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

Ben Shelton

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Rank
21
High
13
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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
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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.

Shanghai
Shelton's Record

Sebastian Korda

Sebastian Korda

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Rank
22
High
15
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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
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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).

Shanghai
Korda's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Shelton
S.Korda
6h:13
6h:13
Time on court​
4h:18
4h:18
!
2h:30
2h:30
Last match​
1h:38
1h:38
3
3
Match played
3
3
78
78
Games Played​
63
63
8
8
Set played​​
6
6
261
261
Total points​
205
205
87
87
Avg point​
68.3
68.3
139
139
Winners
106
106
46.3
46.3
Avg Winners​
35.3
35.3
53%
53%
Ratio winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
23
23
Aces
20
20
7.7
7.7
Avg Aces
6.7
6.7
10
10
Double Faults
2
2
3.3
3.3
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
139/180
139/180
1st won total​
106/137
106/137
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
35/69
35/69
2nd won total​
40/65
40/65
51%
51%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
5/25
5/25
BP won
7/11
7/11
1.7/8.3
1.7/8.3
Avg BP won
2.3/3.7
2.3/3.7
!
20%
20%
Won
!
64%
64%
14
14
Conceded
5
5
4.7
4.7
Avg Conceded
1.7
1.7
3
3
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0.3
0.3
11
11
Saved
4
4
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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

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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