Ben Shelton and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Boss Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.444
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 2.77

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert

There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Pierre-Hugues Herbert since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 12 (career-high), Shelton will start his run in Stuttgart after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 7-6(8) 6-3 4-6 6-4 to Alcaraz in the 4^th round on the 1^st of June.

Ben has an aggregate 17-11 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on grass.

Shelton’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Munich.

Talking about his overall career, Ben has an overall 145-81 record. He has a negative 6-7 record on grass.

Previously in Stuttgart

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

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Ranked no. 132, Herbert reached the 2^nd round after defeating Maximilian Marterer 6-1 6-1, Li Tu 6-3 6-7(2) 6-1 and Damir Dzumhur 6-4 3-0 ret..

In the 1^st round against Dzumhur, the French player had a free pass after Dzumhur retired on a 6-4 3-0 . scoreline.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he defeated Jelle Sels in the final 6-3 6-4.

Pierre-Hugues has a composed 23-14 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Stuttgart

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st

round in 2016, 2017 and 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Stuttgart

• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-7³ 7-6³ ret.) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-4 6-7³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Rafael Matos/Marcelo MeloMatos/Marcelo Melo
  – Justin Engel/Jan-Lennard StruffEngel/Jan-Lennard Struff (6-7⁴ 6-3 10-7) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Justin EngelEngel – James DuckworthDuckworth (4-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-7⁶ 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 2-6 6-0) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Francisco Cabral/Lucas MiedlerCabral/Lucas Miedler – Alexander Erler/Constantin FrantzenErler/Constantin Frantzen (6-3 4-6 11-9) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-6¹⁰ 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-4 6-7(3) 6-3) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-7(3) 7-6(3) ret.) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Justin EngelEngel – James DuckworthDuckworth (4-6 6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-7(6) 7-5 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-1) – H2H and prediction