Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Boss Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 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 Alexander Zverev who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.58
Ben Shelton -> 2.38

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Ben Shelton

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

The last time that they played each other, Zverev won 6-2 6-4 in the final in Munich back in April 2025.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Ben Shelton – Munich 20-April-2025

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 3, Alexander got to the semifinal after beating Corentin Moutet 6-2 7-6(7) and Brandon Nakashima 7-5 6-4.

In the quarter, Zverev had a good straight sets win against Nakashima (7-5 6-4). During the match, Zverev scored 72 points vs Nakashima’s 58. Alexander was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zverev scored 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexander Zverev was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (36/47) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Nakashima twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zverev hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Zverev has an impressive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 72% of his matches (476-185). 2-0 on grass in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zverev has a composed 36-16 match record in the last years on grass.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Munich where he defeated Ben Shelton in the final 6-2 6-4.

The German has an overall 31-11 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Stuttgart

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 12 (career-high), the American reached the semifinal after defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7-6(4) 7-5 and Jiri Lehecka 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Ben had a good straight sets win against Lehecka (6-4 6-4). During the match Shelton scored 53 points vs Lehecka’s 39. Shelton was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Shelton struck 18 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ben Shelton was very efficient on serve to win 100% (28/28) 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 American broke Lehecka twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ben hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

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

The American has an overall 19-11 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Stuttgart

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zverev	Shelton
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	43	45
Pts	151-126	135-111
Total Points	277	246
Winners	71	65
%Winners	47%	48%

Both Zverev and Shelton played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zverev and Shelton have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Zverev played 2 games less than Shelton. Zverev scored 71 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Ben made 65 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zverev	Shelton
Aces	14	26
Avg per match	7	13
1st in	99/144	73/121
%1st in	69%	60%
1st pts	71/99	65/73
%1st pts	72%	89%
2nd pts	26/45	33/48
%2nd pts	58%	69%

Zverev fired 14 aces (7 per match). Shelton scored 26 aces (13 per match). Zverev won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zverev	Shelton
Won	6	3
Converted	6/9	3/9
% Converted	67%	33%
Conceded	9	4
Saved	7	4
% Saved	78%	100%
Times Broken	2	0

Alexander broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Alexander dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Shelton broke his opponents 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Shelton was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Zverev
	R2 Moutet	1/4 Nakashima	Total
Score	6-2 7-67	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	22	43
pts	79-68	72-58	151-126
Total points	147	130	277
Winners	35	36	71
%Winners	44%	50%	47%
SERVE
Aces	6	8	14
Double Faults	4	1	5
1st in	52/78	47/66	99/144
% 1st in	67%	71%	69%
1st pts	35/52	36/47	71/99
% 1st pts	67%	77%	72%
2nd pts	13/26	13/19	26/45
% 2nd pts	50%	68%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/6	2/3	6/9
Converted %	67%	67%	67%
Conceded	7	2	9
Saved	5/7	2/2	7
Saved %	71%	100%	86%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Shelton
	R2 Herbert	1/4 Lehecka	Total
Score	7-64 7-5	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	25	20	45
pts	82-72	53-39	135-111
Total points	154	92	246
Winners	37	28	65
%Winners	45%	53%	48%
SERVE
Aces	8	18	26
Double Faults	3	3	6
1st in	45/77	28/44	73/121
% 1st in	58%	64%	60%
1st pts	37/45	28/28	65/73
% 1st pts	82%	100%	89%
2nd pts	21/32	12/16	33/48
% 2nd pts	66%	75%	69%
Breaks
Won	1	2	3
Converted	1/5	2/4	3/9
Converted %	20%	50%	33%
Conceded	4	0	4
Saved	4/4	0/0	4
Saved %	100%	–	50%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Tennis Scores in Stuttgart

• Santiago Gonzalez/Austin KrajicekGonzalez/Austin Krajicek – Francisco Cabral/Lucas MiedlerCabral/Lucas Miedler (7-6⁵ 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings

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