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.
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
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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.
Mariano Navone
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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.
Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 3-6 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Mattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Federico CinaCina – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Borna GojoGojo (1-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-62 7-64) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Marin CilicCilic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Hugo GastonGaston (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-77 7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 3-6 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Mattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (5-7 6-2 1-4 ret. (Zandschulp ret.)) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-7(4) 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Andrey RublevRublev (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Nicolas JarryJarry (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Laslo DjereDjere (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Casper RuudRuud (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alexander BublikBublik (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-1) – H2H and prediction