Ben Shelton and Christopher O Connell will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on John Cain Arena. 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 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.26
Christopher O Connell -> 3.88

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Christopher O Connell

There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton

3 - 2win/loss

Hard

3-2

I Hard

0-0

Rank
21

High
13

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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, Ben got to the 2^nd round after defeating Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 7-6² 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Bautista-Agut (6-2 7-6² 7-5). During the match, Shelton scored 119 points vs Bautista-Agut’s 98. Ben was extremely aggressive to blast 55 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelton recorded 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 68% of his first serves in, winning 79% (55/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Bautista-Agut 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Shelton has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (89-46). 3-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelton has an overall47-27 record in the last 4 years on hard.

The American’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Auckland.

Ben has an aggregate 3-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open

Shelton's Record

Christopher O Connell

Christopher O Connell

3 - 2win/loss

Hard

3-2

I Hard

0-0

Rank
71

High
53

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	28-26	23-16	2-4	3-5	0-1	0-0
2023	38-34	19-18	11-9	4-3	4-4	0-0
2022	50-25	30-16	12-5	3-1	5-3	0-0
2021	22-16	14-9	3-3	1-1	4-3	0-0
2020	12-12	4-5	4-3	4-4	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 68, Christopher reached the 2^nd round after defeating Cristian Garin 3-6 7-5 4-6 6-1 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Christopher had a tough win against Garin to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (3-6 7-5 4-6 6-1 7-5). During the match O scored 167 points vs Garin’s 154. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 73 winners.

Talking about serving, O bagged 18 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Christopher O Connell lost the serve 5 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, O put 56% of his first serves in, winning 75% (73/97) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (33/76) on the 2nd serve. O broke Garin 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).

Christopher has a compiled 3-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2022. See his history.

Australian Open

O's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Shelton and O played 1 match. At the moment, Christopher O Connell dropped 2 sets while Ben Shelton hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shelton has played 2 set(s) less than O (3 vs 5). Therefore, Shelton played 17 games less than O. Shelton scored 55 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, O managed to score 73 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Shelton bagged 14 aces . O bagged 18 aces . Shelton won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, O won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Ben broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. O broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. O conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Ben
Shelton

1:0

Christopher
O Connell

Rank

21

High

13

1Hard0

Rank

71

High

53

Win Loss

Shelton

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O Connell

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2024 2023 2022

42 - 25

28 - 26

22-13

Hard

23-16

8-4

I Hard

3-5

8-4

Clay

2-4

4-4

Grass

0-1

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

• Arthur FilsFils – Jiri VeselyVesely (4-6 7-5 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (2-6 3-6 7-6³ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (7-6⁰ 4-6 7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Laslo DjereDjere (6-2 6-7³ 6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 6-3 7-6¹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-1 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-4 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-7² 7-6⁷ 1-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Patrick KypsonKypson (4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Andy MurrayMurray (6-4 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-7² 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Terence AtmaneAtmane (5-7 6-2 6-4 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Maximilian MartererMarterer (7-5 7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 7-5 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Aleksandar VukicVukic (3-6 7-6³ 6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Omar JasikaJasika (7-6⁴ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-3 7-5 6-7⁵ 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Benjamin BonziBonzi (7-6³ 7-6⁴ 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Alexandre MullerMuller (2-6 7-6³ 4-6 6-4 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (5-7 6-3 7-6⁵ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Hugo GastonGaston – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Milos RaonicRaonic (6-7⁶ 6-3 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Rinky HijikataHijikata (3-6 6-3 6-2 6-7² 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-3 7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-1 6-4 2-6 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Zizou BergsBergs (5-7 6-1 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 7-6³ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Dane SweenySweeny (3-6 6-3 6-4 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (4-6 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Jeff WolfWolf (3-6 6-2 6-3 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 7-6⁷ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Cristian GarinGarin (3-6 7-5 4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Lloyd HarrisHarris (4-6 7-6⁵ 7-5 7-6²) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-2 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-3 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovKotov – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-5 6-1 6-7⁶ 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁵ 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (2-6 6-3 7-6³ 4-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Marin CilicCilic (6-1 2-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-5 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Pedro CachinCachin (4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-5 6-4 3-6 4-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Laslo DjereDjere (6-2 6-7(3) 6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur FilsFils – Jiri VeselyVesely (4-6 7-5 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (2-6 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 6-3 7-6(1) 6-2) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (7-6(0) 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – James McCabeMcCabe (7-6(5) 3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-4 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Max PurcellPurcell – Mate ValkuszValkusz (3-6 7-6(2) 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-1 6-3 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Richard GasquetGasquet – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel EvansEvans – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Max PurcellPurcell – Casper RuudRuud (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Tomas MachacMachac (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pavel KotovKotov – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – H2H and prediction

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