiburon Challenger

• Michael ZhengZheng – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Tyler ZinkZink – Samir BanerjeeBanerjee (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Rafael JodarJodar – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Benjamin Kittay/Joshua SheehyKittay/Joshua Sheehy – Marek Gengel/Dmitry PopkoGengel/Dmitry Popko (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Rafael JodarJodar – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-0 6-2) – See score progression

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