Ben Shelton and Tomas Martin Etcheverry will play each other in the semifinal of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.78
Tomas Martin Etcheverry -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Tomas Martin Etcheverry since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-20 | 18-11 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 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, Shelton reached the semifinal after defeating Zizou Bergs 3-6 6-4 6-3 and Brandon Nakashima 7-5 7-69.
In the quarter, Ben had a good straight sets win against Nakashima (7-5 7-69). During the match, Shelton scored 95 points vs Nakashima’s 88. Shelton was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelton managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ben Shelton was very effective on serve to win 74% (52/70) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shelton broke Nakashima once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ben has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Shelton has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (99-51). 2-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelton has an aggregate11-10 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
Shelton’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Auckland and Dallas.
Shelton has a composed 13-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Shelton has never competed in this tournament before.
Tomas Martin Etcheverry
7 - 8win/loss
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LWWLLWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-24 | 6-8 | 19-13 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-29 | 8-11 | 25-14 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 53-33 | 4-5 | 48-25 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 63-29 | 0-2 | 62-26 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 26-15 | 0-1 | 24-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 30, the Argentine got to the semifinal after beating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4 6-4 and Michael Mmoh 6-3 0-1 ret..
In the quarter against Mmoh, Tomas Martin had a free pass after Mmoh retired on a 6-3 0-1 . scoreline.
Etcheverry has a compiled 7-7 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Etcheverry |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 30 |
| Pts | 191-176 | 96-81 |
| Total Points | 367 | 177 |
| Winners | 95 | 46 |
| %Winners | 50% | 48% |
Both Shelton and Etcheverry played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ben Shelton surrendered 1 set, while Tomas Martin Etcheverry dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Etcheverry have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Shelton played 23 games more than Etcheverry. Ben scored 95 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Tomas Martin scored 46 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Etcheverry |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 127/178 | 58/88 |
| %1st in | 71% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 95/127 | 46/58 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 28/51 | 14/30 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 47% |
Shelton managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Etcheverry fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Shelton won 75% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Etcheverry won 79% 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 | Etcheverry |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/22 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 18% | 56% |
| Conceded | 16 | 6 |
| Saved | 14 | 4 |
| % Saved | 88% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Ben broke his opponents 4 times with a 18% conversion rate. Shelton conceded his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Etcheverry conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | ||||
| R2 Bergs |
1/4 Nakashima |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 25 | 53 | |
| pts | 96-88 | 95-88 | 191-176 | |
| Total points | 184 | 183 | 367 | |
| Winners | 43 | 52 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 55% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 57/84 | 70/94 | 127/178 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 74% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 43/57 | 52/70 | 95/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 74% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 15/24 | 28/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 63% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/16 | 1/6 | 4/22 | |
| Converted % | 19% | 17% | 18% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7/7 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 100% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Etcheverry | ||||
| R2 Elahi Galan Riveros |
1/4 Mmoh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 0-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 10 | 30 | |
| pts | 65-57 | 31-24 | 96-81 | |
| Total points | 122 | 55 | 177 | |
| Winners | 30 | 16 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 52% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/63 | 17/25 | 58/88 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 16/17 | 46/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 94% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 5/8 | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 63% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 1/3 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 33% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLWLWLW Tennis Scores in Houston
- Ben SheltonShelton – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-5 7-69) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Marcos GironGiron (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-68 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Michael MmohMmoh (6-3 0-1 ret.) – See score progression
- N.Sriram Balaji/Andre BegemannBalaji/Andre Begemann – Arjun Kadhe/Jeevan NedunchezhiyanKadhe/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Max Purcell/Jordan ThompsonPurcell/Jordan Thompson – Anirudh Chandrasekar/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthChandrasekar/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (3-6 6-3 10-5) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-5 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-6(8) 6-4) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Marcos GironGiron (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
