Casper Ruud and Ben Shelton will play each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Porsche Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.24
Ben Shelton -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-19 | 21-9 | 24-7 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 12-12 | 22-8 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-22 | 18-8 | 25-7 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 57-17 | 16-6 | 28-5 | 11-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-13 | 4-5 | 17-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5 (career-high), Casper will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 5-7 6-3 6-2 to Hurkacz in the semifinal on the 13th of August.
The Norwegian has a compiled 38-14 win-loss record in 2022, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Buenos Aires where he beat Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 5-7 6-2 6-3 and in in Geneva where he defeated Joao Sousa in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(1) and in in Gstaad where he overcame Matteo Berrettini in the final 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, The Norwegian has an overall 303-162 record. He has a positive 66-45 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-22 | 21-12 | 8-4 | 3-2 | 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 |
| 2021 | 18-7 | 7-3 | 5-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 229 (career-high), the American got to the 2nd round after beating Lorenzo Sonego 7-65 3-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Ben defeated Sonego (7-65 3-6 7-5). During the match Shelton and Sonego scored the same amount of points (105). However, the world no. 5 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Shelton was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Shelton blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (46/57) of his 1st serve and 62% (24/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ben broke Sonego once after converting 13% of his break points (1/8).
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Rome Challenger and the Chicago Challenger.
The American has a composed 18-6 win-loss record in 2022, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Shelton has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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