Ben Shelton and Marcos Giron will face off in the semifinal of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on COLOSSEUM. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.57
Marcos Giron -> 2.41
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Marcos Giron
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Marcos Giron square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Giron (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Giron won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Delray beach back in February 2023.
Highlights Marcos Giron vs Ben Shelton – Delray beach 14-February-2023
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-21 | 19-11 | 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 |
Ranked no. 19 (career-high), Shelton reached the semifinal after defeating Taro Daniel 3-6 6-4 7-62, Jordan Thompson 6-75 6-4 6-3 and Tommy Paul 7-64 6-3.
In the quarter, Ben had a good straight sets win against Paul (7-64 6-3). During the match, Shelton scored 70 points vs Paul’s 59. Shelton was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelton made 14 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (34/42) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shelton was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Paul twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shelton has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Shelton has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 67% of his matches (84-42). 19-13 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has an overall42-25 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.
Ben’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Cagliari Challenger and at the U.S. Open .
The American has an overall 26-24 win-loss record in 2023, 19-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Shelton has never competed in this tournament before.
Marcos Giron
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-23 | 4-10 | 3-8 | 4-1 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-30 | 17-15 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-31 | 11-13 | 3-9 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 12-10 | 5-5 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-15 | 12-8 | 1-2 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 79, Giron got to the semifinal after beating Kaichi Uchida 6-4 6-3, Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3 6-2, Yoshihito Nishioka 7-614 4-6 6-1, Casper Ruud 6-3 6-4 and Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1 6-4.
In the quarter, Marcos had a good straight sets win against Auger-Aliassime (6-1 6-4). During the match Giron scored 57 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 42. The American was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Giron recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Marcos Giron was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Auger-Aliassime 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Giron has an overall 30-26 win-loss record in 2023, 17-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Giron |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 86 | 102 |
| Pts | 280-250 | 367-286 |
| Total Points | 530 | 653 |
| Winners | 128 | 170 |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% |
Shelton played 3 matches while Giron competed in 5 matches. Giron started his run from the qualifications while Shelton had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Ben Shelton conceded 2 sets, while Marcos Giron surrendered 1 set. Shelton has played 3 set(s) less than Giron (8 vs 11). Therefore, Shelton played 16 games less than Giron. Ben scored 128 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Marcos recorded 170 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Giron |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 32 | 36 |
| Avg per match | 10.7 | 7.2 |
| 1st in | 164/259 | 211/305 |
| %1st in | 63% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 128/164 | 170/211 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 53/95 | 50/94 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 53% |
Shelton scored 32 aces (10.7 per match). Giron fired 36 aces (7.2 per match). Shelton won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Giron won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Giron |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 17 |
| Converted | 7/18 | 17/34 |
| % Converted | 39% | 50% |
| Conceded | 13 | 11 |
| Saved | 9 | 8 |
| % Saved | 69% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Shelton broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Ben surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 17 times with a 50% conversion rate. Giron conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||||
| R1 Daniel |
R2 Thompson |
1/4 Paul |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 7-62 | 6-75 6-4 6-3 | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | 22 | 86 | |
| pts | 93-92 | 117-99 | 70-59 | 280-250 | |
| Total points | 185 | 216 | 129 | 530 | |
| Winners | 44 | 50 | 34 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 43% | 49% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 13 | 14 | 32 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 60/90 | 62/96 | 42/73 | 164/259 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 65% | 58% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 44/60 | 50/62 | 34/42 | 128/164 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 81% | 81% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 19/34 | 18/31 | 53/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 56% | 58% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/11 | 2/2 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 27% | 100% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/2 | 6/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 86% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Giron | |||||||
| Q1 Uchida |
Q3 Uchiyama |
R1 Nishioka |
R2 Ruud |
1/4 Auger-Aliassime |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 7-614 4-6 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 102 | |
| pts | 63-50 | 66-40 | 119-104 | 62-50 | 57-42 | 367-286 | |
| Total points | 113 | 106 | 223 | 112 | 99 | 653 | |
| Winners | 34 | 28 | 58 | 30 | 20 | 170 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 42% | 49% | 48% | 35% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 36 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/56 | 30/42 | 72/109 | 38/53 | 28/45 | 211/305 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 71% | 66% | 72% | 62% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 28/30 | 58/72 | 30/38 | 20/28 | 170/211 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 93% | 81% | 79% | 71% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 8/12 | 20/37 | 6/15 | 10/17 | 50/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 67% | 54% | 40% | 59% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | 2/7 | 4/7 | 5/8 | 17/34 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 29% | 57% | 63% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 83% | 0% | 50% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
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