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

Tommy Paul

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Rank
14
High
12
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-14 11-8 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
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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

U.S. Open
Paul's Record

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton

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Rank
13
High
13
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-19 17-10 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
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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.

U.S. Open
Shelton's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

T.Paul
B.Shelton
7h:59
7h:59
Time on court​
5h:32
5h:32
!
2h:19
2h:19
Last match​
!
2h:18
2h:18
3
3
Match played
3
3
109
109
Games Played​
81
81
13
13
Set played​​
11
11
359
359
Total points​
255
255
119.7
119.7
Avg point​
85
85
161
161
Winners
120
120
53.7
53.7
Avg Winners​
40
40
45%
45%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
39
39
Aces
46
46
!
13
13
Avg Aces
!
15.3
15.3
10
10
Double Faults
9
9
3.3
3.3
Avg Double Faults
3
3
161/211
161/211
1st won total​
120/152
120/152
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
58/123
58/123
2nd won total​
38/68
38/68
47%
47%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
20/37
20/37
BP won
11/19
11/19
6.7/12.3
6.7/12.3
Avg BP won
3.7/6.3
3.7/6.3
!
54%
54%
Won
!
58%
58%
22
22
Conceded
6
6
7.3
7.3
Avg Conceded
2
2
9
9
Broken
4
4
3
3
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
13
13
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Paul Shelton
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
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
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
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
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

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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