H2H, prediction of Jannik Sinner vs Ben Shelton in Shanghai with odds, preview, pick | 9th October 2024

PREVIEW. Shanghai. Sinner and Shelton will play each other in the 4th round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 9th of October

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Ben Shelton

Jannik Sinner and Ben Shelton will clash against each other in the 4th round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.165
Ben Shelton -> 5.15

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Ben Shelton

This will be the 5th time that Jannik Sinner and Ben Shelton square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Sinner (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Sinner won 6-2 6-4 7-6(9) in the 4th round in at the Wimbledon back in July 2024.

Highlights Jannik Sinner vs Ben Shelton – Wimbledon 07-July-2024

Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner
Jannik Sinner

61 - 6win/loss

Hard
36-3
I Hard
5-0
Clay
11-2
Grass
9-1
Rank
1
High
1
WWLWWWWWWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 61-6 36-3 11-2 5-0 9-1 0-0
2023 64-15 28-7 8-3 20-2 8-3 0-0
2022 47-16 21-6 15-4 7-4 4-2 0-0
2021 49-22 22-8 10-6 17-6 0-2 0-0
2020 20-14 2-6 7-3 11-5 0-0 0-0
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Currently world no. 1 Jannik reached the 4th round after beating Unknown Player bye, Taro Daniel 6-1 6-4 and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2.

In the 3rd round against Etcheverry, Jannik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-2). During the match, Sinner scored 101 points vs Etcheverry’s 85. Sinner was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sinner managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jannik Sinner was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (50/64) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jannik broke Etcheverry 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jannik has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Sinner has a fantastic match record in the last 7 years having won 74% of his matches (334-119). 36-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sinner has an overall134-44 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title at the Australian Open where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 3-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 and in Rotterdam where he defeated Alex De Minaur in the final 7-5 6-4 and in Miami where he overcame Grigor Dimitrov in the final 6-3 6-1 and in Halle where he beat Hubert Hurkacz in the final 7-6(8) 7-6(2) and in Cincinnati where he overcame Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-6(4) 6-2 and at the U.S. Open where he beat Taylor Fritz in the final 6-3 6-4 7-5.

The Italian has an overall 61-6 win-loss record in 2024, 36-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Sinner
Shanghai
Sinner's Record

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton
Ben Shelton

37 - 22win/loss

Hard
22-12
I Hard
3-2
Clay
8-4
Grass
4-4
Rank
16
High
13
WWLWWWLLWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-22 22-12 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
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Ranked no. 16, Ben got to the 4th round after defeating Denis Shapovalov 6-3 7-5 and Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3 6-4.

In the 3rd round, Ben had a good straight sets win against Carballes Baena (6-3 6-4). During the match Shelton scored 56 points vs Carballes Baena’s 44. Ben was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Shelton fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ben Shelton was quite efficient on serve to win 91% (32/35) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ben broke Carballes Baena twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

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

The American has an aggregate 37-22 win-loss record in 2024, 22-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.

Shelton
Shanghai
Shelton's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Sinner
B.Shelton
!
3h:56
3h:56
Time on court​
2h:24
2h:24
!
2h:39
2h:39
Last match​
1h:07
1h:07
2
2
Match played
2
2
48
48
Games Played​
40
40
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
168
168
Total points​
120
120
84
84
Avg point​
60
60
82
82
Winners
64
64
41
41
Avg Winners​
32
32
49%
49%
Ratio winners
53%
53%
-- Serve --
24
24
Aces
19
19
!
12
12
Avg Aces
9.5
9.5
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
82/102
82/102
1st won total​
64/77
64/77
!
80%
80%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
20/39
20/39
2nd won total​
20/27
20/27
51%
51%
2nd won %
!
74%
74%
-- Break Points --
7/22
7/22
BP won
4/8
4/8
3.5/11
3.5/11
Avg BP won
2/4
2/4
32%
32%
Won
50%
50%
5
5
Conceded
0
0
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
0
0
1
1
Broken
0
0
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
!
0
0
4
4
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sinner Shelton
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 48 40
Pts 168-131 120-92
Total Points 299 212
Winners 82 64
%Winners 49% 53%

Both Sinner and Shelton played 2 matches. At the moment, Jannik Sinner conceded 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sinner has played 1 set more than Shelton (5 vs 4). Therefore, Sinner played 8 games more than Shelton. Sinner scored 82 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 64 winners (53%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sinner Shelton
Aces 24 19
Avg per match 12 9.5
1st in 102/141 77/104
%1st in 72% 74%
1st pts 82/102 64/77
%1st pts 80% 83%
2nd pts 20/39 20/27
%2nd pts 51% 74%

Sinner struck 24 aces (12 per match). Shelton scored 19 aces (9.5 per match). Sinner won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sinner Shelton
Won 7 4
Converted 7/22 4/8
% Converted 32% 50%
Conceded 5 0
Saved 4 0
% Saved 80% 0%
Times Broken 1 0

Sinner broke his opponents 7 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Sinner
R2
Daniel		 R3
Etcheverry		 Total
Score 6-1 6-4 6-73 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 17 31 48
pts 67-46 101-85 168-131
Total points 113 186 299
Winners 32 50 82
%Winners 48% 50% 49%
SERVE
Aces 12 12 24
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 38/49 64/92 102/141
% 1st in 78% 70% 72%
1st pts 32/38 50/64 82/102
% 1st pts 84% 78% 80%
2nd pts 5/11 15/28 20/39
% 2nd pts 45% 54% 51%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/9 4/13 7/22
Converted % 33% 31% 32%
Conceded 0 5 5
Saved 0/0 4/5 4
Saved % – 80% 40%
Times Broken 0 1 1
Shelton
R2
Shapovalov		 R3
Carballes Baena		 Total
Score 6-3 7-5 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 21 19 40
pts 64-48 56-44 120-92
Total points 112 100 212
Winners 32 32 64
%Winners 50% 57% 53%
SERVE
Aces 11 8 19
Double Faults 1 2 3
1st in 42/55 35/49 77/104
% 1st in 76% 71% 74%
1st pts 32/42 32/35 64/77
% 1st pts 76% 91% 83%
2nd pts 12/13 8/14 20/27
% 2nd pts 92% 57% 74%
Breaks
Won 2 2 4
Converted 2/5 2/3 4/8
Converted % 40% 67% 50%
Conceded 0 0 0
Saved 0/0 0/0 0
Saved % – – 0%
Times Broken 0 0 0

Head 2 Head

Jannik Sinner
  • 2Slam
  • 17Main
  • 3Chall
  • 2Minor
Ben Shelton
  • 0Slam
  • 2Main
  • 3Chall
  • 1Minor

Jannik
Sinner

3:1

Ben
Shelton

Rank

1

High

1

3h:56Played

1Hard1

1I.hard0

1Grass0

Rank

16

High

13

2h:24Played
Win Loss
Sinner
WWLWWWWWWW
Shelton
WWLWWWLLWW
2024 2023 2022
61 - 6
37 - 22
36-3
Hard
22-12
5-0
I Hard
3-2
11-2
Clay
8-4
9-1
Grass
4-4

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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Upcoming matches in the draw

Sinner
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Shelton Ben Shelton