Ben Shelton and Karen Khachanov will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.67
Karen Khachanov -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Karen Khachanov
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Karen Khachanov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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 reached the 3rd round after defeating Unknown Player bye and Mariano Navone 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Navone (6-3 6-2). During the match, Shelton scored 57 points vs Navone’s 45. The American was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ben Shelton conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 63% of his first serves in, win 80% (28/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Navone 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Shelton has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (136-74). 7-3 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has a compiled73-41 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Ben’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal at the Australian Open .
The American has a compiled 8-4 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-22 | 14-12 | 8-4 | 14-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-18 | 18-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 17-11 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-24 | 17-9 | 5-6 | 8-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 23, Khachanov reached the 3rd round after beating Unknown Player bye and Jakub Mensik 3-6 6-0 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Mensik, Karen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-0 6-3). During the match Khachanov scored 83 points vs Mensik’s 73. Karen was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Khachanov recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Karen Khachanov lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Khachanov put 61% of his first serves in, winning 72% (33/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Karen broke Mensik 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
The Russian has a composed 4-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 24 |
| Pts | 57-45 | 83-73 |
| Total Points | 102 | 156 |
| Winners | 28 | 33 |
| %Winners | 49% | 40% |
Both Shelton and Khachanov played 1 match. At the moment, Karen Khachanov surrendered 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set(s) less than Khachanov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shelton played 7 games less than Khachanov. Ben scored 28 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Khachanov scored 33 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 46/76 |
| %1st in | 63% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 33/46 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 15/30 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 50% |
Shelton bagged 5 aces . Khachanov made 2 aces . Shelton won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Khachanov won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 42% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Ben broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Shelton had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Khachanov broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||
| R2 Navone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 57-45 | 57-45 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 28/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Khachanov | |||
| R2 Mensik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 83-73 | 83-73 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/76 | 46/76 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 33/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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