Ben Shelton and Taro Daniel will face off in the semifinal of the ASB Classic for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.285
Taro Daniel -> 3.65

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Taro Daniel

This will be the 3rd time that Ben Shelton and Taro Daniel play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Shelton won 3-6 6-4 7-6(2) in the 1st round in Tokyo back in 2023.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Taro Daniel – Tokyo 17-October-2023

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton

2 - 1win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
21
High
13
LWLWWWWLWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 42-25 22-13 8-4 8-4 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. 16, the American reached the semifinal after defeating Fabian Marozsan 6-3 6-4 and Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Carballes Baena (6-4 6-3). During the match, Shelton scored 68 points vs Carballes Baena’s 58. The American was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelton blasted 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shelton broke Carballes Baena 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shelton hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Shelton has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (88-45). 2-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has a compiled46-26 record in the last 4 years on hard.

Shelton has a composed 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Auckland

Auckland
Shelton's Record

Taro Daniel

Taro Daniel

5 - 1win/loss

Hard
5-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
84
High
58
WLWWWWWWWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 29-32 16-16 5-11 7-2 1-3 0-0
2023 45-30 34-16 7-10 2-1 2-3 0-0
2022 43-29 27-17 12-7 2-2 2-3 0-0
2021 30-25 5-7 21-15 4-3 0-0 0-0
2020 18-15 9-9 3-5 6-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 74, Taro got to the semifinal after defeating Aleksandar Vukic 7-5 7-5, Max Purcell 6-2 6-4 and Alexandre Muller 6-4 6-73 6-3.

In the quarter, Taro defeated Muller (6-4 6-73 6-3). During the match Daniel scored 108 points vs Muller’s 96. Taro was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about serving, Daniel bagged 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Taro Daniel was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (48/66) of his 1st serve and 51% (23/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Daniel broke Muller 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Daniel has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Japanese has an aggregate 5-1 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Auckland

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.

Auckland
Daniel's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Shelton
T.Daniel
2h:51
2h:51
Time on court​
!
5h:33
5h:33
1h:40
1h:40
Last match​
!
2h:39
2h:39
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
38
38
Games Played​
74
74
4
4
Set played​​
7
7
126
126
Total points​
243
243
63
63
Avg point​
81
81
63
63
Winners
116
116
31.5
31.5
Avg Winners​
38.7
38.7
50%
50%
Ratio winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
22
22
8.5
8.5
Avg Aces
7.3
7.3
6
6
Double Faults
10
10
3
3
Avg Double Faults
3.3
3.3
63/82
63/82
1st won total​
116/148
116/148
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
24/48
24/48
2nd won total​
42/89
42/89
50%
50%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
6/15
6/15
BP won
11/16
11/16
3/7.5
3/7.5
Avg BP won
3.7/5.3
3.7/5.3
40%
40%
Won
!
69%
69%
11
11
Conceded
20
20
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
6.7
6.7
2
2
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
9
9
Saved
16
16
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shelton Daniel
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 4 7
Tot Games 38 74
Pts 126-108 243-212
Total Points 234 455
Winners 63 116
%Winners 50% 48%

Shelton played 2 matches while Daniel competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Taro Daniel dropped 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shelton has played 3 set(s) less than Daniel (4 vs 7). Therefore, Shelton played 36 games less than Daniel. Ben scored 63 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese scored 116 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shelton Daniel
Aces 17 22
Avg per match 8.5 7.3
1st in 82/130 148/237
%1st in 63% 62%
1st pts 63/82 116/148
%1st pts 77% 78%
2nd pts 24/48 42/89
%2nd pts 50% 47%

Shelton fired 17 aces (8.5 per match). Daniel fired 22 aces (7.3 per match). Shelton won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Daniel won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shelton Daniel
Won 6 11
Converted 6/15 11/16
% Converted 40% 69%
Conceded 11 20
Saved 9 16
% Saved 82% 80%
Times Broken 2 4

The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Ben surrendered his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel broke his opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
R2
Marozsan		 1/4
Carballes Baena		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 19 19 38
pts 58-50 68-58 126-108
Total points 108 126 234
Winners 32 31 63
%Winners 55% 46% 50%
SERVE
Aces 10 7 17
Double Faults 3 3 6
1st in 40/59 42/71 82/130
% 1st in 68% 59% 63%
1st pts 32/40 31/42 63/82
% 1st pts 80% 74% 77%
2nd pts 9/19 15/29 24/48
% 2nd pts 47% 52% 50%
Breaks
Won 3 3 6
Converted 3/8 3/7 6/15
Converted % 38% 43% 40%
Conceded 3 8 11
Saved 2/3 7/8 9
Saved % 67% 88% 78%
Times Broken 1 1 2
Daniel
R1
Vukic		 R2
Purcell		 1/4
Muller		 Total
Score 7-5 7-5 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-73 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 24 18 32 74
pts 72-71 63-45 108-96 243-212
Total points 143 108 204 455
Winners 38 30 48 116
%Winners 53% 48% 44% 48%
SERVE
Aces 6 7 9 22
Double Faults 5 0 5 10
1st in 49/78 33/48 66/111 148/237
% 1st in 63% 69% 59% 62%
1st pts 38/49 30/33 48/66 116/148
% 1st pts 78% 91% 73% 78%
2nd pts 10/29 9/15 23/45 42/89
% 2nd pts 34% 60% 51% 47%
Breaks
Won 4 3 4 11
Converted 4/7 3/4 4/5 11/16
Converted % 57% 75% 80% 69%
Conceded 7 3 10 20
Saved 5/7 3/3 8/10 16
Saved % 71% 100% 80% 126%
Times Broken 2 0 2 4

Tennis Scores in Auckland

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