Ben Shelton and Arthur Gea will face off in the 3^rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on Stadium 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 -> 1.27
Arthur Gea -> 3.72

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Arthur Gea

There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Arthur Gea since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton

40 - 16win/loss

Hard

21-7

I Hard

5-2

Clay

8-5

Grass

6-2

Rank
4

High
4

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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

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Ranked no. 4 (career-high), Shelton got to the 3^rd round after defeating Daniel Altmaier 6-3 7-6(6).

In the 2^nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (6-3 7-6⁶). During the match, Shelton scored 77 points vs Altmaier’s 62. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelton bagged 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 72% of his first serves in, winning 84% (43/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Ben broke Altmaier twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

ATP Shanghai - Ben Shelton's projected path

Projected draw

1st

BYE

2nd

D.Altmaier (67)6-3 7-6(6)

3rd

A.Gea (56) 0-0

4th

J.Mensik (15) 2-3

F.Cerundolo (20) 2-0

QF

F.Tiafoe (8) 4-1

A.Fokina (26) 0-3

H.Hurkacz (34) 1-0

Y.Zhou (277) 0-0

SF

A.Zverev (2) 0-6

A.Minaur (9) 1-0

B.Nakashima (18) 6-0

A.Bublik (22) 1-2

F

C.Alcaraz (3) 1-3

D.Medvedev (5) 1-0

F.Auger-Aliassime (6) 0-2

A.Fils (10) 2-1

Shelton has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (208-110). 21-7 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelton has a compiled110-54 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

His best result of the current year 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 defeated Flavio Cobolli in the final 6-2 7-5 and in Stuttgart where he overcame Taylor Fritz in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4 and in Montreal where he overcame Brandon Nakashima in the final 6-3 7-6(4).

Ben has a composed 40-16 win-loss record in 2026, 21-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.

Shanghai

Shelton's Record

Arthur Gea

Arthur Gea

47 - 18win/loss

Hard

28-5

I Hard

2-1

Clay

12-8

Grass

5-4

Rank
56

High
56

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2026	47-18	28-5	12-8	2-1	5-4	0-0
2025	48-28	20-8	15-15	13-5	0-0	0-0
2024	40-30	11-4	26-23	3-3	0-0	0-0
2023	33-17	18-2	14-12	1-3	0-0	0-0
2022	3-7	2-2	1-4	0-1	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 56 (career-high), Arthur got to the 3^rd round after defeating Jaime Faria 6-7(3) 6-1 6-2 and Ugo Humbert 6-4 3-6 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Arthur defeated Humbert (6-4 3-6 6-1). During the match Gea scored 78 points vs Humbert’s 67. Gea was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Gea recorded 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Arthur Gea was very effective on serve to win 80% (36/45) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Arthur broke Humbert 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

ATP Shanghai - Arthur Gea's projected path

His best result of the year was winning the title the Noumea Challenger where he defeated Jurij Rodionov in the final 6-3 4-6 7-5 and in Los Cabos where he defeated Denis Shapovalov in the final 6-3 6-4.

Gea has an aggregate 47-18 win-loss record in 2026, 28-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Shanghai

Gea's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Shelton played 1 match while Gea competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Arthur Gea lost 2 sets while Ben Shelton hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shelton has played 4 set(s) less than Gea (2 vs 6). Therefore, Shelton played 32 games less than Gea. The American scored 43 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, Gea blasted 71 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Shelton bagged 7 aces . Gea fired 15 aces (7.5 per match). Shelton won 84% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Gea won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

The American broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Shelton dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Arthur conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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• 7Main
• 3Chall
• 1Minor

• 0Slam
• 1Main
• 1Chall
• 9Minor

Ben
Shelton

0:0

Arthur
Gea

Rank

4

High

4

1h:57Played

Rank

56

High

56

3h:51Played

Win Loss

Shelton

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Gea

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2026 2025 2024

40 - 14

47 - 18

21-7

Hard

28-5

5-0

I Hard

2-1

8-5

Clay

12-8

6-2

Grass

5-4

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Rafael JodarJodar – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (4-6 7-6¹ 7-5) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alex MolcanMolcan (w/o) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur GeaGea – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-6⁴ 7-5) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-6⁷ 3-6 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Yibing WuWu (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Alexander BlockxBlockx (4-6 7-6⁹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Tomas MachacMachac (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Arthur FeryFery (7-6⁶ 6-7⁵ 7-6²) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Rafael JodarJodar – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (4-6 7-6(1) 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Casper RuudRuud (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Quentin HalysHalys (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (5-1) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – (0-1) – H2H and prediction

Shelton

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Gea