H2H, prediction of Ben Shelton vs Karen Khachanov in Indian Wells with odds, preview, pick | 10th March 2025

PREVIEW. Indian Wells. Shelton and Khachanov will square off in the 3rd round of the BNP Paribas Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Monday the 10th of March

Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Karen Khachanov

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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Ben Shelton
Ben Shelton

9 - 4win/loss

Hard
8-3
I Hard
1-1
Rank
12
High
12
WWLWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 9-4 8-3 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

Shelton
Indian Wells
Shelton's Record

Karen Khachanov

Karen Khachanov
Karen Khachanov

4 - 6win/loss

Hard
4-5
I Hard
0-1
Rank
23
High
8
LWLWLLLWWL
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.

Khachanov
Indian Wells
Khachanov's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Shelton
K.Khachanov
1h:17
1h:17
Time on court​
!
1h:59
1h:59
1h:17
1h:17
Last match​
1h:59
1h:59
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
24
24
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
57
57
Total points​
83
83
57
57
Avg point​
83
83
28
28
Winners
33
33
28
28
Avg Winners​
33
33
49%
49%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
5
5
Avg Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
28/35
28/35
1st won total​
33/46
33/46
!
80%
80%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
10/21
10/21
2nd won total​
15/30
15/30
48%
48%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
BP won
5/12
5/12
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
5/12
5/12
50%
50%
Won
42%
42%
0
0
Conceded
7
7
0
0
Avg Conceded
7
7
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
0
0
Saved
5
5

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

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Shelton
WWLWLWLWWW
Khachanov
LWLWLLLWWL
2025 2024 2023
9 - 4
4 - 6
8-3
Hard
4-5
1-1
I Hard
0-1

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