Ben Shelton defeats Arthur Fils 6-3 7-6(9) in the semifinal in Basel on Saturday. Shelton will face off with Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes.

Basel
Shelton's Record

The American added to his prize money € 112,090 after winning this match. He has already won € 239,990 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 206,055 to his earnings to get in total € 446,045 in total.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Arthur Fils Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shelton
Fils
6-3 7-69
1h:17
65
65
Total points
54
54
45
45
Winners
32
32
69%
69%
Ratio Winners
59%
59%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
9
9
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
84%
84%
1st in
62%
62%
88%
88%
1st won
89%
89%
45/51
45/51
1st won
32/36
32/36
70%
70%
2nd won
59%
59%
7/10
7/10
2nd won
13/22
13/22
-- Break Points --
1/2
1/2
Total
0/0
0/0
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 65 points vs. the French player’s 54.

Shelton

The American served exceptionally well to win 88% of the points (45/51) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (7/10) on his second serve. The American was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (1/2).

Fils

On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Fils is 2-1 for Ben.

Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard – stats

Shelton will face Mpetshi Perricard in the final.

This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mpetshi Perricard (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played each other, Mpetshi Perricard won 6-3 7-63 in the 1st round in London back in June 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Shelton 6-3
SheltonFils
6
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SheltonFils
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SheltonFils
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SheltonFils
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SheltonFils
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SheltonFils
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SheltonFils
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SheltonFils
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SheltonFils
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
SheltonFils
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Shelton clinched in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).

The French player was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Shelton converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 48 points. Ben was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Arthur (27-21). Shelton was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3

). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 7 points on serve (18-7).
2nd Set -
Shelton 7-6
SheltonFils
7
6
F
0
1
S
0
2
S
0
3
F
0
4
F
0
5
S
1
5
S
2
5
F
3
5
F
3
6
S
4
6
S
5
6
F
6
6
F
6
7
S
7
7
S
8
7
F
8
8
F
8
9
S
9
9
S
10
9
F
11
9
SheltonFils
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
SheltonFils
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SheltonFils
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SheltonFils
4
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SheltonFils
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
SheltonFils
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
SheltonFils
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SheltonFils
2
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SheltonFils
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
SheltonFils
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
SheltonFils
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the American won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.

Tiebreak

Ben won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5), 12th (6-6) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, the French player won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd

(2-0) and 3rd (3-0) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 0-4, 0-5, 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Ben saved 9 set points when he was 0-5, 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-7 and 8-9 down. In addition on the other side, Ben didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 71 points. Shelton was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Fils (38-33). Ben conceded 6 points on serve (33-6). On the other side, the French player conceded 5 points on serve (27-5).

1st
Shelton
Fils
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Shelton
Fils
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1

Tennis Scores in Basel

  • Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi PerricardHolger RuneRune (7-66 6-4)
  • Ben SheltonSheltonArthur FilsFils (6-3 7-69)

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