Casper Ruud and Ben Shelton will square off in the 2nd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL. 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 Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.143
Ben Shelton -> 5.65
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Ben Shelton
This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Ben Shelton square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Shelton won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2022.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs Casper Ruud – Cincinnati 17-August-2022
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-10 | 17-5 | 21-5 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 12-12 | 22-8 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-22 | 18-8 | 25-7 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 57-17 | 16-6 | 28-5 | 11-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-13 | 4-5 | 17-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 3, the Norwegian will start his run in Barcelona after he played his last match in Monte Carlo where he lost 6-1 7-6(6) to Struff in the 3rd round on the 13th of April.
Ruud has an aggregate 10-7 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Estoril where he defeated Miomir Kecmanovic in the final 6-2 7-6(3).
Talking about his overall career, Ruud has an overall 326-177 record. He has a positive 195-88 record on clay.
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-14 | 9-6 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 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. 37 (career-high), Ben reached the 2nd round after beating Mackenzie Mcdonald 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (7-5 6-4). During the match Shelton scored 72 points vs Mcdonald’s 64. Ben was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Shelton struck 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 72% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Shelton broke Mcdonald 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
The American has a compiled 8-9 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Shelton has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLWWLLW Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Pavel KotovKotov – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-75 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Alexander BublikBublik (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri Heliovaara – Hugo Nys/Jan ZielinskiNys/Jan Zielinski (2-6 7-65 10-0) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-5 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Attila BalazsBalazs (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Emilio GomezGomez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Feliciano LopezLopez (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Yibing WuWu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
