Ben Shelton and Flavio Cobolli will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 8:30 pm on ESTADIO. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 2 sets.
Ben Shelton -> 1.39
Flavio Cobolli -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Flavio Cobolli
This will be the 3rd time that Ben Shelton and Flavio Cobolli square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Cobolli (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Cobolli won 4-6 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in Washington back in 2024.
Highlights Flavio Cobolli vs Ben Shelton – Washington 03-August-2024
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-24 | 23-9 | 7-5 | 4-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-26 | 22-13 | 8-4 | 8-5 | 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. 13 (career-high), the American will start his run in Acapulco after he played his last match in Dallas where he lost 6-2 7-6(3) to Munar Clar in the 2nd round on the 6th of February.
Ben has an overall 6-3 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal at the Australian Open .
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 134-73 record. He has a positive 71-40 record on hard.
Previously in Acapulco
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Flavio Cobolli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-29 | 9-13 | 15-6 | 4-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-29 | 26-13 | 10-9 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-36 | 10-6 | 43-23 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 6-4 | 24-21 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-30 | 5-4 | 39-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 40, Flavio will start his run in Acapulco after he played his last match in Rotterdam where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Hurkacz in the 1st round on the 3rd of February.
Flavio has an aggregate 2-5 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Cobolli has an overall 192-147 record. He has a positive 53-33 record on hard.
Previously in Acapulco
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Acapulco
- Adam WaltonWalton – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Learner TienTien – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Learner TienTien – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-5 7-6(7)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- David GoffinGoffin – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Casper RuudRuud (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (1-2) – H2H and prediction