Ben Shelton conquers Frances Tiafoe 4-6 6-3 6-3 7-5 in the semifinal in New York on Friday in what was an all-American match. Shelton will square off with Alexander Zverev in the final. This will be his best result in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Ben added to his prize money $ 1,350,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 2,800,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ben will add $ 2,700,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 5,500,000 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Frances Tiafoe U.S. Open – New York
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
7-5
3h:17
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Tiafoe is 4-1 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Shelton will play Zverev in the final.
This will be the 6th time that Ben Shelton and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 5-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Zverev won 6-3 7-66 in the R in Turin back in 2025.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tiafoe clinched in the 9th game (5-4) before finally conquering the set (6-4).
Frances was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, Frances didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 59 points. Frances conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Ben (32-27). Tiafoe conceded 7 points on serve (20-7). On the other side, Shelton conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
Shelton was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd game (2-0). However, there was more work to do for Ben to win the set as Frances found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Shelton maintained his cool to break Frances in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Shelton was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Frances converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 43 points. Shelton was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Frances (26-17). Ben dropped 7 points on serve (17-7). On the losing side, Tiafoe conceded 9 points on serve (10-9).
Ben won the set after he broke Frances in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Shelton converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 64 points. Shelton won 10 points more than Frances (37-27). Ben dropped 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the net, Tiafoe conceded 20 points on serve (22-20).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Shelton conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Shelton was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Frances was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 69 points. Shelton was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Frances (38-31). Shelton dropped 9 points on serve (27-9). on the other side of the court, Tiafoe conceded 11 points on serve (22-11).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 7-67 7-6)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (4-6 6-3 6-3 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – (5-0) – H2H details and stats
