Ben Shelton and Zhizhen Zhang will face off in the 1^st round of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on Court 14. 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 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.5
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Zhizhen Zhang

There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 89 (career-high), Ben will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Auckland where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Halys in the 2^nd round on the 11^th of January.

Ben has an aggregate 1-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 59-20 record. He has a positive 24-14 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Shelton has never competed in this tournament before.

Zhizhen Zhang

Ranked no. 96 (career-high), the Chinese will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in Adelaide where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Popyrin in the qualifications on the 31^st of December.

The Chinese has a compiled 0-1 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Chinese has an overall 245-188 record. He has a positive 131-106 record on hard.

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