Ben Shelton and Alexei Popyrin will square off in the 2^nd round of the National Bank Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT 5. 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 -> 1.46
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.73

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Alexei Popyrin

This will be the 2^nd time that Ben Shelton and Alexei Popyrin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Shelton won 6-3 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 3^rd round in at the Australian Open back in 2023.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Alexei Popyrin – Australian Open 21-January-2023

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 14 (career-high), the American got to the 2^nd round after beating Alexander Bublik 7-6(4) 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Ben had a good straight sets win against Bublik (7-6⁴ 6-2). During the match, Shelton scored 75 points vs Bublik’s 63. Ben was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shelton struck 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Ben Shelton was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Bublik 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Shelton has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (113-61). 13-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has an overall57-33 match record in the last 4 years on hard.

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

Shelton has an overall 27-17 win-loss record in 2024, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Toronto

Alexei Popyrin

Ranked no. 62, the Australian reached the 2^nd round after beating Tomas Machac 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Popyrin had a good straight sets win against Machac (6-3 6-4). During the match Popyrin scored 65 points vs Machac’s 46. Popyrin was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Popyrin scored 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was extremely effective on serve to win 96% (23/24) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Popyrin broke Machac 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Alexei’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Doha.

The Australian has an aggregate 17-15 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Toronto

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelton	Popyrin
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	19
Pts	75-63	65-46
Total Points	138	111
Winners	28	23
%Winners	37%	35%

Both Shelton and Popyrin played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Popyrin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Shelton played 2 games more than Popyrin. Ben scored 28 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Popyrin bagged 23 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelton	Popyrin
Aces	9	6
Avg per match	9	6
1st in	38/61	24/48
%1st in	62%	50%
1st pts	28/38	23/24
%1st pts	74%	96%
2nd pts	15/23	14/24
%2nd pts	65%	58%

Shelton scored 9 aces . Popyrin scored 6 aces . Shelton won 74% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 96% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelton	Popyrin
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/5
% Converted	33%	60%
Conceded	1	2
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ben surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Alexei broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Popyrin conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
	R1 Bublik	Total
Score	7-64 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	75-63	75-63
Total points	138	138
Winners	28	28
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	38/61	38/61
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	28/38	28/38
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	15/23	15/23
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Popyrin
	R1 Machac	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	65-46	65-46
Total points	111	111
Winners	23	23
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	24/48	24/48
% 1st in	50%	50%
1st pts	23/24	23/24
% 1st pts	96%	96%
2nd pts	14/24	14/24
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Montreal

• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Alexander BublikBublik (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Vasek PospisilPospisil (2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz – Liam Draxl/Benjamin SigouinDraxl/Benjamin Sigouin (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-6⁵ 6-7⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Holger RuneRune – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Max Purcell/Jordan ThompsonPurcell/Jordan Thompson – Felix Auger Aliassime/Alexis GalarneauAuger Aliassime/Alexis Galarneau (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-7⁸ 7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-6⁷ 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Simone Bolelli/Andrea VavassoriBolelli/Andrea Vavassori – Vasek Pospisil/Denis ShapovalovPospisil/Denis Shapovalov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jack Draper/Jannik SinnerDraper/Jannik Sinner – Sander Gille/Joran VliegenGille/Joran Vliegen (6-0 6-7³ 10-8) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-VasselinGonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Tallon Griekspoor/Sebastian KordaGriekspoor/Sebastian Korda (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Vasek PospisilPospisil (2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Borna CoricCoric (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-3) – H2H and prediction