H2H, prediction of Ben Shelton vs Jordan Thompson in Tokyo with odds, preview, pick | 18th October 2023

PREVIEW. Tokyo. Shelton and Thompson will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Rakuten Japan Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 18th of October

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Jordan Thompson

Ben Shelton and Jordan Thompson will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:30 pm on COLOSSEUM. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.63
Jordan Thompson -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Jordan Thompson

This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Jordan Thompson play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Shelton won 7-6(12) 6-4 in the quarter in the Chicago Challenger back in 2022.

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton
Ben Shelton

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
17
High
13
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-21 20-11 8-4 3-2 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. 19 (career-high), Shelton reached the 2nd round after beating Taro Daniel 3-6 6-4 7-62.

In the 1st round against Daniel, Shelton recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-62). During the match, Shelton scored 93 points vs Daniel’s 92. Ben was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelton struck 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (44/60) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Daniel twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Shelton has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 66% of his matches (82-42). 17-13 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has a composed40-25 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.

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

The American has an overall 24-24 win-loss record in 2023, 17-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Shelton
Tokyo
Shelton's Record

Jordan Thompson

Jordan Thompson
Jordan Thompson

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Rank
29
High
29
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-22 23-12 3-5 2-2 4-3 0-0
2023 41-28 22-15 0-3 7-4 12-6 0-0
2022 40-26 18-14 2-6 8-1 12-5 0-0
2021 23-25 10-11 2-6 0-1 9-5 2-2
2020 12-13 6-6 1-2 5-5 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 60, Jordan reached the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Zverev (6-3 6-4). During the match Thompson scored 61 points vs Zverev’s 55. Jordan was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Thompson blasted 6 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jordan Thompson lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Thompson put 65% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. Jordan broke Zverev 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Rome Challenger where he beat Alex Michelsen in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Gwangju Challenger where he beat Max Purcell in the final 6-3 6-2.

The Australian has an overall 40-24 win-loss record in 2023, 22-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Thompson
Tokyo
Thompson's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Shelton
J.Thompson
!
2h:32
2h:32
Time on court​
1h:35
1h:35
!
2h:32
2h:32
Last match​
1h:35
1h:35
1
1
Match played
1
1
32
32
Games Played​
19
19
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
93
93
Total points​
61
61
93
93
Avg point​
61
61
44
44
Winners
28
28
44
44
Avg Winners​
28
28
47%
47%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
6
6
5
5
Avg Aces
6
6
7
7
Double Faults
0
0
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
0
0
44/60
44/60
1st won total​
28/41
28/41
!
73%
73%
1st won %
68%
68%
16/30
16/30
2nd won total​
13/22
13/22
53%
53%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
BP won
3/6
3/6
2/5
2/5
Avg BP won
3/6
3/6
40%
40%
Won
50%
50%
4
4
Conceded
5
5
4
4
Avg Conceded
5
5
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
2
2
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shelton Thompson
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 32 19
Pts 93-92 61-55
Total Points 185 116
Winners 44 28
%Winners 47% 46%

Both Shelton and Thompson played 1 match. At the moment, Ben Shelton dropped 1 set while Jordan Thompson hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set more than Thompson (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shelton played 13 games more than Thompson. Shelton scored 44 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian blasted 28 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shelton Thompson
Aces 5 6
Avg per match 5 6
1st in 60/90 41/63
%1st in 67% 65%
1st pts 44/60 28/41
%1st pts 73% 68%
2nd pts 16/30 13/22
%2nd pts 53% 59%

Shelton made 5 aces . Thompson managed to score 6 aces . Shelton won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Thompson won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shelton Thompson
Won 2 3
Converted 2/5 3/6
% Converted 40% 50%
Conceded 4 5
Saved 2 4
% Saved 50% 80%
Times Broken 2 1

Shelton broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Thompson conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
R1
Daniel		 Total
Score 3-6 6-4 7-62
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 93-92 93-92
Total points 185 185
Winners 44 44
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 60/90 60/90
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 44/60 44/60
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 16/30 16/30
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/5 2/5
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 2
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 2 2
Thompson
R1
Zverev		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 61-55 61-55
Total points 116 116
Winners 28 28
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 41/63 41/63
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 28/41 28/41
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 13/22 13/22
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Ben Shelton
  • 0Slam
  • 2Main
  • 3Chall
  • 1Minor
Jordan Thompson
  • 0Slam
  • 1Main
  • 11Chall
  • 5Minor

Ben
Shelton

3:0

Jordan
Thompson

Rank

17

High

13

2Hard0

1I.hard0

Rank

29

High

29

Win Loss
Shelton
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Thompson
LWLLWWWWWL
2024 2023 2022
35 - 21
32 - 21
20-11
Hard
23-12
3-2
I Hard
2-1
8-4
Clay
3-5
4-4
Grass
4-3

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