Ben Shelton and Tomas Martin Etcheverry will square off in the 2^nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on P&G GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.53
Tomas Martin Etcheverry -> 2.51

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry

This will be the 2^nd time that Ben Shelton and Tomas Martin Etcheverry fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Shelton won 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Houston back in April 2024.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Tomas Martin Etcheverry – Houston 06-April-2024

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 14 (career-high), Shelton got to the 2^nd round after beating Reilly Opelka 7-6(3) 7-6(3).

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Opelka (7-6³ 7-6³). During the match, Shelton scored 82 points vs Opelka’s 74. Ben was quite aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelton made 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ben Shelton conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 70% of his first serves in, winning 91% (53/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve.

Shelton has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (114-62). 14-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has an overall58-34 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.

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

The American has a compiled 28-18 win-loss record in 2024, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Tomas Martin Etcheverry

Ranked no. 37, Etcheverry got to the 2^nd round after beating Matteo Arnaldi 6-3 6-7(3) 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Argentine defeated Arnaldi (6-3 6-7³ 6-2). During the match Etcheverry scored 99 points vs Arnaldi’s 84. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Etcheverry bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tomas Martin Etcheverry lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Etcheverry put 57% of his first serves in, winning 67% (36/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the 2nd serve. Etcheverry broke Arnaldi 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Tomas Martin’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Lyon.

The Argentine has a compiled 24-21 win-loss record in 2024, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelton	Etcheverry
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	26	30
Pts	82-74	99-84
Total Points	156	183
Winners	53	36
%Winners	65%	36%

Both Shelton and Etcheverry played 1 match. At the moment, Tomas Martin Etcheverry surrendered 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set(s) less than Etcheverry (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shelton played 4 games less than Etcheverry. The American scored 53 winners (65% of the total points). On the other side, Tomas Martin scored 36 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelton	Etcheverry
Aces	6	4
Avg per match	6	4
1st in	58/83	54/95
%1st in	70%	57%
1st pts	53/58	36/54
%1st pts	91%	67%
2nd pts	12/25	23/41
%2nd pts	48%	56%

Shelton fired 6 aces . Etcheverry scored 4 aces . Shelton won 91% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Etcheverry won 67% of the points behind 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	Etcheverry
Won	0	7
Converted	0/2	7/12
% Converted	0%	58%
Conceded	5	9
Saved	5	6
% Saved	100%	67%
Times Broken	0	3

Shelton hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. The American extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 5 break points without even conceding a single break point. The Argentine broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Tomas Martin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
	R1 Opelka	Total
Score	7-63 7-63
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	26	26
pts	82-74	82-74
Total points	156	156
Winners	53	53
%Winners	65%	65%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	58/83	58/83
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	53/58	53/58
% 1st pts	91%	91%
2nd pts	12/25	12/25
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	0	0
Converted	0/2	0/2
Converted %	0%	0%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Etcheverry
	R1 Arnaldi	Total
Score	6-3 6-73 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	99-84	99-84
Total points	183	183
Winners	36	36
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	54/95	54/95
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	36/54	36/54
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	23/41	23/41
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/12	7/12
Converted %	58%	58%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-6² 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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