Casper Ruud and Ben Shelton will face off in the quarter of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 9:00 pm on ESTADIO. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.58
Ben Shelton -> 2.39
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Ben Shelton
This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Ben Shelton clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Ruud won 6-2 7-6(1) in the 2nd round in Barcelona back in 2023.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs Ben Shelton – Barcelona 18-April-2023
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-25 | 21-9 | 24-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 12-12 | 22-8 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-22 | 18-8 | 25-7 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 57-17 | 16-6 | 28-5 | 11-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-13 | 4-5 | 17-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 11, the Norwegian reached the quarter after defeating Christopher Eubanks 6-4 6-75 6-3 and Dusan Lajovic 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Ruud had a good straight sets win against Lajovic (6-4 7-5). During the match, Ruud scored 63 points vs Lajovic’s 54. Casper was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruud made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Casper Ruud was extremely efficient on serve to win 90% (35/39) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Norwegian broke Lajovic twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Norwegian has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Ruud has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (364-195). 10-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruud has a composed 95-63 record in the last years on hard.
Casper’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Los Cabos.
Casper has an aggregate 11-2 win-loss record in 2024, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Acapulco
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 17, Shelton got to the quarter after defeating Daniel Evans 2-6 7-5 7-65 and Matteo Arnaldi 7-61 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American defeated Arnaldi (7-61 3-6 6-3). During the match Shelton scored 101 points vs Arnaldi’s 91. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Shelton bagged 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (46/62) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Shelton broke Arnaldi 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shelton has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Ben’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Auckland and Dallas.
Shelton has a compiled 8-4 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Acapulco
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 64 |
| Pts | 161-141 | 194-186 |
| Total Points | 302 | 380 |
| Winners | 82 | 96 |
| %Winners | 51% | 49% |
Both Ruud and Shelton played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Casper Ruud conceded 1 set, while Ben Shelton conceded 2 sets. Ruud has played 1 set(s) less than Shelton (5 vs 6). Therefore, Ruud played 10 games less than Shelton. Ruud scored 82 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Ben managed to score 96 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 94/151 | 125/177 |
| %1st in | 62% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 82/94 | 96/125 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 34/57 | 25/52 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 48% |
Ruud fired 11 aces (5.5 per match). Shelton blasted 19 aces (9.5 per match). Ruud won 87% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 44% | 36% |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Ruud broke his opponents 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Casper quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Shelton broke his opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Ben conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | ||||
| R1 Eubanks |
R2 Lajovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-75 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 22 | 54 | |
| pts | 98-87 | 63-54 | 161-141 | |
| Total points | 185 | 117 | 302 | |
| Winners | 47 | 35 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 56% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/90 | 39/61 | 94/151 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 47/55 | 35/39 | 82/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 90% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 12/22 | 34/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 55% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/5 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shelton | ||||
| R1 Evans |
R2 Arnaldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 7-65 | 7-61 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 31 | 64 | |
| pts | 93-95 | 101-91 | 194-186 | |
| Total points | 188 | 192 | 380 | |
| Winners | 50 | 46 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 46% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 7 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 63/94 | 62/83 | 125/177 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 75% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 50/63 | 46/62 | 96/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 11/21 | 25/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 52% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/9 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 33% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 1/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 25% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
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