Ben Shelton and Marcos Giron will play each other in the 2nd round of the Boss Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on CENTER 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 Ben Shelton who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.285
Marcos Giron -> 3.62
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Marcos Giron
This will be the 4th time that Ben Shelton and Marcos Giron play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Shelton won 6-3 4-6 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Hamburg back in May 2026.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs Marcos Giron – Hamburg 18-May-2026
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39-16 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 40-24 | 23-9 | 7-5 | 4-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-26 | 22-13 | 8-4 | 8-5 | 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 |
Ranked no. 5 (career-high), the American will start his run in Stuttgart after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-4 7-5 6-4 to Collignon in the 2nd round on the 28th of May.
Shelton has an aggregate 19-9 win-loss record in 2026, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Dallas where he overcame Taylor Fritz in the final 3-6 6-3 7-5 and in Munich where he beat Flavio Cobolli in the final 6-2 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 187-103 record. He has a positive 12-11 record on grass.
Previously in Stuttgart
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2025. See his history.
Marcos Giron
16 - 14win/loss
85
37
LLLLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-25 | 15-12 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 23-28 | 12-14 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-27 | 6-11 | 3-8 | 11-4 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-30 | 17-15 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-31 | 11-13 | 3-9 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 88, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(3) 7-5.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Bautista-Agut (7-63 7-5). During the match Giron scored 78 points vs Bautista-Agut’s 69. The American was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Giron fired 15 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Marcos Giron was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (41/51) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Giron broke Bautista-Agut twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Phoenix Challenger.
Marcos has a composed 16-14 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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