Ben Shelton and Radu Albot will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Citi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 8:30 pm on STADIUM. 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 -> 1.26
Radu Albot -> 3.88
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Radu Albot
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Radu Albot since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
24 - 16win/loss
21
13
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), Ben will start his run in Washington after he played his last match in Atlanta where he lost 7-6(6) 6-4 to Shang in the 2nd round on the 25th of July.
Shelton has an aggregate 23-16 win-loss record in 2024, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current 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 109-60 record. He has a positive 53-32 record on hard.
Previously in Washington
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-26 | 12-9 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 152, Albot got to the 2nd round after beating Eliot Spizzirri 6-0 6-2, Terence Atmane 2-6 6-3 7-5 and Facundo Diaz Acosta 7-6(5) 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Moldovan had a good straight sets win against Diaz Acosta (7-65 6-3). During the match Albot scored 96 points vs Diaz Acosta’s 83. Albot was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Albot recorded 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 57% of his first serves in, winning 67% (36/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the 2nd serve. Albot broke Diaz Acosta 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
The Moldovan’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Girona Challenger.
Albot has a composed 31-21 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
L Tennis Scores in Washington
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-78 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Radu AlbotAlbot – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-0) – H2H and prediction
