Ben Shelton and Arthur Cazaux will play each other in the 2nd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 -> 1.28
Arthur Cazaux -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Arthur Cazaux
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Arthur Cazaux since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
42 - 25win/loss
21
13
LWLWWWWLWW | 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. 19, Ben reached the 2nd round after beating Corentin Moutet 6-3 6-7(8) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Shelton defeated Moutet (6-3 6-78 6-3). During the match, Shelton scored 109 points vs Moutet’s 93. The American was very aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelton made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ben Shelton was very effective on serve to win 78% (56/72) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Moutet twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Shelton has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (128-68). 8-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has an overall39-9 win-loss record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Houston where he beat Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-5 4-6 6-3.
The American has an overall 42-24 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Paris
Arthur Cazaux
29 - 23win/loss
64
64
WWLWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-24 | 25-15 | 0-2 | 5-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-29 | 31-13 | 11-9 | 3-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-14 | 14-3 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-19 | 16-4 | 22-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 9-3 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 |
Ranked no. 85, Arthur got to the 2nd round after defeating David Goffin 6-1 6-7(5) 6-1 and Unknown Player bye.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Noumea Challenger where he defeated Enzo Couacaud in the final 6-1 6-1.
Arthur has a composed 28-23 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Paris
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Cazaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 27 |
| Pts | 109-93 | 103-73 |
| Total Points | 202 | 176 |
| Winners | 56 | 40 |
| %Winners | 51% | 39% |
Both Shelton and Cazaux played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Ben Shelton lost 1 set, while Arthur Cazaux dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Cazaux have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Shelton played 4 games more than Cazaux. Ben scored 56 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Arthur bagged 40 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Cazaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 17 |
| 1st in | 72/96 | 55/93 |
| %1st in | 75% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 56/72 | 40/55 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 20/38 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 53% |
Shelton made 4 aces . Cazaux fired 17 aces . Shelton won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Cazaux won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Cazaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 6 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 33% | 55% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The American had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Arthur broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||
| R1 Moutet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-78 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 109-93 | 109-93 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 56 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 72/96 | 72/96 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 56/72 | 56/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cazaux | ||||
| Q1 Goffin |
Q3 Fognini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-75 6-1 | 7-64 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 31 | 58 | |
| pts | 103-73 | – | 103-73 | |
| Total points | 176 | 0 | 176 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | ||
| %Winners | 39% | 0% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 17 | 0 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 55/93 | / | 55/93 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 0% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 40/55 | / | 40/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 0% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | / | 20/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 0% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | ||
| Converted | 6/11 | / | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 0% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | ||
| Saved | 4/6 | 0/ | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | ||
Head 2 Head
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