Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton will play each other in the final of the BMW Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.3
Ben Shelton -> 3.52

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Ben Shelton

This will be the 2^nd time that Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Zverev won 3-6 7-6(3) 7-5 in the quarter in Cincinnati back in 2024.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Ben Shelton – Cincinnati 17-August-2024

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 3, Alexander got to the final after defeating Alexandre Muller 6-4 6-1, Daniel Altmaier 6-3 6-2, Tallon Griekspoor 6-7(6) 7-6(3) 6-4 and Fabian Marozsan 7-6(3) 6-3.

In the semifinal, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Marozsan (7-6³ 6-3). During the match, Zverev scored 70 points vs Marozsan’s 61. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zverev bagged 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alexander Zverev was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (35/47) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The German broke Marozsan twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zverev has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Zverev has a tremendous record in the last 10 years having won 72% of his matches (463-181). 7-3 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zverev has a compiled 150-49 record in the last years on clay.

The German’s best result of the current season was getting to the final at the Australian Open .

The German has an overall 18-7 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Munich

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 15, Shelton reached the final after beating Borna Gojo 4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(3), Botic Van De Zandschulp 7-6(1) 6-3, Luciano Darderi 6-4 6-3 and Francisco Cerundolo 2-6 7-6(7) 6-4.

In the semifinal against Cerundolo, Ben recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-6⁷ 6-4).During the match Shelton scored less points (2) than Cerundolo. In fact, the world no. 3 won 91 points vs Cerundolo’s. That means that Shelton was more focused during the important points. Shelton was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Shelton fired 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 56% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the 2nd serve. Shelton broke Cerundolo 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ben has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal at the Australian Open and Munich.

Shelton has a compiled 14-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Munich

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zverev	Shelton
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	10
Tot Games	92	108
Pts	322-267	327-305
Total Points	589	632
Winners	139	141
%Winners	43%	43%

Both Zverev and Shelton played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Zverev surrendered 1 set, while Ben Shelton surrendered 2 sets. Zverev has played 1 set(s) less than Shelton (9 vs 10). Therefore, Zverev played 16 games less than Shelton. The German scored 139 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Ben scored 141 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zverev	Shelton
Aces	18	25
Avg per match	4.5	6.3
1st in	185/283	186/322
%1st in	65%	58%
1st pts	139/185	141/186
%1st pts	75%	76%
2nd pts	54/98	84/136
%2nd pts	55%	62%

Zverev blasted 18 aces (4.5 per match). Shelton recorded 25 aces (6.3 per match). Zverev won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zverev	Shelton
Won	13	9
Converted	13/27	9/17
% Converted	48%	53%
Conceded	10	17
Saved	6	10
% Saved	60%	59%
Times Broken	4	7

Alexander broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. Zverev lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Ben conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
	R1 Muller	R2 Altmaier	1/4 Griekspoor	1/2 Marozsan	Total
Score	6-4 6-1	6-3 6-2	6-76 7-63 6-4	7-63 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	17	17	36	22	92
pts	66-48	62-45	124-113	70-61	322-267
Total points	114	107	237	131	589
Winners	15	31	58	35	139
%Winners	23%	50%	47%	50%	43%
SERVE
Aces	4	0	5	9	18
Double Faults	2	0	3	2	7
1st in	20/42	39/56	79/116	47/69	185/283
% 1st in	48%	70%	68%	68%	65%
1st pts	15/20	31/39	58/79	35/47	139/185
% 1st pts	75%	79%	73%	74%	75%
2nd pts	13/22	6/17	22/37	13/22	54/98
% 2nd pts	59%	35%	59%	59%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	4	2	2	13
Converted	5/11	4/6	2/7	2/3	13/27
Converted %	45%	67%	29%	67%	48%
Conceded	1	2	6	1	10
Saved	0/1	1/2	5/6	0/1	6
Saved %	0%	50%	83%	0%	33%
Times Broken	1	1	1	1	4

Shelton
	R1 Gojo	R2 Van De Zandschulp	1/4 Darderi	1/2 Cerundolo	Total
Score	4-6 7-66 7-63	7-61 6-3	6-4 6-3	2-6 7-67 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	3	10
Tot Games	36	22	19	31	108
pts	104-107	71-56	61-49	91-93	327-305
Total points	211	127	110	184	632
Winners	48	33	24	36	141
%Winners	46%	46%	39%	40%	43%
SERVE
Aces	9	3	7	6	25
Double Faults	5	2	2	6	15
1st in	62/114	40/59	31/55	53/94	186/322
% 1st in	54%	68%	56%	56%	58%
1st pts	48/62	33/40	24/31	36/53	141/186
% 1st pts	77%	83%	77%	68%	76%
2nd pts	36/52	11/19	14/24	23/41	84/136
% 2nd pts	69%	58%	58%	56%	62%
Breaks
Won	0	3	3	3	9
Converted	0/3	3/3	3/6	3/5	9/17
Converted %	0%	100%	50%	60%	53%
Conceded	10	1	1	5	17
Saved	9/10	0/1	0/1	1/5	10
Saved %	90%	0%	0%	20%	28%
Times Broken	1	1	1	4	7

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