Ben Shelton and Paul Jubb will play each other in the quarter of the Mallorca Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CENTER 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.4
Paul Jubb -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Paul Jubb
This will be the 3rd time that Ben Shelton and Paul Jubb play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Shelton won 7-6(6) 3-6 7-5 in the semifinal in the Charlottesville Challenger back in 2022.
Ben Shelton
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LLWLWWWWLW | 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. 14 (career-high), the American got to the quarter after defeating Rinky Hijikata 6-4 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-4 6-0). During the match, Shelton scored 59 points vs Hijikata’s 44. The American was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton scored 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ben Shelton conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 71% of his first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Hijikata 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Shelton has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (106-57). 1-2 on grass in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelton has a compiled3-5 record in the last 4 years on grass.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Houston where he defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-5 4-6 6-3.
Shelton has a composed 20-13 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Mallorca
Paul Jubb
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-27 | 26-13 | 0-2 | 12-7 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-13 | 19-9 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 7-9 | 10-4 | 12-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 51-13 | 48-10 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 289, Paul reached the quarter after beating Joan Nadal 6-1 6-2, Thiago Moura Monteiro 6-3 6-4, Maximilian Marterer 6-1 6-2 and Adam Walton 6-0 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Walton (6-0 6-3). During the match Jubb scored 52 points vs Walton’s 27. Jubb was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Jubb recorded 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Paul Jubb was extremely efficient on serve to win 96% (24/25) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Paul broke Walton 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jubb started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 61% of the points he played.
Paul’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Glasgow Challenger and M25 Nottingham.
Jubb has an aggregate 37-16 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Mallorca
Paul has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Jubb |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 64 |
| Pts | 59-44 | 240-151 |
| Total Points | 103 | 391 |
| Winners | 27 | 93 |
| %Winners | 46% | 39% |
Shelton played 1 match while Jubb competed in 4 matches. Jubb started his run from the qualifications while Shelton had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Shelton has played 6 set(s) less than Jubb (2 vs 8). Therefore, Shelton played 48 games less than Jubb. Ben scored 27 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit scored 93 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Jubb |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 5.8 |
| 1st in | 40/56 | 104/177 |
| %1st in | 71% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 93/104 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 41/73 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 56% |
Shelton bagged 13 aces . Jubb fired 23 aces (5.8 per match). Shelton won 68% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Jubb won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Jubb |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 16 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 16/32 |
| % Converted | 57% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The American very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 6 break points. Paul broke his opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||
| R2 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-44 | 59-44 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/56 | 40/56 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 27/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Jubb | ||||||
| Q1 Nadal |
Q3 Moura Monteiro |
R1 Marterer |
R2 Walton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 64 | |
| pts | 63-37 | 58-45 | 67-42 | 52-27 | 240-151 | |
| Total points | 100 | 103 | 109 | 79 | 391 | |
| Winners | 19 | 29 | 21 | 24 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 50% | 31% | 46% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 23/45 | 32/50 | 24/43 | 25/39 | 104/177 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 64% | 56% | 64% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 29/32 | 21/24 | 24/25 | 93/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 91% | 88% | 96% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 8/18 | 10/19 | 8/14 | 41/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 44% | 53% | 57% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/7 | 5/11 | 4/6 | 16/32 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 45% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 100% | – | 200% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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