Ben Shelton and Stan Wawrinka will square off in the 2nd round of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.37
Stan Wawrinka -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Stan Wawrinka

There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Stan Wawrinka since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton

38 - 23win/loss

Hard
22-13
I Hard
4-2
Clay
8-4
Grass
4-4
Rank
19
High
13
LWWWWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-24 22-13 8-4 7-3 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. 23, Ben reached the 2nd round after beating Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Etcheverry (6-3 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 59 points vs Etcheverry’s 44. Shelton was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shelton blasted 8 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Ben Shelton was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (32/38) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shelton was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Etcheverry twice.

Shelton has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (124-67). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has a compiled35-8 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

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

Ben has a composed 38-23 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Ben has never competed in this tournament before.

Basel
Shelton's Record

Stan Wawrinka

Stan Wawrinka

11 - 17win/loss

Hard
1-5
I Hard
4-1
Clay
5-10
Grass
1-1
Rank
149
High
3
LWLWWWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 11-18 1-5 5-10 4-2 1-1 0-0
2023 29-24 8-6 11-8 8-9 2-1 0-0
2022 10-15 0-3 2-5 7-5 1-2 0-0
2021 3-3 3-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 22-8 8-3 9-2 5-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 169, will start his run in Basel after he played his last match in Basel where he defeated 6-3 3-6 7-5 to Mannarino in the 1st round on the 23rd of October.

Wawrinka has a composed 10-17 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Wawrinka’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Stockholm.

In terms of his career, The Swiss has an overall 688-403 record. He has a positive 109-85 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in Basel

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2006 and 2011. See his history.

Basel
Wawrinka's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Shelton
S.Wawrinka
1h:13
1h:13
Time on court​
!
2h:01
2h:01
1h:13
1h:13
Last match​
!
2h:01
2h:01
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
30
30
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
59
59
Total points​
90
90
59
59
Avg point​
90
90
32
32
Winners
44
44
32
32
Avg Winners​
44
44
54%
54%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
13
13
8
8
Avg Aces
!
13
13
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1
1
32/38
32/38
1st won total​
44/51
44/51
!
84%
84%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
9/14
9/14
2nd won total​
15/32
15/32
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
2/2
2/2
BP won
3/4
3/4
2/2
2/2
Avg BP won
3/4
3/4
!
100%
100%
Won
!
75%
75%
1
1
Conceded
3
3
1
1
Avg Conceded
3
3
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
1
1
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shelton Wawrinka
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 19 30
Pts 59-44 90-79
Total Points 103 169
Winners 32 44
%Winners 54% 49%

Both Shelton and Wawrinka played 1 match. At the moment, Stan Wawrinka surrendered 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t lost a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set(s) less than Wawrinka (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shelton played 11 games less than Wawrinka. The American scored 32 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss bagged 44 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shelton Wawrinka
Aces 8 13
Avg per match 8 13
1st in 38/52 51/83
%1st in 73% 61%
1st pts 32/38 44/51
%1st pts 84% 86%
2nd pts 9/14 15/32
%2nd pts 64% 47%

Shelton managed to score 8 aces . Wawrinka managed to score 13 aces . Shelton won 84% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Wawrinka won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shelton Wawrinka
Won 2 3
Converted 2/2 3/4
% Converted 100% 75%
Conceded 1 3
Saved 1 1
% Saved 100% 33%
Times Broken 0 2

Shelton broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. The American very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Stan broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Wawrinka conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
R1
Etcheverry
Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 59-44 59-44
Total points 103 103
Winners 32 32
%Winners 54% 54%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 38/52 38/52
% 1st in 73% 73%
1st pts 32/38 32/38
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 9/14 9/14
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/2 2/2
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Wawrinka
Total
Score
Tot Set 0
Tot Games 0
pts 0-0
Total points 0
Winners 0
%Winners 0%
SERVE
Aces 0
Double Faults 0
1st in 0/0
% 1st in 0%
1st pts 0/0
% 1st pts 0%
2nd pts 0/0
% 2nd pts 0%
Breaks
Won 0
Converted 0/0
Converted % 0%
Conceded 0
Saved 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0

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