Nuno Borges and Ben Shelton will square off in the 1st round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:00 pm on Court 10. 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 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.34
Nuno Borges -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-33 | 17-14 | 9-11 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-26 | 20-12 | 13-7 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-26 | 20-11 | 8-7 | 6-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-26 | 7-5 | 28-13 | 11-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-21 | 6-4 | 46-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105, Nuno got to the 1st round after beating Alex Rybakov 6-74 7-64 3-0 ret., Govind Nanda 6-4 6-4 and Francesco Maestrelli 3-6 7-64 7-68.
In the qualifications against Maestrelli, Nuno recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-64 7-68). During the match, Borges scored 116 points vs Maestrelli’s 113. Borges was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Borges fired 6 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 63% of his first serves in, winning 75% (51/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Maestrelli 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nuno started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 73% of his matches (200-73). 5-3 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Borges has an aggregate94-27 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Portuguese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.
Nuno has a compiled 36-18 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Borges has never competed in this tournament before.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 18-7 | 7-3 | 5-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 171 (career-high), Shelton will start his run at the New York after he played his last match in Cincinnati where he lost 6-0 6-2 to Norrie in the 3rd round on the 18th of August.
The American has a compiled 19-7 win-loss record in 2022, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Shelton’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Rome Challenger and the Chicago Challenger.
In terms of his career, Ben has an overall 37-14 record. He has a positive 17-8 record on hard.
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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