Ben Shelton and Zhizhen Zhang will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 8:00 pm on GRAND STAND ARENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.43
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Zhizhen Zhang
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Zhizhen Zhang fight against each other. 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 played, Shelton won 4-6 6-3 6-2 2-6 7-6(4) in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in 2023.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs Zhizhen Zhang – Australian Open 17-January-2023
Ben Shelton
| 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. 14 (career-high), the American reached the 3rd round after beating Pavel Kotov 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Kotov, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 95 points vs Kotov’s 78. The American was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelton blasted 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was very efficient on serve to win 78% (36/46) of his 1st serve and 76% (25/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ben broke Kotov twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Shelton has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (103-52). 6-1 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has an overall15-11 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Houston where he defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-5 4-6 6-3.
Shelton has an aggregate 17-8 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-28 | 9-12 | 9-7 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 12-13 | 15-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-28 | 11-5 | 31-11 | 9-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-12 | 1-1 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 56, Zhang reached the 3rd round after beating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-2 7-5 and Adrian Mannarino 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Zhang had a good straight sets win against Mannarino (6-1 6-3). During the match Zhang scored 59 points vs Mannarino’s 35. Zhizhen was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Zhang managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zhizhen Zhang was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Mannarino 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Chinese has a composed 9-12 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 36 |
| Pts | 95-78 | 131-93 |
| Total Points | 173 | 224 |
| Winners | 36 | 52 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Shelton played 1 match while Zhang competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Ben Shelton dropped 1 set while Zhizhen Zhang hasn’t lost a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set(s) less than Zhang (3 vs 4). Therefore, Shelton played 7 games less than Zhang. Shelton scored 36 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Zhizhen recorded 52 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 46/79 | 73/122 |
| %1st in | 58% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 52/73 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 25/33 | 28/49 |
| %2nd pts | 76% | 57% |
Shelton scored 2 aces . Zhang fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Shelton won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 76% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 9 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 9/12 |
| % Converted | 29% | 75% |
| Conceded | 2 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 11 |
| % Saved | 50% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Shelton surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Zhizhen broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||
| R2 Kotov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 95-78 | 95-78 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/79 | 46/79 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 36/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/33 | 25/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 76% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 Elahi Galan Riveros |
R2 Mannarino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 36 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 59-35 | 131-93 | |
| Total points | 130 | 94 | 224 | |
| Winners | 28 | 24 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/73 | 30/49 | 73/122 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 28/43 | 24/30 | 52/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 80% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 11/19 | 28/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 58% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/4 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 100% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 1 | 13 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 1/1 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 183% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Rome
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Arthur FilsFils (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-63 7-66) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Rafael NadalNadal (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 7-66) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Juncheng ShangShang (6-73 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Pavel KotovKotov (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Casper RuudRuud (0-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Flavio CobolliCobolli (7-66 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (4-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Juncheng ShangShang (6-7(3) 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Arthur FilsFils (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Rafael NadalNadal (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-6(3) 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-3) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
