H2H, prediction of Ben Shelton vs Brandon Nakashima in Washington with odds, preview, pick | 1st August 2024

PREVIEW. Washington. Shelton and Nakashima will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Citi Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Thursday the 1st of August

Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Nakashima

Ben Shelton and Brandon Nakashima will face off in the 3rd round of the Citi Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.58
Brandon Nakashima -> 2.39

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Nakashima

This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Brandon Nakashima face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Shelton won 7-5 7-6(9) in the quarter in Houston back in April 2024.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Brandon Nakashima – Houston 05-April-2024

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton
Ben Shelton

25 - 16win/loss

Hard
11-7
I Hard
2-1
Clay
8-4
Grass
4-4
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 reached the 3rd round after defeating Radu Albot 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Shelton defeated Albot (6-4 6-75 6-3). During the match, Shelton scored 106 points vs Albot’s 88. Ben was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelton managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was quite effective on serve to win 79% (49/62) of his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shelton broke Albot 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Shelton has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (110-60). 10-7 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has an overall54-32 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Houston where he defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-5 4-6 6-3.

Shelton has an overall 24-16 win-loss record in 2024, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Shelton
Washington
Shelton's Record

Brandon Nakashima

Brandon Nakashima
Brandon Nakashima

45 - 22win/loss

Hard
12-6
I Hard
11-4
Clay
13-7
Grass
9-5
Rank
37
High
35
LLLWLLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 61-32 24-12 13-7 15-8 9-5 0-0
2023 21-26 9-15 3-4 8-3 1-4 0-0
2022 41-26 17-13 5-5 9-4 10-4 0-0
2021 45-25 17-10 4-7 20-5 4-3 0-0
2020 28-14 19-6 4-4 5-3 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 54, Brandon got to the 3rd round after defeating Unknown Player bye and Christopher O Connell 6-2 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Nakashima had a good straight sets win against O Connell (6-2 6-2). During the match Nakashima scored 58 points vs O Connell’s 35. The American was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Nakashima managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Brandon Nakashima was quite effective on serve to win 93% (27/29) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Brandon broke O Connell 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he overcame Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.

The American has a composed 45-21 win-loss record in 2024, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. See his history.

Nakashima
Washington
Nakashima's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Shelton
B.Nakashima
!
2h:17
2h:17
Time on court​
1h:06
1h:06
!
2h:17
2h:17
Last match​
1h:06
1h:06
1
1
Match played
1
1
32
32
Games Played​
16
16
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
106
106
Total points​
58
58
106
106
Avg point​
58
58
49
49
Winners
27
27
49
49
Avg Winners​
27
27
46%
46%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
11
11
!
12
12
Avg Aces
!
11
11
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2
2
49/62
49/62
1st won total​
27/29
27/29
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
93%
93%
19/30
19/30
2nd won total​
9/16
9/16
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
3/10
3/10
BP won
4/6
4/6
3/10
3/10
Avg BP won
4/6
4/6
30%
30%
Won
!
67%
67%
3
3
Conceded
1
1
3
3
Avg Conceded
1
1
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
2
2
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shelton Nakashima
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 32 16
Pts 106-88 58-35
Total Points 194 93
Winners 49 27
%Winners 46% 47%

Both Shelton and Nakashima played 1 match. At the moment, Ben Shelton surrendered 1 set while Brandon Nakashima hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set more than Nakashima (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shelton played 16 games more than Nakashima. Ben scored 49 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Brandon struck 27 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shelton Nakashima
Aces 12 11
Avg per match 12 11
1st in 62/92 29/45
%1st in 67% 64%
1st pts 49/62 27/29
%1st pts 79% 93%
2nd pts 19/30 9/16
%2nd pts 63% 56%

Shelton managed to score 12 aces . Nakashima made 11 aces . Shelton won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 93% 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 Nakashima
Won 3 4
Converted 3/10 4/6
% Converted 30% 67%
Conceded 3 1
Saved 2 1
% Saved 67% 100%
Times Broken 1 0

Shelton broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Ben surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Brandon broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Shelton
R2
Albot
Total
Score 6-4 6-75 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 106-88 106-88
Total points 194 194
Winners 49 49
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 12 12
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 62/92 62/92
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 49/62 49/62
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 19/30 19/30
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/10 3/10
Converted % 30% 30%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Nakashima
R2
O
Total
Score 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 58-35 58-35
Total points 93 93
Winners 27 27
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 29/45 29/45
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 27/29 27/29
% 1st pts 93% 93%
2nd pts 9/16 9/16
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 4/6
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Shelton
LWLWWWWLWW
Nakashima
LLLWLLLWLW
2024 2023 2022
42 - 25
58 - 32
22-13
Hard
24-12
8-4
I Hard
12-8
8-4
Clay
13-7
4-4
Grass
9-5

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