Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton will square off in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.21
Ben Shelton -> 4.4
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Taylor Fritz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53-23 | 31-12 | 3-4 | 6-5 | 13-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-23 | 23-10 | 15-7 | 6-4 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-24 | 35-11 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-21 | 24-8 | 5-3 | 9-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-22 | 20-13 | 4-5 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5 (career-high), Fritz will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Acapulco where he lost 6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(2) to Paul in the semifinal on the 3rd of March.
The American has an aggregate 14-4 win-loss record in 2023, 12-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Australia where he overcame Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(6) and in Delray Beach where he overcame Miomir Kecmanovic in the final 6-0 5-7 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 312-197 record. He has a positive 190-103 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2022. See his history.
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. 41 (career-high), the American reached the 2nd round after beating Fabio Fognini 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Fognini (6-4 6-1). During the match Shelton scored 58 points vs Fognini’s 43. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Shelton struck 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 68% of his first serves in, winning 65% (28/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Ben broke Fognini 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Shelton has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Shelton has never competed in this tournament before.
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