Ben Shelton and Alexander Bublik will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Bublik who should win in 3 sets.
Alexander Bublik -> 1.9
Ben Shelton -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Alexander Bublik
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Alexander Bublik since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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. 35 (career-high), the American will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in the Cagliari Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-3 6-4 to Djere in the semifinal on the 6th of May.
Shelton has a composed 10-12 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Cagliari Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Ben has an overall 68-30 record. He has a positive 9-7 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Ben has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Bublik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48-24 | 12-11 | 23-6 | 8-6 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-25 | 10-11 | 5-6 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-30 | 3-12 | 7-9 | 9-7 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-27 | 5-8 | 2-6 | 17-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 14-12 | 4-6 | 10-8 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 49, Bublik reached the 2nd round after defeating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-3 7-64.
In the 1st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Martinez Portero (6-3 7-64). During the match Bublik scored 73 points vs Martinez Portero’s 68. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Bublik blasted 11 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Alexander Bublik lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bublik put 64% of his first serves in, winning 79% (37/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Bublik broke Martinez Portero twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Alexander’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Marseille.
Bublik has an aggregate 10-17 win-loss record in 2023, 4-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020, 2021 and 2022. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Luca NardiNardi (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Guido PellaPella – Maxime CressyCressy (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-0 6-78 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-4 3-6 7-61) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Jeremy ChardyChardy (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Karen Khachanov/Andrey RublevKhachanov/Andrey Rublev – Juan-Sebastian Cabal/Robert FarahCabal/Robert Farah (4-6 7-5 10-7) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-63 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-76 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Hugo GrenierGrenier (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Hugo DellienDellien (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-1 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Francesco PassaroPassaro (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (7-67 6-3) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Andy MurrayMurray (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Yibing WuWu – Richard GasquetGasquet (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-5) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Guido PellaPella – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Alexander ZverevZverev (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniel EvansEvans (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Laslo DjereDjere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Tommy PaulPaul (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alex MolcanMolcan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yibing WuWu – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction