Ben Shelton and Fabio Fognini will square off in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.28
Fabio Fognini -> 3.68

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Fabio Fognini

There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Fabio Fognini since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

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

Ranked no. 41 (career-high), Ben will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Acapulco where he lost 6-7(7) 6-4 6-2 to Rune in the 1st round on the 27th of February.

Shelton has a composed 5-5 win-loss record in 2023, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 63-23 record. He has a positive 28-17 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Indian Wells
Shelton's Record

Fabio Fognini

Fabio Fognini

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
188
High
9
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 4-15 1-3 3-8 0-0 0-4 0-0
2024 35-28 7-10 23-12 2-4 3-2 0-0
2023 28-23 0-8 23-12 5-3 0-0 0-0
2022 24-26 10-9 12-12 2-4 0-1 0-0
2021 22-24 12-12 7-8 0-2 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 88, Fognini will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Santiago where he lost 6-1 7-6(1) to Martin in the 1st round on the 28th of February.

Fabio has an aggregate 1-5 win-loss record in 2023, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 631-476 record. He has a positive 147-146 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2014. See his history.

Indian Wells
Fognini's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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