Ben Shelton and Roberto Carballes Baena will play each other in the quarter of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.24
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Roberto Carballes Baena since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-10 | 9-6 | 6-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 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. 16, the American got to the quarter after beating Fabian Marozsan 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Marozsan (6-3 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 58 points vs Marozsan’s 50. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton recorded 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 68% of his first serves in, winning 80% (32/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Marozsan 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Shelton has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (87-45). 1-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelton has a composed45-26 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
Ben has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Roberto Carballes Baena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-29 | 3-8 | 19-14 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-33 | 3-8 | 41-23 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-30 | 3-5 | 33-20 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-18 | 3-4 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 67, Carballes Baena reached the quarter after beating Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 6-3 and Sebastian Ofner 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Ofner (7-5 6-3). During the match Carballes Baena scored 71 points vs Ofner’s 60. Carballes Baena was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Carballes Baena made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Roberto Carballes Baena was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 64% (23/36) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Ofner twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Roberto hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Carballes Baena has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Carballes Baena |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 40 |
| Pts | 58-50 | 141-117 |
| Total Points | 108 | 258 |
| Winners | 32 | 51 |
| %Winners | 55% | 36% |
Shelton played 1 match while Carballes Baena competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Shelton has played 2 set(s) less than Carballes Baena (2 vs 4). Therefore, Shelton played 21 games less than Carballes Baena. The American scored 32 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard managed to score 51 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Carballes Baena |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 3 |
| 1st in | 40/59 | 65/121 |
| %1st in | 68% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 51/65 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 31/56 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 55% |
Shelton scored 10 aces . Carballes Baena made 6 aces (3 per match). Shelton won 80% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Carballes Baena won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Carballes Baena |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 7/19 |
| % Converted | 38% | 37% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Ben broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Roberto broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||
| R2 Marozsan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 58-50 | 58-50 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/59 | 40/59 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 32/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Carballes Baena | ||||
| R1 Bautista-Agut |
R2 Ofner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 21 | 40 | |
| pts | 70-57 | 71-60 | 141-117 | |
| Total points | 127 | 131 | 258 | |
| Winners | 25 | 26 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 31/67 | 65/121 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 46% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 26/31 | 51/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 84% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 23/36 | 31/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 64% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 2/4 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | 133% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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