Ben Shelton and Mattia Bellucci will play each other in the 1st round of Wimbledon for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 6:00 pm on Court 18. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.21
Mattia Bellucci -> 4.45

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Mattia Bellucci

There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Mattia Bellucci since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton

20 - 14win/loss

Hard
9-6
I Hard
2-1
Clay
8-4
Grass
1-3
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. 14 (career-high), the American will start his run in Wimbledon after he played his last match in Mallorca where he lost 6-3 3-6 7-6(8) to Jubb in the quarter on the 27th of June.

Shelton has a composed 20-14 win-loss record in 2024, 1-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was conquering the title in Houston where he overcame Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-5 4-6 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Ben has an overall 106-58 record. He has a negative 3-6 record on grass.

Previously in Wimbledon

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.

Wimbledon
Shelton's Record

Mattia Bellucci

Mattia Bellucci

20 - 20win/loss

Hard
4-8
I Hard
5-7
Clay
5-2
Grass
6-3
Rank
104
High
101
LWWWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 48-30 31-16 5-2 6-8 6-4 0-0
2023 33-34 22-19 2-9 4-3 5-3 0-0
2022 66-23 30-4 25-12 11-7 0-0 0-0
2021 39-18 29-10 5-3 5-4 0-1 0-0
2020 15-6 13-3 0-1 0-1 0-0 2-1

Ranked no. 150, Bellucci reached the 1st round after defeating Duje Ajdukovic 5-7 7-5 7-612, Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-63 6-3 and David Goffin 6-3 2-6 7-64 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Italian defeated Goffin (6-3 2-6 7-64 6-4). During the match Bellucci scored 130 points vs Goffin’s 126. Bellucci was extremely aggressive to blast 56 winners.

About the serving games, Bellucci scored 15 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mattia Bellucci lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Bellucci put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (56/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (29/51) on the 2nd serve. Bellucci broke Goffin 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Mattia’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Nottingham 2 Challenger.

The Italian has a composed 20-20 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

Wimbledon
Bellucci's Record

Tennis Scores – Wimbledon

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