Ben Shelton and Arthur Fils will clash against each other in the quarter of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 8:30 pm on COLOSSEUM. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.54
Arthur Fils -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Arthur Fils
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Arthur Fils face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Shelton won 7-6(4) 6-1 in the R in Laver cup back in 2023.
Ben Shelton
35 - 21win/loss
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WWWLLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-21 | 20-11 | 8-4 | 3-2 | 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, the American reached the quarter after beating Reilly Opelka 3-6 6-1 6-4 and Mariano Navone 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Navone (6-4 6-3). During the match, Shelton scored 67 points vs Navone’s 53. Ben was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelton struck 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 72% of his first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Ben broke Navone 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ben has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Shelton has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (121-65). 20-11 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has an overall64-36 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.
Shelton has an overall 35-21 win-loss record in 2024, 20-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Arthur Fils
33 - 23win/loss
24
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WWWLLLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-23 | 12-8 | 14-10 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 5-4 | 13-8 | 21-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 23-15 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-26 | 3-2 | 29-17 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, Fils reached the quarter after beating Taylor Fritz 6-4 3-6 6-3 and Matteo Berrettini 6-7(5) ret..
In the 2nd round against Berrettini, Arthur had a free pass after Berrettini retired on a 6-75 . scoreline.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Bordeaux Challenger where he beat Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-2 6-3 and in Hamburg where he overcame Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 3-6 7-6(1).
Arthur has a composed 33-23 win-loss record in 2024, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Arthur has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 41 |
| Pts | 148-128 | 133-122 |
| Total Points | 276 | 255 |
| Winners | 72 | 57 |
| %Winners | 49% | 43% |
Both Shelton and Fils played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ben Shelton lost 1 set, while Arthur Fils conceded 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Fils have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Shelton played 4 games more than Fils. Shelton scored 72 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The French player made 57 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 93/129 | 74/120 |
| %1st in | 72% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 72/93 | 57/74 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 26/46 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 57% |
Shelton recorded 13 aces (6.5 per match). Fils blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Shelton won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Fils won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/18 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 39% | 38% |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Ben broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Fils broke his opponents 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Arthur conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | ||||
| R1 Opelka |
R2 Navone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 19 | 45 | |
| pts | 81-75 | 67-53 | 148-128 | |
| Total points | 156 | 120 | 276 | |
| Winners | 40 | 32 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 48% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 52/72 | 41/57 | 93/129 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 40/52 | 32/41 | 72/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 78% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 8/16 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 3/5 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 60% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 75% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Fils | ||||
| R1 Fritz |
R2 Berrettini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 6-75 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 13 | 41 | |
| pts | 88-79 | 45-43 | 133-122 | |
| Total points | 167 | 88 | 255 | |
| Winners | 40 | 17 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 54/81 | 20/39 | 74/120 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 51% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 17/20 | 57/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 85% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 8/19 | 26/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 42% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 1/3 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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