Ben Shelton and Roman Safiullin will play each other in the 3^rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 8:00 pm on SHOW COURT 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.6
Roman Safiullin -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Roman Safiullin

This will be the 2^nd time that Ben Shelton and Roman Safiullin square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Safiullin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Safiullin won 6-3 4-6 7-5 in the final in the Chicago Challenger back in 2022.

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 20, Shelton got to the 3^rd round after defeating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Munar Clar (6-4 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 67 points vs Munar Clar’s 54. Shelton was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shelton managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ben Shelton was very efficient on serve to win 79% (37/47) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shelton broke Munar Clar twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Shelton has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 66% of his matches (79-41). 14-12 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has an overall37-24 record in the last 3 years on hard.

Shelton’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Cagliari Challenger and at the U.S. Open .

Shelton has an overall 21-23 win-loss record in 2023, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Ben has never competed in this tournament before.

Roman Safiullin

Ranked no. 50, Safiullin got to the 3^rd round after defeating Andy Murray 6-3 6-2 and Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Roman had a good straight sets win against Zverev (6-3 6-1). During the match Safiullin scored 62 points vs Zverev’s 40. Safiullin was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Safiullin made 7 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Roman Safiullin was extremely effective on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Zverev 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Safiullin hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Koblenz Challenger where he defeated Vasek Pospisil in the final 6-2 7-5.

Roman has a compiled 36-21 win-loss record in 2023, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelton	Safiullin
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	20	33
Pts	67-54	132-97
Total Points	121	229
Winners	37	53
%Winners	55%	40%

Shelton played 1 match while Safiullin competed in 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Shelton has played 2 set(s) less than Safiullin (2 vs 4). Therefore, Shelton played 13 games less than Safiullin. The American scored 37 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Safiullin recorded 53 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelton	Safiullin
Aces	3	11
Avg per match	3	5.5
1st in	47/62	69/111
%1st in	76%	62%
1st pts	37/47	53/69
%1st pts	79%	77%
2nd pts	8/15	21/42
%2nd pts	53%	50%

Shelton blasted 3 aces . Safiullin blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Shelton won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Safiullin won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelton	Safiullin
Won	2	9
Converted	2/5	9/14
% Converted	40%	64%
Conceded	3	8
Saved	3	7
% Saved	100%	88%
Times Broken	0	1

Ben broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Ben extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Safiullin broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Safiullin conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
	R2 Munar Clar	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	67-54	67-54
Total points	121	121
Winners	37	37
%Winners	55%	55%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	47/62	47/62
% 1st in	76%	76%
1st pts	37/47	37/47
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	8/15	8/15
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Safiullin
	R1 Murray	R2 Zverev	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	16	33
pts	70-57	62-40	132-97
Total points	127	102	229
Winners	28	25	53
%Winners	40%	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	7	11
Double Faults	3	0	3
1st in	41/64	28/47	69/111
% 1st in	64%	60%	62%
1st pts	28/41	25/28	53/69
% 1st pts	68%	89%	77%
2nd pts	11/23	10/19	21/42
% 2nd pts	48%	53%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/8	4/6	9/14
Converted %	63%	67%	64%
Conceded	7	1	8
Saved	6/7	1/1	7
Saved %	86%	100%	186%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Marcos GironGiron (7-6⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (7-6² 6-7⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-6³ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Holger RuneRune (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-6⁴ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-4 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Marcos GironGiron (7-6(7) 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jeff WolfWolf – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Christopher EubanksEubanks (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-1) – H2H and prediction