Carlos Alcaraz and Ben Shelton will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the National Bank Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 2 sets.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.05
Ben Shelton -> 10
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Carlos Alcaraz and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Carlos Alcaraz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71-9 | 28-4 | 22-1 | 10-3 | 11-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-13 | 22-5 | 17-4 | 7-3 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 65-12 | 26-6 | 25-3 | 2-3 | 12-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-13 | 21-4 | 27-4 | 6-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-19 | 15-8 | 22-7 | 10-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1he will start his run in Montreal after he played his last match in Nice where he beat 6-3 6-7(6) 10-5 to Coric in the round robin on the 22nd of July.
Alcaraz has an overall 47-4 win-loss record in 2023, 10-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Buenos Aires where he defeated Cameron Norrie in the final 6-3 7-5 and in Indian Wells where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-3 6-2 and in Barcelona where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 6-4 and in Madrid where he overcame Jan-Lennard Struff in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3 and in London where he overcame Alex De Minaur in the final 6-4 6-4 and at the Wimbledon where he beat Novak Djokovic in the final 1-6 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Carlos has an overall 215-55 record. He has a positive 59-15 record on hard.
Previously in Montreal
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
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. 41, Ben got to the 2nd
round after beating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-61 6-4.In the 1st round, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Zapata Miralles (7-61 6-4). During the match Shelton scored 80 points vs Zapata Miralles’s 64. Shelton was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Shelton bagged 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 56% of his first serves in, winning 84% (32/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (10/30) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Zapata Miralles 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Ben’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Cagliari Challenger.
Shelton has a compiled 13-20 win-loss record in 2023, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
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