Ben Shelton and Roberto Carballes Baena will clash against each other in the 3^rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.21
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 4.4

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Carballes Baena

This will be the 2^nd time that Ben Shelton and Roberto Carballes Baena fight 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 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Auckland back in January 2024.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Roberto Carballes Baena – Auckland 11-January-2024

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 16, Ben reached the 3^rd round after beating Denis Shapovalov 6-3 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Shapovalov (6-3 7-5). During the match, Shelton scored 64 points vs Shapovalov’s 48. Shelton was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelton bagged 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ben Shelton was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (32/42) of his 1st serve and 92% (12/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Shapovalov twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Shelton has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (122-66). 21-12 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has an aggregate65-37 match record in the last 4 years on hard.

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

Shelton has a composed 36-22 win-loss record in 2024, 21-12 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Shanghai

Roberto Carballes Baena

Ranked no. 54, Roberto reached the 3^rd round after beating Roberto Bautista Agut 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Arthur Fils 7-6(4) 7-6(5).

In the 2^nd round, Carballes Baena had a good straight sets win against Fils (7-6⁴ 7-6⁵). During the match Carballes Baena scored 87 points vs Fils’s 77. Carballes Baena was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Carballes Baena struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Roberto Carballes Baena was very effective on serve to win 83% (43/52) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Spaniard broke Fils twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Braunschweig Challenger where he defeated Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 6-1 6-3 and the Seville Challenger where he overcame Daniel Altmaier in the final 6-3 7-5.

Carballes Baena has an aggregate 35-26 win-loss record in 2024, 10-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelton	Carballes Baena
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	5
Tot Games	21	52
Pts	64-48	185-162
Total Points	112	347
Winners	32	86
%Winners	50%	46%

Shelton played 1 match while Carballes Baena competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Roberto Carballes Baena dropped 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shelton has played 3 set(s) less than Carballes Baena (2 vs 5). Therefore, Shelton played 31 games less than Carballes Baena. The American scored 32 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard blasted 86 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelton	Carballes Baena
Aces	11	9
Avg per match	11	4.5
1st in	42/55	111/165
%1st in	76%	67%
1st pts	32/42	86/111
%1st pts	76%	77%
2nd pts	12/13	24/54
%2nd pts	92%	44%

Shelton managed to score 11 aces . Carballes Baena fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Shelton won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 92% of the points. On the other side, Carballes Baena won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelton	Carballes Baena
Won	2	7
Converted	2/5	7/23
% Converted	40%	30%
Conceded	0	8
Saved	0	3
% Saved	0%	38%
Times Broken	0	5

Ben broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Shelton quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Spaniard broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
	R2 Shapovalov	Total
Score	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	64-48	64-48
Total points	112	112
Winners	32	32
%Winners	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	42/55	42/55
% 1st in	76%	76%
1st pts	32/42	32/42
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	12/13	12/13
% 2nd pts	92%	92%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Carballes Baena
	R1 Bautista-Agut	R1 Bautista-Agut	R2 Fils	R2 Fils	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-2	3-6 6-3 6-2	7-64 7-65	7-64 7-65
Tot Set	3	3	2	2	10
Tot Games	26	26	26	26	104
pts	98-85	98-85	87-77	87-77	370-324
Total points	183	183	164	164	694
Winners	43	43	43	43	172
%Winners	44%	44%	49%	49%	46%
SERVE
Aces	6	6	3	3	18
Double Faults	2	2	2	2	8
1st in	59/87	59/87	52/78	52/78	222/330
% 1st in	68%	68%	67%	67%	67%
1st pts	43/59	43/59	43/52	43/52	172/222
% 1st pts	73%	73%	83%	83%	77%
2nd pts	10/28	10/28	14/26	14/26	48/108
% 2nd pts	36%	36%	54%	54%	44%
Breaks
Won	5	5	2	2	14
Converted	5/14	5/14	2/9	2/9	14/46
Converted %	36%	36%	22%	22%	30%
Conceded	5	5	3	3	16
Saved	2/5	2/5	1/3	1/3	6
Saved %	40%	40%	33%	33%	146%
Times Broken	3	3	2	2	10

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (5-7 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-7³ 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tommy PaulPaul – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-7² 7-6⁶ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yibing WuWu (7-6⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• David GoffinGoffin – Marcos GironGiron (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction