Ben Shelton and Brandon Nakashima will clash against each other in the quarter of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.72
Brandon Nakashima -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Nakashima
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Brandon Nakashima since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 16, the American got to the quarter after defeating Zizou Bergs 3-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Bergs, Shelton recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-3). During the match, Shelton scored 96 points vs Bergs’s 88. Ben was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelton managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 68% of his first serves in, winning 75% (43/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Shelton broke Bergs 3 times after converting 19% of his break points (3/16).
Shelton has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (98-51). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has an overall10-10 match record in the last 4 years on clay.
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Auckland and Dallas.
Ben has an aggregate 12-7 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Shelton has never competed in this tournament before.
Brandon Nakashima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 61-32 | 24-12 | 13-7 | 15-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-26 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 8-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 17-13 | 5-5 | 9-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-25 | 17-10 | 4-7 | 20-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 92, the American reached the quarter after beating Duje Ajdukovic 6-1 6-4 and Rinky Hijikata 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-1 6-4). During the match Nakashima scored 59 points vs Hijikata’s 34. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Nakashima fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Brandon Nakashima was quite effective on serve to win 94% (29/31) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Brandon broke Hijikata 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nakashima hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he beat Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.
The American has a composed 24-8 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 34 |
| Pts | 96-88 | 115-75 |
| Total Points | 184 | 190 |
| Winners | 43 | 52 |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% |
Shelton played 1 match while Nakashima competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Ben Shelton dropped 1 set while Brandon Nakashima hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set(s) less than Nakashima (3 vs 4). Therefore, Shelton played 6 games less than Nakashima. The American scored 43 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Nakashima fired 52 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 57/84 | 60/94 |
| %1st in | 68% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 43/57 | 52/60 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 23/34 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 68% |
Shelton recorded 3 aces . Nakashima blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Shelton won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 87% 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 | Shelton | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/16 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 19% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 |
| Saved | 7 | 2 |
| % Saved | 78% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Ben broke his opponent 3 times with a 19% conversion rate. Ben dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Brandon broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nakashima was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Shelton | |||
| R2 Bergs |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 96-88 | 96-88 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 57/84 | 57/84 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 43/57 | 43/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/16 | 3/16 | |
| Converted % | 19% | 19% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Nakashima | ||||
| R1 Ajdukovic |
R2 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 34 | |
| pts | 56-41 | 59-34 | 115-75 | |
| Total points | 97 | 93 | 190 | |
| Winners | 23 | 29 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/50 | 31/44 | 60/94 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 70% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 29/31 | 52/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 94% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 9/13 | 23/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 69% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/7 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 43% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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