Ben Shelton and Mariano Navone will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mariano Navone who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Mariano Navone is the pick to win this match.
Mariano Navone -> 1.9
Ben Shelton -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Mariano Navone

This will be the 3rd time that Ben Shelton and Mariano Navone fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Shelton won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Indian wells back in March 2025.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Mariano Navone – Indian wells 08-March-2025

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton

14 - 8win/loss

Hard
9-5
I Hard
1-1
Clay
4-2
Rank
10
High
10
LLLWWLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 19-14 9-5 7-5 1-1 2-3 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. 13, Shelton will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Munich where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Zverev in the final on the 20th of April.

Ben has an overall 14-8 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Ben’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Munich.

Talking about his overall career, Ben has an overall 142-78 record. He has a positive 21-16 record on clay.

Previously in Madrid

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See his history.

Madrid
Shelton's Record

Mariano Navone

Mariano Navone

12 - 12win/loss

Hard
2-5
I Hard
1-1
Clay
9-6
Rank
91
High
29
WLWLWWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 19-18 2-5 14-11 1-1 2-1 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. 85, Navone got to the 2nd round after beating Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Mpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4). During the match Navone scored 69 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 53. Navone was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Navone fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mariano Navone was very efficient on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Mpetshi Perricard twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

The Argentine has an aggregate 12-12 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Madrid
Navone's Record

Tennis Scores in Madrid

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