Ben Shelton and Sho Shimabukuro will square off in the quarter of the Boss Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on COLOSSEUM. 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 -> 1.28
Sho Shimabukuro -> 3.65
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Sho Shimabukuro
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
20 - 9win/loss
4
4
WLLLWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40-16 | 21-7 | 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), Ben got to the quarter after beating Marcos Giron 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(5).
In the 2nd round against Giron, Ben recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(5)). During the match, Shelton scored 111 points vs Giron’s 105. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton struck 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was very efficient on serve to win 71% (55/77) of his 1st serve and 71% (25/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Giron twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
ATP Stuttgart - Ben Shelton's projected path
Shelton has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (188-103). 1-0 on grass in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelton has an aggregate13-11 win-loss record in the last 6 years on grass.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Dallas where he beat Taylor Fritz in the final 3-6 6-3 7-5 and in Munich where he overcame Flavio Cobolli in the final 6-2 7-5.
Shelton has a compiled 20-9 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2025. See his history.
Sho Shimabukuro
25 - 16win/loss
109
87
LLLWWLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-28 | 19-20 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 34-23 | 29-19 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-28 | 21-17 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-26 | 19-17 | 7-1 | 9-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-25 | 38-20 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 104, the Japanese got to the quarter after beating Stefanos Sakellaridis 7-5 6-4, Jurij Rodionov 7-6(4) 6-3, Quentin Halys 6-4 6-2 and Nick Kyrgios 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Kyrgios, Sho recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-4). During the match Shimabukuro scored 97 points vs Kyrgios’s 93. Shimabukuro was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimabukuro managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Sho Shimabukuro was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (48/55) of his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shimabukuro was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kyrgios once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shimabukuro started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
ATP Stuttgart - Sho Shimabukuro's projected path
Sho’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the San Diego Challenger.
Shimabukuro has a compiled 25-16 win-loss record in 2026, 6-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 95 |
| Pts | 111-105 | 297-252 |
| Total Points | 216 | 549 |
| Winners | 55 | 124 |
| %Winners | 50% | 42% |
Shelton played 1 match while Shimabukuro competed in 4 matches. Shimabukuro started his run from the qualifications while Shelton had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Ben Shelton lost 1 set, while Sho Shimabukuro surrendered 1 set. Shelton has played 6 set(s) less than Shimabukuro (3 vs 9). Therefore, Shelton played 59 games less than Shimabukuro. Ben scored 55 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Sho recorded 124 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 7 |
| 1st in | 77/112 | 147/257 |
| %1st in | 69% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 55/77 | 124/147 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 25/35 | 67/110 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 61% |
Shelton made 14 aces . Shimabukuro fired 28 aces (7 per match). Shelton won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 10 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 10/20 |
| % Converted | 67% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 83% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Ben broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Shelton surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Sho broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||
| R2 Giron |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(5) | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 111-105 | 111-105 | |
| Total points | 216 | 216 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 77/112 | 77/112 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 55/77 | 55/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/35 | 25/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Shimabukuro | ||||||
| Q1 Sakellaridis |
Q3 Rodionov |
R1 Halys |
R2 Kyrgios |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 7-64 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 4-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | 18 | 33 | 95 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 72-63 | 59-41 | 97-93 | 297-252 | |
| Total points | 124 | 135 | 100 | 190 | 549 | |
| Winners | 30 | 25 | 21 | 48 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 35% | 36% | 49% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 33/59 | 24/44 | 55/96 | 147/257 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 56% | 55% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 25/33 | 21/24 | 48/55 | 124/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 76% | 88% | 87% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 17/26 | 12/20 | 22/41 | 67/110 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 65% | 60% | 54% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 3/3 | 4/8 | 1/1 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 100% | 50% | 100% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 0% | 0% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Taylor FritzFritz – Mattia BellucciBellucci (5-7 7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 7-6(4)) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Taylor FritzFritz – Mattia BellucciBellucci (5-7 7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yannick Hanfmann/Jan-Lennard StruffHanfmann/Jan-Lennard Struff – Jiri Lehecka/Corentin MoutetLehecka/Corentin Moutet (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
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