Ben Shelton and Mariano Navone will play each other in the 2nd round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COLOSSEUM. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.11
Mariano Navone -> 6.55
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Mariano Navone
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Mariano Navone since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
34 - 21win/loss
21
13
LWLWWWWLWW | 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 |
Ranked no. 17, Shelton got to the 2nd round after defeating Reilly Opelka 3-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Opelka, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 81 points vs Opelka’s 75. Shelton was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelton fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 72% of his first serves in, winning 77% (40/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Shelton broke Opelka 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Shelton has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (120-65). 19-11 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has a composed63-36 record in the last 4 years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Houston where he defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-5 4-6 6-3.
Ben has a composed 34-21 win-loss record in 2024, 19-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Mariano Navone
29 - 22win/loss
48
29
LLLLWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-28 | 2-7 | 27-14 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 40-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 0-1 | 44-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-24 | 0-0 | 40-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-8 | 4-2 | 19-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 40, Navone reached the 2nd round after beating Luciano Darderi 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Darderi (6-4 6-4). During the match Navone scored 82 points vs Darderi’s 66. Navone was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Navone struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Mariano Navone was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Navone broke Darderi 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Cagliari Challenger where he beat Lorenzo Musetti in the final 7-5 6-1.
Navone has an overall 29-22 win-loss record in 2024, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Navone |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 20 |
| Pts | 81-75 | 82-66 |
| Total Points | 156 | 148 |
| Winners | 40 | 30 |
| %Winners | 49% | 37% |
Both Shelton and Navone played 1 match. At the moment, Ben Shelton lost 1 set while Mariano Navone hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set more than Navone (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shelton played 6 games more than Navone. Shelton scored 40 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Navone managed to score 30 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Navone |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 6 |
| 1st in | 52/72 | 40/60 |
| %1st in | 72% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 40/52 | 30/40 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 12/20 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 60% |
Shelton made 8 aces . Navone recorded 6 aces . Shelton won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Navone won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Navone |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 31% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 60% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Shelton broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Ben lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Mariano broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mariano conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||
| R1 Opelka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 81-75 | 81-75 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/72 | 52/72 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 40/52 | 40/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Navone | |||
| R1 Darderi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 82-66 | 82-66 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 40/60 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 30/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLLWLW Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Ben SheltonShelton – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-75 7-5) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-65 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Casper RuudRuud (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (4-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Taylor FritzFritz (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Kei Nishikori/Rei SakamotoNishikori/Rei Sakamoto (6-76 6-4 10-6) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Casper RuudRuud (7-6(5) 6-1) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
