Ben Shelton and Juncheng Shang will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Truist Atlanta Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 9:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.54
Juncheng Shang -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Juncheng Shang
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-9 | 9-5 | 5-3 | 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. 41, Ben will start his run in Atlanta after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 3-6 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 to Djere in the 2nd round on the 6th of July.
Shelton has a compiled 12-18 win-loss record in 2023, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Shelton’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Cagliari Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 70-36 record. He has a positive 29-19 record on hard.
Previously in Atlanta
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
Juncheng Shang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-27 | 25-10 | 8-7 | 2-6 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-23 | 21-14 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-24 | 17-8 | 15-10 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-5 | 6-3 | 12-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 156, Juncheng reached the 1st round after beating Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-64 7-5 and Arthur Cazaux 6-4 6-72 6-1.
In the qualifications, Shang defeated Cazaux (6-4 6-72 6-1). During the match Shang scored 97 points vs Cazaux’s 92. Juncheng was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Shang struck 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Juncheng Shang lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Shang put 58% of his first serves in, winning 69% (45/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (27/48) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Cazaux 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shang started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Shang’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Chicago Challenger.
The Chinese has a composed 20-14 win-loss record in 2023, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Atlanta
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Jeff WolfWolf – Jason JungJung (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – James DuckworthDuckworth (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- John IsnerIsner – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Constant LestienneLestienne (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yibing WuWu – Corentin MoutetMoutet (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime CressyCressy – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Max PurcellPurcell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
