Abedallah Shelbayh and Brandon Holt will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Charleston Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Holt who should win in 3 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.5
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 2.46

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Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Brandon Holt

There is no head to head record between Abedallah Shelbayh and Brandon Holt since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Abedallah Shelbayh

Ranked no. 274, Shelbayh reached the 2^nd round after defeating Mark Lajal 1-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Lajal, Abedallah recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Shelbayh scored 85 points vs Lajal’s 79. Shelbayh was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelbayh recorded 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Abedallah Shelbayh lost the Serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shelbayh put 54% of his first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Shelbayh broke Lajal 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Shelbayh has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (71-46). 23-14 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelbayh has a composed47-25 match record in the last 4 years on hard.

Shelbayh’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Manacor and the Manama Challenger.

Abedallah has an aggregate 34-27 win-loss record in 2023, 23-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Charleston Challenger

Shelbayh has never competed in this tournament before.

Brandon Holt

Ranked no. 290, the American got to the 2^nd round after beating Vasek Pospisil 6-1 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Pospisil (6-1 6-3). During the match Holt scored 66 points vs Pospisil’s 48. Brandon was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Holt struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Brandon Holt lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 69% of his first serves in, winning 77% (27/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. Holt broke Pospisil 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Brandon’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Busan Challenger.

Holt has a compiled 16-18 win-loss record in 2023, 12-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Shelbayh and Holt played 1 match. At the moment, Abedallah Shelbayh surrendered 1 set while Brandon Holt hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shelbayh has played 1 set more than Holt (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shelbayh played 11 games more than Holt. Shelbayh scored 29 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Brandon scored 27 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Shelbayh bagged 2 aces . Holt fired 2 aces . Shelbayh won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Abedallah broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Shelbayh conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Brandon conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.