Ben Shelton and Dominic Thiem will face off in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 5 sets.
Ben Shelton -> 1.727
Dominic Thiem -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Dominic Thiem
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Dominic Thiem face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Thiem (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Thiem won 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Estoril back in April 2023.
Highlights Dominic Thiem vs Ben Shelton – Estoril 06-April-2023
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-25 | 22-13 | 8-4 | 8-4 | 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. 47, Shelton reached the 2nd round after beating Pedro Cachin 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round against Cachin, Ben recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-2 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 99 points vs Cachin’s 87. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelton struck 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (49/65) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Ben was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cachin 4 times.
Shelton has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 65% of his matches (73-40). 9-11 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelton has an aggregate32-23 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.
Shelton’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Cagliari Challenger.
The American has a compiled 15-22 win-loss record in 2023, 9-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Dominic Thiem
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-14 | 2-3 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-30 | 1-5 | 18-15 | 8-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-19 | 2-2 | 8-11 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-9 | 5-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-9 | 14-4 | 6-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 81, Thiem got to the 2nd round after beating Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Dominic had a good straight sets win against Bublik (6-3 6-2 6-4). During the match Thiem scored 96 points vs Bublik’s 72. The Austrian was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Thiem fired 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Dominic Thiem was very effective on serve to win 73% (35/48) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Thiem broke Bublik 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Dominic’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Kitzbuhel.
Dominic has a compiled 19-23 win-loss record in 2023, 1-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 27 |
| Pts | 99-87 | 96-72 |
| Total Points | 186 | 168 |
| Winners | 49 | 35 |
| %Winners | 49% | 36% |
Both Shelton and Thiem played 1 match. At the moment, Ben Shelton dropped 1 set while Dominic Thiem hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set more than Thiem (4 vs 3). Therefore, Shelton played 7 games more than Thiem. The American scored 49 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Dominic made 35 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 8 |
| 1st in | 65/93 | 48/81 |
| %1st in | 70% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 49/65 | 35/48 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 19/33 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 58% |
Shelton struck 13 aces . Thiem scored 8 aces . Shelton won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Thiem won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 100% | 60% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Ben broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The American lost his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Austrian broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Dominic conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||
| R1 Cachin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 99-87 | 99-87 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 65/93 | 65/93 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 49/65 | 49/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Thiem | |||
| R1 Bublik | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 96-72 | 96-72 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/81 | 48/81 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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