Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton will face off in the quarter of the Western & Southern Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.31
Ben Shelton -> 3.46

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Ben Shelton

There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 4, Alexander reached the quarter after beating Unknown Player bye, Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-2 and Pablo Carreno-Busta 7-5 7-6(6).

In the 3^rd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Carreno-Busta (7-5 7-6⁶). During the match, Zverev scored 85 points vs Carreno-Busta’s 72. The German was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zverev fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexander Zverev was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 67% (22/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The German broke Carreno-Busta 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.

Zverev has a terrific record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (465-196). 22-7 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zverev has a compiled 185-82 match record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where he overcame Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4 and in Rome where he beat Nicolas Jarry in the final 6-4 7-5.

The German has a composed 51-15 win-loss record in 2024, 22-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Ben Shelton

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

, Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-7(6) 7-6(7) 6-3 and Fabian Marozsan 6-4 6-3.

In the 3^rd round, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Marozsan (6-4 6-3). During the match Shelton scored 65 points vs Marozsan’s 50. Shelton was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Shelton fired 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Ben Shelton was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shelton broke Marozsan 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

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

The American has a compiled 30-18 win-loss record in 2024, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zverev	Shelton
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	4	7
Tot Games	42	80
Pts	148-118	272-240
Total Points	266	512
Winners	61	144
%Winners	41%	53%

Zverev played 2 matches while Shelton competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Ben Shelton lost 1 set while Alexander Zverev hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zverev has played 3 set(s) less than Shelton (4 vs 7). Therefore, Zverev played 38 games less than Shelton. The German scored 61 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Shelton scored 144 winners (53%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zverev	Shelton
Aces	15	27
Avg per match	7.5	9
1st in	79/131	174/251
%1st in	60%	69%
1st pts	61/79	144/174
%1st pts	77%	83%
2nd pts	29/52	40/77
%2nd pts	56%	52%

Zverev bagged 15 aces (7.5 per match). Shelton struck 27 aces (9 per match). Zverev won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zverev	Shelton
Won	7	6
Converted	7/18	6/21
% Converted	39%	29%
Conceded	9	12
Saved	6	10
% Saved	67%	83%
Times Broken	3	2

Zverev broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Shelton broke his opponents 6 times with a 29% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
	R2 Khachanov	R3 Carreno-Busta	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	7-5 7-66
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	25	42
pts	63-46	85-72	148-118
Total points	109	157	266
Winners	31	30	61
%Winners	49%	35%	41%
SERVE
Aces	7	8	15
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	37/56	42/75	79/131
% 1st in	66%	56%	60%
1st pts	31/37	30/42	61/79
% 1st pts	84%	71%	77%
2nd pts	7/19	22/33	29/52
% 2nd pts	37%	67%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/8	3/10	7/18
Converted %	50%	30%	39%
Conceded	4	5	9
Saved	3/4	3/5	6
Saved %	75%	60%	68%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Shelton
	R1 Opelka	R2 Etcheverry	R3 Marozsan	Total
Score	7-63 7-63	6-76 7-67 6-3	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	26	35	19	80
pts	82-74	125-116	65-50	272-240
Total points	156	241	115	512
Winners	53	65	26	144
%Winners	65%	52%	40%	53%
SERVE
Aces	6	13	8	27
Double Faults	4	7	1	12
1st in	58/83	83/118	33/50	174/251
% 1st in	70%	70%	66%	69%
1st pts	53/58	65/83	26/33	144/174
% 1st pts	91%	78%	79%	83%
2nd pts	12/25	19/35	9/17	40/77
% 2nd pts	48%	54%	53%	52%
Breaks
Won	0	2	4	6
Converted	0/2	2/11	4/8	6/21
Converted %	0%	18%	50%	29%
Conceded	5	5	2	12
Saved	5/5	4/5	1/2	10
Saved %	100%	80%	50%	115%
Times Broken	0	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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