Ben Shelton and Dominic Thiem will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Millennium Estoril Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on ESTÁDIO MILLENNIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Thiem who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dominic Thiem is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Thiem -> 1.69
Ben Shelton -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Dominic Thiem

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

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 39 (career-high), Shelton reached the 2^nd round after defeating Constant Lestienne 7-5 7-5.

In the 1^st

round, The American had a good straight sets win against Lestienne (7-5 7-5). During the match, Shelton scored 70 points vs Lestienne’s 60. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelton bagged 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 64% of his first serves in, winning 83% (35/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Ben broke Lestienne 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Shelton has a fantastic match record in the last 3 years having won 72% of his matches (65-25). 1-0 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelton has a compiled6-2 match record in the last 3 years on clay.

The American has a compiled 7-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Estoril

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Dominic Thiem

Ranked no. 111, the Austrian got to the 2^nd round after beating Sebastian Ofner 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Ofner, Dominic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Thiem scored 90 points vs Ofner’s 84. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Thiem bagged 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Dominic Thiem was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (33/46) of his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Dominic broke Ofner 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).

Dominic has an aggregate 2-9 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Estoril

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelton	Thiem
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	24	28
Pts	70-60	90-84
Total Points	130	174
Winners	35	33
%Winners	50%	37%

Both Shelton and Thiem played 1 match. At the moment, Dominic Thiem dropped 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set(s) less than Thiem (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shelton played 4 games less than Thiem. Ben scored 35 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Dominic recorded 33 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelton	Thiem
Aces	8	4
Avg per match	8	4
1st in	42/66	46/83
%1st in	64%	55%
1st pts	35/42	33/46
%1st pts	83%	72%
2nd pts	12/24	19/37
%2nd pts	50%	51%

Shelton managed to score 8 aces . Thiem bagged 4 aces . Shelton won 83% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Thiem won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelton	Thiem
Won	3	5
Converted	3/4	5/16
% Converted	75%	31%
Conceded	3	8
Saved	2	4
% Saved	67%	50%
Times Broken	1	4

Ben broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Ben dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Austrian broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Dominic conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
	R1 Lestienne	Total
Score	7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	24	24
pts	70-60	70-60
Total points	130	130
Winners	35	35
%Winners	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	42/66	42/66
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	35/42	35/42
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	12/24	12/24
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Thiem
	R1 Ofner	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	90-84	90-84
Total points	174	174
Winners	33	33
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	46/83	46/83
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	33/46	33/46
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	19/37	19/37
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/16	5/16
Converted %	31%	31%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Estoril

• Casper RuudRuud – Joao SousaSousa (4-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Fabio FogniniFognini (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

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