Ben Shelton and Mariano Navone will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 17, Shelton got to the 2^nd round after defeating Reilly Opelka 3-6 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 40, Navone reached the 2^nd round after beating Luciano Darderi 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st 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

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