Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe will fight against each other in the 3^rd round of the U.S. Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. 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 Ben Shelton who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.66
Frances Tiafoe -> 2.23

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Frances Tiafoe

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

The last time that they squared off, Shelton won 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the final in Houston back in April 2024.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Frances Tiafoe – Houston 07-April-2024

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 13 (career-high), the American reached the 3^rd round after defeating Dominic Thiem 6-4 6-2 6-2 and Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Ben had a good straight sets win against Bautista-Agut (6-3 6-4 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 99 points vs Bautista-Agut’s 72. Shelton was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shelton made 17 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ben Shelton was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (44/53) of his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ben broke Bautista-Agut 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shelton hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points he played.

Shelton has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (118-63). 18-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has an overall62-35 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.

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

The American has a composed 32-19 win-loss record in 2024, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Frances Tiafoe

Ranked no. 20, will start his run at the New York after he played his last match at the Us Open where he overcame 6-4 6-1 1-0 ret. to Shevchenko in the 2^nd round on the 28^th of August.

Tiafoe has a compiled 26-20 win-loss record in 2024, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tiafoe’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Houston.

In terms of his career, Tiafoe has an overall 367-253 record. He has a positive 175-119 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelton	Tiafoe
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	6	8
Tot Games	55	59
Pts	194-131	215-171
Total Points	325	386
Winners	85	88
%Winners	44%	41%

Both Shelton and Tiafoe played 2 matches. At the moment, Frances Tiafoe lost 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t lost a set so far. Shelton has played 2 set(s) less than Tiafoe (6 vs 8). Therefore, Shelton played 4 games less than Tiafoe. Shelton scored 85 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 88 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelton	Tiafoe
Aces	25	23
Avg per match	12.5	11.5
1st in	98/143	117/195
%1st in	69%	60%
1st pts	85/98	88/117
%1st pts	87%	75%
2nd pts	31/45	43/78
%2nd pts	69%	55%

Shelton struck 25 aces (12.5 per match). Tiafoe fired 23 aces (11.5 per match). Shelton won 87% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Tiafoe won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelton	Tiafoe
Won	8	9
Converted	8/21	9/25
% Converted	38%	36%
Conceded	3	13
Saved	3	10
% Saved	100%	77%
Times Broken	0	3

Ben broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
	R1 Thiem	R2 Bautista-Agut	Total
Score	6-4 6-2 6-2	6-3 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	26	29	55
pts	95-59	99-72	194-131
Total points	154	171	325
Winners	41	44	85
%Winners	43%	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	8	17	25
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	45/61	53/82	98/143
% 1st in	74%	65%	69%
1st pts	41/45	44/53	85/98
% 1st pts	91%	83%	87%
2nd pts	12/16	19/29	31/45
% 2nd pts	75%	66%	69%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/11	3/10	8/21
Converted %	45%	30%	38%
Conceded	1	2	3
Saved	1/1	2/2	3
Saved %	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Tiafoe
	Total
Score
Tot Set	0
Tot Games	0
pts	0-0
Total points	0
Winners	0
%Winners	0%
SERVE
Aces	0
Double Faults	0
1st in	0/0
% 1st in	0%
1st pts	0/0
% 1st pts	0%
2nd pts	0/0
% 2nd pts	0%
Breaks
Won	0
Converted	0/0
Converted %	0%
Conceded	0
Saved	0
Saved %	0%
Times Broken	0

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-2 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-6² 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-6 6-4 6-4 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 7-6¹ 6-1) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo HumbertHumbert (5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (4-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-3 4-6 6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Juncheng ShangShang – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 7-6⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-1 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-3 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-2 2-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-4 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-2 6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-7⁵ 0-6 6-4 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-2 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-6(2) 6-1 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• David GoffinGoffin – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (5-3) – H2H and prediction
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Max PurcellPurcell – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (2-0) – H2H and prediction