Ben Shelton and Juncheng Shang will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Atlanta Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.
Ben Shelton -> 1.62
Juncheng Shang -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Juncheng Shang
This will be the 3rd time that Ben Shelton and Juncheng Shang play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Shang (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Shang won 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Washington back in 2023.
Highlights Juncheng Shang vs Ben Shelton – Washington 01-August-2023
Ben Shelton
23 - 16win/loss
13
13
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-19 | 17-10 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 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), Shelton will start his run in Atlanta after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 6-2 6-4 7-6(9) to Sinner in the 4th round on the 7th of July.
Ben has an aggregate 23-15 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Houston where he beat Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-5 4-6 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 109-59 record. He has a positive 53-31 record on hard.
Previously in Atlanta
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
Juncheng Shang
28 - 16win/loss
72
72
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-18 | 18-7 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-23 | 21-14 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-24 | 17-8 | 15-10 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-5 | 6-3 | 12-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 89 (career-high), Juncheng reached the 2nd round after defeating Liam Broady 3-6 6-1 6-3, Jeff Wolf 6-4 6-2 and Andres Martin 6-1 6-1
.In the 1st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Martin (6-1 6-1). During the match Shang scored 54 points vs Martin’s 24. Shang was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Shang recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Juncheng Shang conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Shang put 65% of his first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Shang broke Martin 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The Chinese’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Hong Kong and the Bordeaux Challenger.
The Chinese has a compiled 27-16 win-loss record in 2024, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Atlanta
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Atlanta
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-66 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Adam WaltonWalton (7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- David GoffinGoffin – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-5) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-0) – H2H and prediction