Quentin Halys and Ben Shelton will square off in the 2nd round of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Quentin Halys who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Quentin Halys is the pick to win this match.
Quentin Halys -> 1.8
Ben Shelton -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Quentin Halys vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Quentin Halys and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Quentin Halys
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-31 | 12-14 | 4-6 | 1-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-27 | 6-6 | 14-10 | 22-10 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-26 | 11-13 | 10-6 | 3-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-26 | 5-7 | 9-4 | 32-10 | 6-5 | 5-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 14-8 | 10-9 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
Ranked no. 64 (career-high), Quentin got to the 2nd round after defeating Alex Molcan 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Molcan (6-3 6-4). During the match, Halys scored 54 points vs Molcan’s 43. The French player was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Halys buried his opponent with 20 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Quentin Halys conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Halys put 64% of his first serves in, winning 94% (32/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Molcan twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Halys has winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (316-243). 2-1 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Halys has an aggregate 98-74 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The French player has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Quentin 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. 92 (career-high), Shelton reached the 2nd round after beating Sebastian Baez 7-61 6-1.
In the 1st round, Ben had a good straight sets win against Baez (7-61 6-1). During the match Shelton scored 70 points vs Baez’s 48. Ben was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Shelton bagged 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ben Shelton was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ben broke Baez 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Shelton has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halys | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 |
| Pts | 54-43 | 70-48 |
| Total Points | 97 | 118 |
| Winners | 32 | 28 |
| %Winners | 59% | 40% |
Both Halys and Shelton played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Halys and Shelton have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Halys played 1 game less than Shelton. Quentin scored 32 winners (59% of the total points). On the other side, Shelton bagged 28 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halys | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 20 | 9 |
| 1st in | 34/53 | 34/51 |
| %1st in | 64% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 32/34 | 28/34 |
| %1st pts | 94% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 12/17 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 71% |
Halys scored 20 aces . Shelton blasted 9 aces . Halys won 94% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halys | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 67% | 30% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Quentin broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Shelton broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Shelton was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Halys | |||
| R1 Molcan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 54-43 | 54-43 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 59% | 59% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 20 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/53 | 34/53 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 32/34 | 32/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 94% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shelton | |||
| R1 Baez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-48 | 70-48 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 34/51 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 28/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 12/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWWLWLL Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Sebastian BaezBaez (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (3-6 6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – John IsnerIsner (6-73 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Federico CoriaCoria (6-75 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Pedro CachinCachin (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-72 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Kiranpal PannuPannu (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos – Alex Lawson/Artem SitakLawson/Artem Sitak (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (3-6 6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-6(4) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Sebastian BaezBaez (7-6(1) 6-1) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Joao SousaSousa – Richard GasquetGasquet (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (5-4) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – David GoffinGoffin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Laslo DjereDjere (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Marcos GironGiron (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-1) – H2H and prediction
