Ben Shelton survives Jiri Lehecka 6-7(4) 7-6(14) 7-6(6) in the semifinal in Stuttgart on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Shelton will have to play Taylor Fritz in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 52 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the semifinal in 2025. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Ben added to his prize money € 28,100 after conquering this match. He has already won € 68,170 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add € 48,685 to his earnings to get in total € 116,855 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Jiri Lehecka Boss Open – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:52
At the end of the match, Shelton scored 134 points vs. Jiri’s 126.
Shelton
The American served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (68/90) behind his first serve, and he won 76% points (25/33) on his second serve. Shelton blasted 21 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Shelton wasn’t able to conquer any break point to conquer the match only at the tiebreaks.
Lehecka
On the other side, Jiri wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Lehecka is 3-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Taylor Fritz – stats
Shelton will compete against Fritz in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played, Shelton won 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the final in Dallas back in February 2026.
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Taylor FritzFritz – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-4)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-74 7-614 7-66)
