Ben Shelton and Sebastian Korda will fight against each other in the quarter of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 Sebastian Korda who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Korda is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Korda -> 1.86
Ben Shelton -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Sebastian Korda
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Sebastian Korda since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 20, Ben got to the quarter after defeating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-4 6-4, Roman Safiullin 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Jannik Sinner 2-6 6-3 7-65.
In the 4th round against Sinner, Ben recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-65). During the match, Shelton scored 101 points vs Sinner’s 97. The American was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton made 15 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 73% of his first serves in, winning 73% (54/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Shelton broke Sinner once after converting 10% of his break points (1/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shelton has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Shelton has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 66% of his matches (81-41). 16-12 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has a composed39-24 match record in the last 3 years on hard.
Shelton’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Cagliari Challenger and at the U.S. Open .
The American has a compiled 23-23 win-loss record in 2023, 16-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Sebastian Korda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-19 | 17-9 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-16 | 18-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 13-9 | 8-6 | 12-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 12-8 | 6-5 | 13-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-10 | 6-4 | 6-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 7-1 |
Ranked no. 26, Sebastian reached the quarter after beating Bu Yunchaokete 6-1 6-4, Daniil Medvedev 7-68 6-2 and Francisco Cerundolo 7-5 7-66.
In the 4th round, Korda had a good straight sets win against Cerundolo (7-5 7-66). During the match Korda scored 76 points vs Cerundolo’s 66. Sebastian was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Korda bagged 7 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Sebastian Korda was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (40/49) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sebastian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cerundolo twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Korda hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Sebastian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Adelaide and Astana.
Sebastian has an aggregate 25-13 win-loss record in 2023, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 78 | 63 |
| Pts | 261-235 | 205-172 |
| Total Points | 496 | 377 |
| Winners | 139 | 106 |
| %Winners | 53% | 52% |
Both Shelton and Korda played 3 matches. At the moment, Ben Shelton lost 2 sets while Sebastian Korda hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shelton has played 2 sets more than Korda (8 vs 6). Therefore, Shelton played 15 games more than Korda. Shelton scored 139 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 106 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 7.7 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 180/249 | 137/202 |
| %1st in | 72% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 139/180 | 106/137 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 35/69 | 40/65 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 62% |
Shelton made 23 aces (7.7 per match). Korda fired 20 aces (6.7 per match). Shelton won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Korda won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/25 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 20% | 64% |
| Conceded | 14 | 5 |
| Saved | 11 | 4 |
| % Saved | 79% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Shelton broke his opponents 5 times with a 20% conversion rate. Shelton dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Korda broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||||
| R2 Munar Clar |
R3 Safiullin |
R4 Sinner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | 2-6 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 28 | 30 | 78 | |
| pts | 67-54 | 93-84 | 101-97 | 261-235 | |
| Total points | 121 | 177 | 198 | 496 | |
| Winners | 37 | 48 | 54 | 139 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 52% | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 47/62 | 59/86 | 74/101 | 180/249 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 69% | 73% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 48/59 | 54/74 | 139/180 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 81% | 73% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 14/27 | 13/27 | 35/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 52% | 48% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/10 | 1/10 | 5/25 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 20% | 10% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 5/6 | 3/5 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 83% | 60% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Korda | |||||
| R2 Yunchaokete |
R3 Medvedev |
R4 Cerundolo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-68 6-2 | 7-5 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 25 | 63 | |
| pts | 60-45 | 69-61 | 76-66 | 205-172 | |
| Total points | 105 | 130 | 142 | 377 | |
| Winners | 28 | 38 | 40 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 55% | 53% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 7 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 53/70 | 49/74 | 137/202 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 76% | 66% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 38/53 | 40/49 | 106/137 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 72% | 82% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 13/17 | 15/25 | 40/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 76% | 60% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 100% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 75% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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