Ben Shelton and Brandon Nakashima will face off in the 3^rd round of the Citi Open for the 2^nd 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.

As 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 2^nd 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

Ranked no. 14 (career-high), the American reached the 3^rd round after defeating Radu Albot 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3.

In the 2^nd 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

Brandon Nakashima

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

In the 2^nd 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 3^rd round in 2021. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

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

Tennis Scores in Washington

• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-6⁶ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – David GoffinGoffin (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-6⁴ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (3-6 7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Juncheng ShangShang (2-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-7⁸ 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (0-1) – H2H and prediction