Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Dallas Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.81
Tommy Paul -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Ben Shelton
This will be the 4th time that Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Shelton won 7-6(4) 6-3 in the quarter in Tokyo back in 2023.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs Tommy Paul – Tokyo 20-October-2023
Tommy Paul
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-20 | 17-12 | 10-4 | 8-2 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 29-13 | 5-6 | 3-5 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-27 | 21-12 | 2-6 | 9-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-23 | 12-12 | 9-7 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 15, Paul got to the semifinal after beating Taro Daniel 6-3 6-2 and Dominik Koepfer 7-5 6-3.
In the quarter, Tommy had a good straight sets win against Koepfer (7-5 6-3). During the match, Paul scored 67 points vs Koepfer’s 53. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Paul managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Tommy Paul was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Koepfer 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Paul hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Paul has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (355-207). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Paul has an aggregate 55-35 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Paul has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dallas
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-26 | 22-13 | 8-4 | 8-5 | 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. 16, Ben reached the semifinal after defeating Michael Mmoh 6-3 6-3 and Jordan Thompson 6-72 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter against Thompson, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-4 6-4). During the match Shelton scored 99 points vs Thompson’s 90. Ben was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about serving, Shelton scored 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ben Shelton was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (55/70) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Thompson twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Auckland.
The American has a compiled 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paul | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 51 |
| Pts | 142-106 | 155-125 |
| Total Points | 248 | 280 |
| Winners | 53 | 82 |
| %Winners | 37% | 53% |
Both Paul and Shelton played 2 matches. At the moment, Ben Shelton conceded 1 set while Tommy Paul hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Paul has played 1 set(s) less than Shelton (4 vs 5). Therefore, Paul played 13 games less than Shelton. Paul scored 53 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Ben blasted 82 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paul | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 9 |
| 1st in | 71/119 | 99/143 |
| %1st in | 60% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 53/71 | 82/99 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 29/48 | 30/44 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 68% |
Paul made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Shelton managed to score 18 aces (9 per match). Paul won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paul | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/20 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 35% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Paul broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Paul lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ben was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| Paul | ||||
| R2 Daniel |
1/4 Koepfer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| pts | 75-53 | 67-53 | 142-106 | |
| Total points | 128 | 120 | 248 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 38/66 | 71/119 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 58% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 27/38 | 53/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 15/28 | 29/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 54% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 4/6 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 67% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 0/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Shelton | ||||
| R2 Mmoh |
1/4 Thompson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-72 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 33 | 51 | |
| pts | 56-35 | 99-90 | 155-125 | |
| Total points | 91 | 189 | 280 | |
| Winners | 27 | 55 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 56% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 11 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/39 | 70/104 | 99/143 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 67% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 27/29 | 55/70 | 82/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 79% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/10 | 21/34 | 30/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 90% | 62% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/4 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
W
L Tennis Scores in Dallas
- Marcos GironGiron – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-72 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-7(2) 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marcos GironGiron – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (1-2) – H2H and prediction
