Andrey Rublev and Ben Shelton will play each other in the quarter of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:30 pm on CENTER 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 Andrey Rublev who should win in 3 sets.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.68
Ben Shelton -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Andrey Rublev and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Andrey Rublev
42 - 21win/loss
7
5
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-23 | 26-11 | 11-6 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-26 | 23-12 | 19-5 | 6-7 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-20 | 19-7 | 14-6 | 18-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 25-10 | 9-5 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 41-10 | 17-4 | 10-2 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7, the Russian got to the quarter after defeating Nuno Borges 6-3 6-2 and Alejandro Tabilo 7-6(3) 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Tabilo (7-63 6-1). During the match, Rublev scored 68 points vs Tabilo’s 55. Rublev was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rublev recorded 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Andrey Rublev conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Rublev put 71% of his first serves in, winning 83% (39/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Tabilo twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Rublev has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (432-241). 5-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rublev has a composed 120-65 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Hong Kong where he beat Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Madrid where he overcame Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final 4-6 7-5 7-5.
The Russian has an aggregate 42-21 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Basel
Andrey has never competed in this tournament before.
Ben Shelton
39 - 23win/loss
19
13
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-25 | 22-13 | 8-4 | 8-4 | 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, the American reached the quarter after beating Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3 6-4
and Stan Wawrinka 7-6(2) 7-5.In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Wawrinka (7-62 7-5). During the match Shelton scored 76 points vs Wawrinka’s 62. Ben was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Shelton recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ben Shelton was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (45/54) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ben was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Wawrinka once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Houston where he defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-5 4-6 6-3.
Ben has a composed 39-23 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 44 |
| Pts | 129-97 | 135-106 |
| Total Points | 226 | 241 |
| Winners | 64 | 77 |
| %Winners | 50% | 57% |
Both Rublev and Shelton played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rublev and Shelton have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Rublev played 7 games less than Shelton. Andrey scored 64 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Shelton blasted 77 winners (57%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 73/113 | 92/125 |
| %1st in | 65% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 64/73 | 77/92 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 22/33 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 67% |
Rublev blasted 18 aces (9 per match). Shelton scored 17 aces (8.5 per match). Rublev won 88% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 46% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Russian broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Andrey surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| Rublev | ||||
| R1 Borges | R2 Tabilo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| pts | 61-42 | 68-55 | 129-97 | |
| Total points | 103 | 123 | 226 | |
| Winners | 25 | 39 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 57% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 14 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 47/66 | 73/113 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 71% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 25/26 | 39/47 | 64/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 83% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 8/19 | 18/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 42% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/3 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 67% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Shelton | ||||
| R1 Etcheverry | R2 Wawrinka | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-62 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 | 44 | |
| pts | 59-44 | 76-62 | 135-106 | |
| Total points | 103 | 138 | 241 | |
| Winners | 32 | 45 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 59% | 57% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/52 | 54/73 | 92/125 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 32/38 | 45/54 | 77/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 83% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 13/19 | 22/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 68% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 1/1 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 5/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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