Ben Shelton and Roberto Bautista Agut will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Grandstand. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.31
Roberto Bautista Agut -> 3.46

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Bautista Agut

This will be the 2^nd time that Ben Shelton and Roberto Bautista Agut 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 squared off, Shelton won 6-2 7-6(2) 7-5 in the 1^st round in at the Australian Open back in January 2024.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Roberto Bautista Agut – Australian Open 15-January-2024

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 13 (career-high), the American got to the 2^nd round after defeating Dominic Thiem 6-4 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Thiem (6-4 6-2 6-2). During the match, Shelton scored 95 points vs Thiem’s 59. Ben was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelton struck 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ben Shelton was quite effective on serve to win 91% (41/45) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Thiem 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Shelton has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (117-63). 17-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has an aggregate61-35 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.

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

Shelton has an overall 31-19 win-loss record in 2024, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Roberto Bautista Agut

Ranked no. 67, Bautista-Agut got to the 2^nd round after defeating Luca Nardi 7-5 7-6(3) 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Nardi (7-5 7-6³ 7-6⁵). During the match Bautista-Agut scored 136 points vs Nardi’s 124. Roberto was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Bautista-Agut managed to score 10 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Roberto Bautista Agut lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Bautista-Agut put 49% of his first serves in, winning 76% (51/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (31/69) on the 2nd serve. Roberto broke Nardi 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

The Spaniard has an aggregate 26-23 win-loss record in 2024, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4^th round in 2014 and 2015. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelton	Bautista-Agut
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	38
Pts	95-59	136-124
Total Points	154	260
Winners	41	51
%Winners	43%	38%

Both Shelton and Bautista-Agut played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Bautista-Agut have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Shelton played 12 games less than Bautista-Agut. Shelton scored 41 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard fired 51 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelton	Bautista-Agut
Aces	8	10
Avg per match	8	10
1st in	45/61	67/136
%1st in	74%	49%
1st pts	41/45	51/67
%1st pts	91%	76%
2nd pts	12/16	31/69
%2nd pts	75%	45%

Shelton bagged 8 aces . Bautista-Agut bagged 10 aces . Shelton won 91% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Bautista-Agut won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelton	Bautista-Agut
Won	5	6
Converted	5/11	6/11
% Converted	45%	55%
Conceded	1	14
Saved	1	9
% Saved	100%	64%
Times Broken	0	5

The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Shelton pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Spaniard broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
	R1 Thiem	Total
Score	6-4 6-2 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	95-59	95-59
Total points	154	154
Winners	41	41
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	45/61	45/61
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	41/45	41/45
% 1st pts	91%	91%
2nd pts	12/16	12/16
% 2nd pts	75%	75%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Bautista-Agut
	R1 Nardi	Total
Score	7-5 7-63 7-65
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	38	38
pts	136-124	136-124
Total points	260	260
Winners	51	51
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	12	12
1st in	67/136	67/136
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	51/67	51/67
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	31/69	31/69
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	14	14
Saved	9/14	9
Saved %	64%	64%
Times Broken	5	5

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

• Tomas MachacMachac – Fabio FogniniFognini (7-5 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Quentin HalysHalys (6-3 6-3 6-7⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-1 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (1-6 6-2 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (7-6⁷ 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-3 7-6⁴ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Jack DraperDraper – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-0 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-2 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-1 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-6² 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-2 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Brandon Nakashima
  Nakashima – Holger RuneRune (6-2 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-4 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-2 6-3 5-7 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Hugo GrenierGrenier (4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Dominic StrickerStricker (4-6 6-3 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-6¹ 3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-6² 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-1 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Juncheng ShangShang – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-7³ 6-0 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sumit NagalNagal (6-1 6-3 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-6² 2-6 5-7 7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Luca NardiNardi (7-5 7-6³ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-2 3-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-2 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (7-5 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-7⁷ 6-1 6-7⁷ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6³ 1-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-7² 6-2 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Adam WaltonWalton (3-6 7-6⁷ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-6 6-4 6-3 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Sebastian OfnerOfner (5-7 6-4 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-3 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (6-3 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-3 7-5 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-5 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-1 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Taro DanielDaniel (4-6 4-6 6-4 7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-2 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jack DraperDraper – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-0 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (7-6(7) 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Fabio FogniniFognini (7-5 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Quentin HalysHalys (6-3 6-3 6-7(4) 6-2) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (1-6 6-2 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-1 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(3)) – See score progression

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