Ben Shelton and Mariano Navone will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM 2. 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 -> 1.26
Mariano Navone -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Mariano Navone
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Mariano Navone square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Shelton won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Tokyo back in 2024.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs Mariano Navone – Tokyo 27-September-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. 12 (career-high), Shelton will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Acapulco where he lost 7-6(3) 6-3 to Goffin in the 2nd round on the 26th of February.
Ben has a composed 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal at the Australian Open .
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 135-74 record. He has a positive 72-41 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2024. See his history.
Mariano Navone
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-31 | 5-12 | 30-16 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-28 | 2-7 | 27-14 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 40-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 0-1 | 44-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-24 | 0-0 | 40-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 63, Mariano reached the 2nd round after defeating Learner Tien 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Navone had a good straight sets win against Tien (7-5 6-4). During the match Navone scored 80 points vs Tien’s 71. Navone was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Navone fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Mariano Navone was very effective on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mariano broke Tien 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Navone has a composed 7-7 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Colton SmithSmith (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-5 5-7 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alexander ZverevZverev (4-6 7-65 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marcos GironGiron – Casper RuudRuud (7-64 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (3-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Zizou BergsBergs (7-64 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tommy PaulPaul – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur FilsFils – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Holger RuneRune – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-6) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-5) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Cameron NorrieNorrie (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-0) – H2H and prediction