Ben Shelton and Lorenzo Sonego will square off in the 1st round of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:00 pm on Court 13. 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 Lorenzo Sonego who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Sonego is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Sonego -> 1.37
Ben Shelton -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Sonego

This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Lorenzo Sonego 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 fought against each other, Shelton won 7-6(5) 3-6 7-5 in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in 2022.

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton

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Rank
14
High
12
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 10-7 9-5 0-1 1-1 0-0 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 at the French Open after he played his last match in Geneva where he lost 7-5 2-6 6-2 to Cecchinato in the 1st round on the 21st of May.

Shelton has a composed 10-14 win-loss record in 2023, 4-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Ben’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Cagliari Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Ben has an overall 68-32 record. He has a flat 9-9 record on clay.

Previously at the French Open

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

French Open
Shelton's Record

Lorenzo Sonego

Lorenzo Sonego

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Rank
41
High
21
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-10 7-6 0-2 1-2 0-0 0-0
2024 27-33 10-14 10-11 4-5 3-3 0-0
2023 30-31 10-12 9-7 9-8 2-4 0-0
2022 30-29 7-9 8-11 10-5 5-4 0-0
2021 30-24 9-11 9-4 6-6 6-3 0-0

Ranked no. 45, Lorenzo will start his run at the Paris after he played his last match in Rome where he lost 6-3 7-6(3) to Tsitsipas in the 3rd round on the 16th of May.

Sonego has an aggregate 12-13 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Lorenzo has an overall 317-229 record. He has a positive 182-114 record on clay.

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2020. See his history.

French Open
Sonego's Record

Tennis Scores – French Open

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