Jannik Sinner and Ben Shelton will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Erste Bank Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.3
Ben Shelton -> 3.54

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Ben Shelton

This will be the 2nd time that Jannik Sinner and Ben Shelton play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats

), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Shelton won 2-6 6-3 7-6(5) in the 4th round in Shanghai back in October 2023.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Jannik Sinner – Shanghai 10-October-2023

Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner

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Rank
1
High
1
WWWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 55-5 30-2 11-2 5-0 9-1 0-0
2023 64-15 28-7 8-3 20-2 8-3 0-0
2022 47-16 21-6 15-4 7-4 4-2 0-0
2021 49-22 22-8 10-6 17-6 0-2 0-0
2020 20-14 2-6 7-3 11-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 4 (career-high), the Italian will start his run in Vienna after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 2-6 6-3 7-6(5) to Shelton in the 4th round on the 10th of October.

The Italian has an aggregate 51-14 win-loss record in 2023, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Montpellier where he beat Maxime Cressy in the final 7-6(3) 6-3 and in Toronto where he defeated Alex De Minaur in the final 6-4 6-1 and in Beijing where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-6(2) 7-6(2).

Talking about his overall career, Jannik has an overall 260-112 record. He has a positive 74-24 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in Vienna

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.

Vienna
Sinner's Record

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton

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Rank
17
High
13
WLLWWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-21 18-11 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. 15 (career-high), will start his run in Vienna after he won the title in Tokyo after beating 7-5 6-1 Karatsev in the final.

Ben has a compiled 28-24 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Tokyo where he beat Aslan Karatsev in the final 7-5 6-1.

Ben won his last 5 matches.

In terms of his career, Ben has an overall 86-42 record. He has a positive 31-4 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in Vienna

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Vienna
Shelton's Record

Tennis Scores in Vienna

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