Lorenzo Sonego and Ben Shelton will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on PORSCHE COURT. 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 Lorenzo Sonego who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Sonego is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Sonego -> 1.64
Ben Shelton -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Sonego and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Lorenzo Sonego
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-29 | 10-14 | 10-11 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-31 | 10-12 | 9-7 | 9-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-29 | 7-9 | 8-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-24 | 9-11 | 9-4 | 6-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 0-5 | 7-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 56, the Italian reached the 1st round after beating John Millman 7-5 6-2 and Bradley Klahn 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Klahn (6-2 6-4). During the match, Sonego scored 59 points vs Klahn’s 45. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sonego recorded 3 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Lorenzo Sonego conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Sonego put 67% of his first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 82% (14/17) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Klahn 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sonego started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Sonego has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (294-208). 6-5 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sonego has an overall53-48 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Lorenzo’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Buenos Aires.
Lorenzo has an aggregate 19-21 win-loss record in 2022, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-22 | 21-12 | 8-4 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-26 | 21-13 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-11 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 24-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-7 | 7-3 | 5-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 229 (career-high), Ben will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in the Chicago Challenger where he lost 6-3 4-6 7-5 to Safiullin in the final on the 14th of August.
Ben has a compiled 17-6 win-loss record in 2022, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Shelton’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Rome Challenger and the Chicago Challenger.
In terms of his career, Shelton has an overall 35-13 record. He has a positive 15-7 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Shelton has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- John IsnerIsner – Benjamin BonziBonzi (7-611 3-6 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marin CilicCilic – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-63 4-6 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marcos GironGiron – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Alex MolcanMolcan (5-7 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andy MurrayMurray – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (7-63 5-7 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (7-65 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Jeff WolfWolf (7-62 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-75 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karen Khachanov/Denis ShapovalovKhachanov/Denis Shapovalov – Rohan Bopanna/Matwe MiddelkoopBopanna/Matwe Middelkoop (7-66 6-712 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Maxime CressyCressy (6-2 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Marin CilicCilic – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Fabio FogniniFognini (2-10) – H2H and prediction
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Daniel EvansEvans (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (2-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Sebastian KordaKorda (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
