Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton will play each other in the 4th round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM. 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 Tommy Paul who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 1.285
Ben Shelton -> 3.64
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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Ben Shelton
This will be the 2nd time that Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Paul (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Paul won 7-6(6) 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the quarter in at the Australian Open back in January 2023.
Highlights Tommy Paul vs Ben Shelton – Australian Open 25-January-2023
Tommy Paul
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 38-15 | 14-9 | 10-4 | 4-0 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 46-29 | 29-13 | 5-6 | 3-5 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
2022 | 39-27 | 21-12 | 2-6 | 9-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
2021 | 33-23 | 12-12 | 9-7 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 21-14 | 12-6 | 5-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14, Tommy reached the 4th round after beating Stefano Travaglia 6-2 6-3 4-6 6-1, Roman Safiullin 3-6 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-3 and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-1 6-0 3-6 6-3.
In the 3rd round, Tommy had a good straight sets win against Davidovich Fokina (6-1 6-0 3-6 6-3). During the match, Paul scored 112 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s 86. Paul was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Regarding the service games, Paul bagged 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tommy Paul lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 57% of his first serves in, winning 81% (51/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (20/47) on the 2nd serve. Tommy broke Davidovich Fokina 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Paul has dropped 4 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Paul has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (344-196). 25-9 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Paul has an aggregate171-97 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Paul’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Acapulco,the Aix En Provence Challenger and Eastbourne.
Paul has a compiled 40-20 win-loss record in 2023, 25-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Ben Shelton
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 32-20 | 18-11 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 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 4th round after beating Pedro Cachin 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-4, Dominic Thiem 7-61 1-0 ret. and Aslan Karatsev 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-0.
In the 3rd round, Shelton defeated Karatsev (6-4 3-6 6-2 6-0). During the match Shelton scored 107 points vs Karatsev’s 84. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Shelton overpowered his opponent with 26 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was very efficient on serve to win 86% (49/57) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Karatsev 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shelton has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Shelton’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Cagliari Challenger.
Shelton has an aggregate 17-22 win-loss record in 2023, 11-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Paul | Shelton |
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Match played | 3 | 3 |
Tot Set | 13 | 11 |
Tot Games | 109 | 81 |
Pts | 359-301 | 255-210 |
Total Points | 660 | 465 |
Winners | 161 | 120 |
%Winners | 45% | 47% |
Both Paul and Shelton played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Tommy Paul surrendered 4 sets, while Ben Shelton surrendered 2 sets. Paul has played 2 sets more than Shelton (13 vs 11). Therefore, Paul played 28 games more than Shelton. The American scored 161 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Shelton fired 120 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Paul | Shelton |
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Aces | 39 | 46 |
Avg per match | 13 | 15.3 |
1st in | 211/334 | 152/220 |
%1st in | 63% | 69% |
1st pts | 161/211 | 120/152 |
%1st pts | 76% | 79% |
2nd pts | 58/123 | 38/68 |
%2nd pts | 47% | 56% |
Paul managed to score 39 aces (13 per match). Shelton blasted 46 aces (15.3 per match). Paul won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Paul | Shelton |
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Won | 20 | 11 |
Converted | 20/37 | 11/19 |
% Converted | 54% | 58% |
Conceded | 22 | 6 |
Saved | 13 | 2 |
% Saved | 59% | 33% |
Times Broken | 9 | 4 |
Tommy broke his opponents 20 times with a 54% conversion rate. Tommy dropped his serve 9 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded. Shelton broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Ben conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
Paul | |||||
R1 Travaglia |
R2 Safiullin |
R3 Davidovich Fokina |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-2 6-3 4-6 6-1 | 3-6 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-3 | 6-1 6-0 3-6 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
Tot Games | 34 | 44 | 31 | 109 | |
pts | 117-86 | 130-129 | 112-86 | 359-301 | |
Total points | 203 | 259 | 198 | 660 | |
Winners | 44 | 66 | 51 | 161 | |
%Winners | 38% | 51% | 46% | 45% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 14 | 10 | 15 | 39 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
1st in | 60/94 | 88/130 | 63/110 | 211/334 | |
% 1st in | 64% | 68% | 57% | 63% | |
1st pts | 44/60 | 66/88 | 51/63 | 161/211 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 75% | 81% | 76% | |
2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/42 | 20/47 | 58/123 | |
% 2nd pts | 56% | 45% | 43% | 47% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 9 | 5 | 6 | 20 | |
Converted | 9/20 | 5/9 | 6/8 | 20/37 | |
Converted % | 45% | 56% | 75% | 54% | |
Conceded | 7 | 9 | 6 | 22 | |
Saved | 3/7 | 5/9 | 5/6 | 13 | |
Saved % | 43% | 56% | 83% | 61% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
Shelton | |||||
R1 Cachin |
R2 Thiem |
R3 Karatsev |
Total | ||
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Score | 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 | 7-61 1-0 ret. | 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-0 | ||
Tot Set | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
Tot Games | 34 | 14 | 33 | 81 | |
pts | 99-87 | 49-39 | 107-84 | 255-210 | |
Total points | 186 | 88 | 191 | 465 | |
Winners | 49 | 22 | 49 | 120 | |
%Winners | 49% | 45% | 46% | 47% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 13 | 7 | 26 | 46 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
1st in | 65/93 | 30/42 | 57/85 | 152/220 | |
% 1st in | 70% | 71% | 67% | 69% | |
1st pts | 49/65 | 22/30 | 49/57 | 120/152 | |
% 1st pts | 75% | 73% | 86% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 15/28 | 8/12 | 15/28 | 38/68 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 67% | 54% | 56% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |
Converted | 4/4 | 1/5 | 6/10 | 11/19 | |
Converted % | 100% | 20% | 60% | 58% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Saved | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2 | |
Saved % | 0% | 50% | 50% | 33% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores – U.S. Open
- Ben SheltonShelton – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 3-6 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Benjamin BonziBonzi (2-6 7-5 7-64 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Laslo DjereDjere (4-6 4-6 6-1 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Jakub MensikMensik (6-1 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-0 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (4-6 6-2 6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (5-1) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Jack DraperDraper (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Daniel EvansEvans (2-0) – H2H and prediction