Ben Shelton and Jerome Kym will square off in the 2nd round of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:30 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.2
Jerome Kym -> 4.5
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Jerome Kym
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Jerome Kym since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
41 - 17win/loss
4
4
WLWLLLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41-17 | 21-8 | 8-5 | 6-2 | 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. 4 (career-high), the American reached the 2nd round after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-6(4).
In the 1st round against Kovacevic, Shelton recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 7-63 7-64). During the match, Shelton scored 112 points vs Kovacevic’s 110. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 61 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton overpowered his opponent with 44 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ben Shelton was quite efficient on serve to win 86% (61/71) of his 1st serve and 68% (28/41) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Shelton has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (209-111). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has a composed49-19 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Dallas where he defeated 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 and in Stuttgart where he beat 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 an aggregate 41-17 win-loss record in 2026, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Basel
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2024. See his history.
Jerome Kym
26 - 17win/loss
222
123
WLWWWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-17 | 5-3 | 11-7 | 7-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 24-20 | 6-3 | 17-13 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 59-20 | 14-4 | 37-11 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-9 | 0-0 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 41-22 | 17-5 | 12-9 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 222, the Swiss reached the 2nd round after defeating Arthur Rinderknech 7-6(1) 6-4.
In the 1st round, Jerome had a good straight sets win against Rinderknech (7-61 6-4). During the match Kym scored 75 points vs Rinderknech’s 66. Kym was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Kym recorded 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jerome Kym was quite effective on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jerome broke Rinderknech once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Jerome’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Hagen Challenger.
Kym has an overall 26-17 win-loss record in 2026, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Basel
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Kym |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 23 |
| Pts | 112-110 | 75-66 |
| Total Points | 222 | 141 |
| Winners | 61 | 37 |
| %Winners | 54% | 49% |
Both Shelton and Kym played 1 match. At the moment, Ben Shelton surrendered 1 set while Jerome Kym hasn’t lost a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set more than Kym (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shelton played 16 games more than Kym. Ben scored 61 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Jerome blasted 37 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Kym |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 44 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 44 | 10 |
| 1st in | 71/112 | 43/72 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 61/71 | 37/43 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 28/41 | 16/29 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 55% |
Shelton bagged 44 aces . Kym struck 10 aces . Shelton won 86% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Kym won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Kym |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 1 |
| Converted | 0/1 | 1/4 |
| % Converted | 0% | 25% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Shelton hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Shelton very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points without even conceding a single break point. The Swiss broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Jerome was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Shelton | |||
| R1 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 7-63 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 112-110 | 112-110 | |
| Total points | 222 | 222 | |
| Winners | 61 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 44 | 44 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 71/112 | 71/112 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 61/71 | 61/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kym | |||
| R1 Rinderknech |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 75-66 | 75-66 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/72 | 43/72 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 37/43 | 37/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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