Jannik Sinner beats Ben Shelton 7-6(2) 7-5 in the 1st round in Vienna on Wednesday. Sinner is going to play against Lorenzo Sonego in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Italian added to his prize money € 16,450 after winning this match. He has already won € 35,245 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jannik will add € 30,780 to his earnings to get in total € 66,025 in total.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Ben Shelton Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sinner scored 80 points vs. the American’s 69.
Sinner
The Italian served extremely well to win 84% of the points (48/57) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (8/14) on his second serve. Sinner won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 20% (1/5) of the procured opportunities.
Shelton
On the other side, Ben wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Sinner and Shelton is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Lorenzo Sonego – stats
Sinner will compete against Sonego in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Sonego clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Sinner won 6-4 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Us open back in August 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Jannik won the set after he broke Shelton .
Jannik wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40). On the other side, Shelton was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 82 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Italian won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Ben (40-42). The Italian conceded 9 points on serve (26-9). On the losing side, the American conceded 14 points on serve (33-14).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Jannik grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) prior to eventually winning the set (7-5).
Sinner converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They played 67 points. Jannik was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Shelton (39-28). The Italian dropped 6 points on serve (25-6). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
Tennis Scores in Vienna
- Borna GojoGojo – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Ben SheltonShelton (7-62 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Arthur FilsFils (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 5-7 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Dominic ThiemThiem (7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel EvansEvans (1-4 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-64 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Filip MisolicMisolic (7-67 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (5-2) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Gael MonfilsMonfils (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Borna GojoGojo – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-3) – H2H details and stats