Ben Shelton and Fabian Marozsan will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on Holcim Stadium 3. 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 -> 1.5
Fabian Marozsan -> 2.6

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Fabian Marozsan

This will be the 3rd time that Ben Shelton and Fabian Marozsan clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Shelton won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Auckland back in January 2024.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Fabian Marozsan – Auckland 10-January-2024

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton

30 - 18win/loss

Hard
16-9
I Hard
2-1
Clay
8-4
Grass
4-4
Rank
21
High
13
LWLWWWWLWW
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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
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Ranked no. 14 (career-high), Shelton got to the 3rd round after beating Reilly Opelka 7-6(3) 7-6(3) and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-7(6) 7-6(7) 6-3.

In the 2nd round against Etcheverry, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 7-67 6-3). During the match, Shelton scored 125 points vs Etcheverry’s 116. Shelton was pretty aggressive to blast 65 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelton made 13 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (65/83) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shelton broke Etcheverry twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shelton has dropped 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Shelton has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (115-62). 15-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has a compiled59-34 match record in the last 4 years on hard.

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.

Ben has an overall 29-18 win-loss record in 2024, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Cincinnati
Shelton's Record

Fabian Marozsan

Fabian Marozsan

19 - 23win/loss

Hard
13-9
I Hard
0-2
Clay
5-8
Grass
1-4
Rank
58
High
36
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-29 15-11 5-8 2-6 1-4 0-0
2023 46-27 7-5 32-13 5-7 2-2 0-0
2022 46-19 10-3 29-12 7-4 0-0 0-0
2021 47-21 4-2 33-16 10-3 0-0 0-0
2020 12-7 6-2 6-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 50, Fabian reached the 3rd round after defeating Corentin Moutet 6-4 7-6(2) and Grigor Dimitrov 4-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 2nd round against Dimitrov, The Hungarian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Marozsan scored 93 points vs Dimitrov’s 83. Fabian was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.

About the serving games, Marozsan recorded 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Fabian Marozsan lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Marozsan put 62% of his first serves in, winning 81% (47/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. The Hungarian broke Dimitrov 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Hungarian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Marozsan has an aggregate 19-22 win-loss record in 2024, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Cincinnati

Fabian has never competed in this tournament before.

Cincinnati
Marozsan's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Shelton
F.Marozsan
4h:30
4h:30
Time on court​
3h:43
3h:43
!
2h:52
2h:52
Last match​
1h:55
1h:55
2
2
Match played
2
2
61
61
Games Played​
52
52
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
207
207
Total points​
169
169
103.5
103.5
Avg point​
84.5
84.5
118
118
Winners
82
82
59
59
Avg Winners​
41
41
57%
57%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
19
19
Aces
9
9
9.5
9.5
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
11
11
Double Faults
11
11
!
5.5
5.5
Avg Double Faults
!
5.5
5.5
118/141
118/141
1st won total​
82/104
82/104
!
84%
84%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
31/60
31/60
2nd won total​
23/56
23/56
52%
52%
2nd won %
41%
41%
-- Break Points --
2/13
2/13
BP won
7/18
7/18
1/6.5
1/6.5
Avg BP won
3.5/9
3.5/9
!
15%
15%
Won
39%
39%
10
10
Conceded
8
8
5
5
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
5
5
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
2.5
2.5
9
9
Saved
3
3
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shelton Marozsan
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 61 52
Pts 207-190 169-151
Total Points 397 320
Winners 118 82
%Winners 57% 49%

Both Shelton and Marozsan played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ben Shelton surrendered 1 set, while Fabian Marozsan dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Marozsan have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Shelton played 9 games more than Marozsan. Shelton scored 118 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, The Hungarian made 82 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shelton Marozsan
Aces 19 9
Avg per match 9.5 4.5
1st in 141/201 104/160
%1st in 70% 65%
1st pts 118/141 82/104
%1st pts 84% 79%
2nd pts 31/60 23/56
%2nd pts 52% 41%

Shelton managed to score 19 aces (9.5 per match). Marozsan made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Shelton won 84% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Marozsan won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shelton Marozsan
Won 2 7
Converted 2/13 7/18
% Converted 15% 39%
Conceded 10 8
Saved 9 3
% Saved 90% 38%
Times Broken 1 5

Shelton broke his opponents twice with a 15% conversion rate. Ben surrendered his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. The Hungarian broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Fabian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
R1
Opelka		 R2
Etcheverry		 Total
Score 7-63 7-63 6-76 7-67 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 26 35 61
pts 82-74 125-116 207-190
Total points 156 241 397
Winners 53 65 118
%Winners 65% 52% 57%
SERVE
Aces 6 13 19
Double Faults 4 7 11
1st in 58/83 83/118 141/201
% 1st in 70% 70% 70%
1st pts 53/58 65/83 118/141
% 1st pts 91% 78% 84%
2nd pts 12/25 19/35 31/60
% 2nd pts 48% 54% 52%
Breaks
Won 0 2 2
Converted 0/2 2/11 2/13
Converted % 0% 18% 15%
Conceded 5 5 10
Saved 5/5 4/5 9
Saved % 100% 80% 90%
Times Broken 0 1 1
Marozsan
R1
Moutet		 R2
Dimitrov		 Total
Score 6-4 7-62 4-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 23 29 52
pts 76-68 93-83 169-151
Total points 144 176 320
Winners 35 47 82
%Winners 46% 51% 49%
SERVE
Aces 3 6 9
Double Faults 6 5 11
1st in 46/67 58/93 104/160
% 1st in 69% 62% 65%
1st pts 35/46 47/58 82/104
% 1st pts 76% 81% 79%
2nd pts 8/21 15/35 23/56
% 2nd pts 38% 43% 41%
Breaks
Won 4 3 7
Converted 4/11 3/7 7/18
Converted % 36% 43% 39%
Conceded 4 4 8
Saved 1/4 2/4 3
Saved % 25% 50% 38%
Times Broken 3 2 5

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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