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.
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
| 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, 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.
Frances Tiafoe
| 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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 | |