H2H, prediction of Ben Shelton vs Frances Tiafoe in Houston with odds, preview, pick | 7th April 2024

PREVIEW. Houston. Shelton and Tiafoe will square off in the final of the US Men's Clay Court Championship. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Sunday the 7th of April

Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Frances Tiafoe

Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe will clash against each other in the final of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.81
Frances Tiafoe -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Frances Tiafoe

This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Shelton won 6-2 3-6 7-6(7) 6-2 in the quarter in at the U.S. Open back in 2023.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Frances Tiafoe – U.S. Open 05-September-2023

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton
Ben Shelton

15 - 7win/loss

Hard
9-6
I Hard
2-1
Clay
4-0
Rank
21
High
13
LWLWWWWLWW
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

Ranked no. 16, Shelton reached the final after beating Zizou Bergs 3-6 6-4 6-3, Brandon Nakashima 7-5 7-69 and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-74 6-4 6-4.

In the semifinal against Etcheverry, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 98 points vs Etcheverry’s 82. The American was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelton recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (48/57) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Etcheverry 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has lost 2 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Shelton has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (100-51). 3-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelton has an overall12-10 match record in the last 4 years on clay.

The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Auckland, Dallas and Houston.

Ben has an overall 14-7 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Houston

Shelton has never competed in this tournament before.

Shelton
Houston
Shelton's Record

Frances Tiafoe

Frances Tiafoe
Frances Tiafoe

10 - 8win/loss

Hard
6-6
I Hard
1-1
Clay
3-1
Rank
18
High
10
LLWLWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-27 21-13 5-6 4-5 3-3 0-0
2023 40-21 21-10 8-4 4-5 7-2 0-0
2022 35-25 19-11 8-6 5-5 3-3 0-0
2021 42-27 19-13 4-7 10-4 9-3 0-0
2020 19-15 7-9 6-3 6-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 21, Francis got to the final after defeating James Duckworth 6-2 6-74 7-5, Jordan Thompson 7-68 6-4 and Luciano Darderi 6-2 7-62.

In the semifinal, The American had a good straight sets win against Darderi (6-2 7-62). During the match Tiafoe scored 76 points vs Darderi’s 58. Tiafoe was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Tiafoe blasted 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Frances Tiafoe conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 72% of his first serves in, winning 83% (38/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Darderi twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tiafoe has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Tiafoe’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Delray Beach and Houston.

Tiafoe has an overall 10-7 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Houston

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2023. See his history.

Tiafoe
Houston
Tiafoe's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Shelton
F.Tiafoe
7h:07
7h:07
Time on court​
5h:47
5h:47
!
2h:29
2h:29
Last match​
1h:34
1h:34
3
3
Match played
3
3
86
86
Games Played​
77
77
8
8
Set played​​
7
7
289
289
Total points​
252
252
96.3
96.3
Avg point​
84
84
143
143
Winners
111
111
47.7
47.7
Avg Winners​
37
37
49%
49%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
27
27
5.3
5.3
Avg Aces
9
9
8
8
Double Faults
3
3
2.7
2.7
Avg Double Faults
1
1
143/184
143/184
1st won total​
111/142
111/142
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
44/77
44/77
2nd won total​
55/87
55/87
57%
57%
2nd won %
!
63%
63%
-- Break Points --
7/26
7/26
BP won
7/18
7/18
2.3/8.7
2.3/8.7
Avg BP won
2.3/6
2.3/6
!
27%
27%
Won
39%
39%
19
19
Conceded
7
7
6.3
6.3
Avg Conceded
2.3
2.3
3
3
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0.3
0.3
16
16
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shelton Tiafoe
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 7
Tot Games 86 77
Pts 289-258 252-220
Total Points 547 472
Winners 143 111
%Winners 49% 44%

Both Shelton and Tiafoe played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ben Shelton lost 2 sets, while Frances Tiafoe conceded 1 set. Shelton has played 1 set more than Tiafoe (8 vs 7). Therefore, Shelton played 9 games more than Tiafoe. Shelton scored 143 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 111 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shelton Tiafoe
Aces 16 27
Avg per match 5.3 9
1st in 184/261 142/229
%1st in 70% 62%
1st pts 143/184 111/142
%1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 44/77 55/87
%2nd pts 57% 63%

Shelton made 16 aces (5.3 per match). Tiafoe scored 27 aces (9 per match). Shelton won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Tiafoe won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shelton Tiafoe
Won 7 7
Converted 7/26 7/18
% Converted 27% 39%
Conceded 19 7
Saved 16 6
% Saved 84% 86%
Times Broken 3 1

Ben broke his opponents 7 times with a 27% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 84% of the break points that he conceded. Francis broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
R2
Bergs
1/4
Nakashima
1/2
Etcheverry
Total
Score 3-6 6-4 6-3 7-5 7-69 6-74 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 28 25 33 86
pts 96-88 95-88 98-82 289-258
Total points 184 183 180 547
Winners 43 52 48 143
%Winners 45% 55% 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 3 6 7 16
Double Faults 4 2 2 8
1st in 57/84 70/94 57/83 184/261
% 1st in 68% 74% 69% 70%
1st pts 43/57 52/70 48/57 143/184
% 1st pts 75% 74% 84% 78%
2nd pts 13/27 15/24 16/26 44/77
% 2nd pts 48% 63% 62% 57%
Breaks
Won 3 1 3 7
Converted 3/16 1/6 3/4 7/26
Converted % 19% 17% 75% 27%
Conceded 9 7 3 19
Saved 7/9 7/7 2/3 16
Saved % 78% 100% 67% 82%
Times Broken 2 0 1 3
Tiafoe
R2
Duckworth
1/4
Thompson
1/2
Darderi
Total
Score 6-2 6-74 7-5 7-68 6-4 6-2 7-62
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 33 23 21 77
pts 100-89 76-73 76-58 252-220
Total points 189 149 134 472
Winners 42 31 38 111
%Winners 42% 41% 50% 44%
SERVE
Aces 15 3 9 27
Double Faults 1 1 1 3
1st in 50/88 46/77 46/64 142/229
% 1st in 57% 60% 72% 62%
1st pts 42/50 31/46 38/46 111/142
% 1st pts 84% 67% 83% 78%
2nd pts 25/38 21/31 9/18 55/87
% 2nd pts 66% 68% 50% 63%
Breaks
Won 3 2 2 7
Converted 3/5 2/7 2/6 7/18
Converted % 60% 29% 33% 39%
Conceded 0 5 2 7
Saved 0/0 4/5 2/2 6
Saved % 80% 100% 60%
Times Broken 0 1 0 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Shelton
LWLWWWWLWW
Tiafoe
LLWLWLWLLW
2024 2023 2022
42 - 25
33 - 27
22-13
Hard
21-13
8-4
I Hard
4-5
8-4
Clay
5-6
4-4
Grass
3-3
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Soccer Tonic Predictions
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