Jeff Wolf and Ben Shelton will square off in the 4th round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on John Cain Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jeff Wolf who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jeff Wolf is the pick to win this match.
Jeff Wolf -> 1.6
Ben Shelton -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Jeff Wolf vs. Ben Shelton

There is no head to head record between Jeff Wolf and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jeff Wolf

Jeff Wolf

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Rank
785
High
39
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-4 0-1 0-0 6-3 0-0 0-0
2024 17-26 11-16 6-9 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 31-26 16-13 5-5 6-4 4-4 0-0
2022 43-29 23-15 8-4 12-10 0-0 0-0
2021 16-11 7-7 0-0 9-4 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 67, Jeff got to the 4th round after beating Jordan Thompson 6-3 3-6 6-4 7-5, Diego Schwartzman 6-1 6-4 6-4 and Michael Mmoh 6-4 6-1 6-2.

In the 3rd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Mmoh (6-4 6-1 6-2). During the match, Wolf scored 89 points vs Mmoh’s 60. Jeff was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Wolf made 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jeff Wolf was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jeff broke Mmoh 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Wolf has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (137-87). 4-1 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Wolf has a composed71-48 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Jeff has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Wolf's Record

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton

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Rank
9
High
5
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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
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Ranked no. 89 (career-high), Shelton reached the 4th round after beating Zhizhen Zhang 4-6 6-3 6-2 2-6 7-64, Nicolas Jarry 7-63 7-63 7-5 and Alexei Popyrin 6-3 7-64 6-4.

In the 3rd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Popyrin (6-3 7-64 6-4). During the match Shelton scored 103 points vs Popyrin’s 81. Shelton was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.

About the serving games, Shelton blasted 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ben Shelton was very effective on serve to win 87% (52/60) of his 1st serve and 66% (21/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shelton broke Popyrin twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ben has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The American has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Shelton has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Shelton's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Wolf
B.Shelton
7h:10
7h:10
Time on court​
8h:09
8h:09
!
2h:03
2h:03
Last match​
2h:00
2h:00
3
3
Match played
3
3
92
92
Games Played​
118
118
10
10
Set played​​
11
11
314
314
Total points​
366
366
104.7
104.7
Avg point​
122
122
145
145
Winners
167
167
48.3
48.3
Avg Winners​
55.7
55.7
46%
46%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
43
43
Aces
38
38
!
14.3
14.3
Avg Aces
!
12.7
12.7
9
9
Double Faults
17
17
3
3
Avg Double Faults
!
5.7
5.7
145/189
145/189
1st won total​
167/201
167/201
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
55/95
55/95
2nd won total​
88/138
88/138
58%
58%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
14/25
14/25
BP won
7/21
7/21
4.7/8.3
4.7/8.3
Avg BP won
2.3/7
2.3/7
!
56%
56%
Won
33%
33%
16
16
Conceded
13
13
5.3
5.3
Avg Conceded
4.3
4.3
3
3
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
13
13
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Wolf Shelton
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 10 11
Tot Games 92 118
Pts 314-244 366-321
Total Points 558 687
Winners 145 167
%Winners 46% 46%

Both Wolf and Shelton played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jeff Wolf conceded 1 set, while Ben Shelton lost 2 sets. Wolf has played 1 set(s) less than Shelton (10 vs 11). Therefore, Wolf played 26 games less than Shelton. The American scored 145 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 167 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Wolf Shelton
Aces 43 38
Avg per match 14.3 12.7
1st in 189/284 201/339
%1st in 67% 59%
1st pts 145/189 167/201
%1st pts 77% 83%
2nd pts 55/95 88/138
%2nd pts 58% 64%

Wolf scored 43 aces (14.3 per match). Shelton struck 38 aces (12.7 per match). Wolf won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Wolf Shelton
Won 14 7
Converted 14/25 7/21
% Converted 56% 33%
Conceded 16 13
Saved 13 9
% Saved 81% 69%
Times Broken 3 4

Wolf broke his opponents 14 times with a 56% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Wolf
R1
Thompson		 R2
Schwartzman		 R3
Mmoh		 Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-4 7-5 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 4 3 3 10
Tot Games 40 27 25 92
pts 142-125 83-59 89-60 314-244
Total points 267 142 149 558
Winners 65 44 36 145
%Winners 46% 53% 40% 46%
SERVE
Aces 17 16 10 43
Double Faults 5 1 3 9
1st in 89/130 52/72 48/82 189/284
% 1st in 68% 72% 59% 67%
1st pts 65/89 44/52 36/48 145/189
% 1st pts 73% 85% 75% 77%
2nd pts 22/41 12/20 21/34 55/95
% 2nd pts 54% 60% 62% 58%
Breaks
Won 4 4 6 14
Converted 4/12 4/5 6/8 14/25
Converted % 33% 80% 75% 56%
Conceded 11 0 5 16
Saved 9/11 0/0 4/5 13
Saved % 82% – 80% 54%
Times Broken 2 0 1 3
Shelton
R1
Zhang		 R2
Jarry		 R3
Popyrin		 Total
Score 4-6 6-3 6-2 2-6 7-64 7-63 7-63 7-5 6-3 7-64 6-4
Tot Set 5 3 3 11
Tot Games 48 38 32 118
pts 153-139 110-101 103-81 366-321
Total points 292 211 184 687
Winners 66 49 52 167
%Winners 43% 45% 50% 46%
SERVE
Aces 18 8 12 38
Double Faults 8 6 3 17
1st in 81/143 60/104 60/92 201/339
% 1st in 57% 58% 65% 59%
1st pts 66/81 49/60 52/60 167/201
% 1st pts 81% 82% 87% 83%
2nd pts 36/62 31/44 21/32 88/138
% 2nd pts 58% 70% 66% 64%
Breaks
Won 3 2 2 7
Converted 3/6 2/7 2/8 7/21
Converted % 50% 29% 25% 33%
Conceded 8 1 4 13
Saved 5/8 0/1 4/4 9
Saved % 63% 0% 100% 54%
Times Broken 3 1 0 4

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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