Ben Shelton and Jack Draper will square off in the quarter of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jack Draper who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jack Draper is the pick to win this match.
Jack Draper -> 1.9
Ben Shelton -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Jack Draper
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Jack Draper since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-4 | 9-3 | 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 got to the quarter after defeating Unknown Player bye, Mariano Navone 6-3 6-2, Karen Khachanov 6-3 7-5 and Brandon Nakashima 7-6(6) 6-1.
In the 4th round, Ben had a good straight sets win against Nakashima (7-66 6-1). During the match, Shelton scored 70 points vs Nakashima’s 53. Ben was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Ben Shelton was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (29/40) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ben broke Nakashima 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Shelton has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (138-74). 9-3 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has a composed75-41 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Shelton’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal at the Australian Open .
The American has an aggregate 10-4 win-loss record in 2025, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Jack Draper
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-2 | 10-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-22 | 19-10 | 5-7 | 7-3 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-15 | 15-8 | 3-3 | 16-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-19 | 12-6 | 2-2 | 26-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-16 | 6-6 | 7-5 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 14, Draper got to the quarter after defeating Unknown Player bye, Joao Fonseca 6-4 6-0, Jenson Brooksby 7-5 6-4 and Taylor Fritz 7-5 6-4.
In the 4th round, Draper had a good straight sets win against Fritz (7-5 6-4). During the match Draper scored 61 points vs Fritz’s 53. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Draper fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jack Draper lost the serve once. Furthermore, Draper put 61% of his first serves in, winning 91% (32/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Fritz 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jack hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Draper’s best result of the season was reaching the final Doha.
Jack has a composed 10-2 win-loss record in 2025, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Draper |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 60 |
| Pts | 201-162 | 200-157 |
| Total Points | 363 | 357 |
| Winners | 90 | 84 |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% |
Both Shelton and Draper played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Draper have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Shelton played 2 games less than Draper. Ben scored 90 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Draper bagged 84 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Draper |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 123/194 | 98/173 |
| %1st in | 63% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 90/123 | 84/98 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 40/71 | 38/75 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 51% |
Shelton struck 19 aces (6.3 per match). Draper bagged 18 aces (6 per match). Shelton won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Draper won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Draper |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 11 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 11/17 |
| % Converted | 43% | 65% |
| Conceded | 9 | 10 |
| Saved | 7 | 7 |
| % Saved | 78% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Ben dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Draper broke his opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | |||||
| R2 Navone |
R3 Khachanov |
R4 Nakashima |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 7-5 | 7-66 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 20 | 58 | |
| pts | 57-45 | 74-64 | 70-53 | 201-162 | |
| Total points | 102 | 138 | 123 | 363 | |
| Winners | 28 | 33 | 29 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 45% | 41% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 48/77 | 40/61 | 123/194 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 62% | 66% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 33/48 | 29/40 | 90/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 69% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 16/29 | 14/21 | 40/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 55% | 67% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/10 | 3/5 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 30% | 60% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/5 | 3/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 75% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Draper | |||||
| R2 Fonseca |
R3 Brooksby |
R4 Fritz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 7-5 6-4 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 22 | 60 | |
| pts | 61-45 | 78-59 | 61-53 | 200-157 | |
| Total points | 106 | 137 | 114 | 357 | |
| Winners | 25 | 27 | 32 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% | 52% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 33/60 | 30/56 | 35/57 | 98/173 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 54% | 61% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 27/30 | 32/35 | 84/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 90% | 91% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 16/26 | 10/22 | 38/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 62% | 45% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 11/17 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 60% | 75% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 50% | 0% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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