Ben Shelton and Kei Nishikori will square off in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 7. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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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 -> 1.141
Kei Nishikori -> 5.7
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Kei Nishikori
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Kei Nishikori since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-14 | 9-6 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 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. 15, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Hugo Gaston 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Gaston, Ben recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 120 points vs Gaston’s 110. Ben was pretty aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelton bagged 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 72% of his first serves in, winning 70% (56/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Shelton broke Gaston 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Shelton has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (104-54). 7-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has an overall16-13 record in the last 4 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Houston where he beat Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-5 4-6 6-3.
Shelton has an overall 18-10 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Kei Nishikori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-3 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-17 | 15-9 | 7-4 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 350, Nishikori got to the 2nd round after defeating Gabriel Diallo 7-5 7-63 3-6 1-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a tough win against Diallo to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (7-5 7-63 3-6 1-6 7-5).During the match Nishikori scored less points (13) than Diallo. In fact, the world no. 15 won 167 points vs Diallo’s. That means that Nishikori was more focused during the important points. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 68 winners.
Talking about serving, Nishikori scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Kei Nishikori lost the serve 8 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 65% of his first serves in, winning 58% (68/117) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (33/62) on the 2nd serve. Nishikori broke Diallo 6 times after converting 33% of his break points (6/18).
Kei has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2015, 2017 and 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 53 |
| Pts | 120-110 | 167-180 |
| Total Points | 230 | 347 |
| Winners | 56 | 68 |
| %Winners | 47% | 41% |
Both Shelton and Nishikori played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Ben Shelton conceded 1 set, while Kei Nishikori lost 2 sets. Shelton has played 1 set(s) less than Nishikori (4 vs 5). Therefore, Shelton played 15 games less than Nishikori. Ben scored 56 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Nishikori scored 68 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 1 |
| 1st in | 80/111 | 117/179 |
| %1st in | 72% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 56/80 | 68/117 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 33/62 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 53% |
Shelton made 8 aces . Nishikori bagged 1 ace . Shelton won 70% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Nishikori won 58% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/18 |
| % Converted | 43% | 33% |
| Conceded | 9 | 14 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 56% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
Shelton broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Shelton dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Nishikori conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||
| R1 Gaston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 38 | |
| pts | 120-110 | 120-110 | |
| Total points | 230 | 230 | |
| Winners | 56 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 80/111 | 80/111 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 56/80 | 56/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 16/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Nishikori | |||
| R1 Diallo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-63 3-6 1-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 53 | 53 | |
| pts | 167-180 | 167-180 | |
| Total points | 347 | 347 | |
| Winners | 68 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 117/179 | 117/179 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 68/117 | 68/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 33/62 | 33/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/18 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 6/14 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 8 | 8 | |
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