Ben Shelton and Gabriel Diallo will play each other in the 3^rd round of the Citi Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on STADIUM. 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 Ben Shelton who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.44
Gabriel Diallo -> 2.79

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Gabriel Diallo

This will be the 2^nd time that Ben Shelton and Gabriel Diallo fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Diallo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Diallo won 5-7 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 2^nd round in the Fairfield Challenger back in 2022.

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 8 (career-high), Ben reached the 3^rd round after defeating Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Ben had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (6-3 6-4). During the match, Shelton scored 64 points vs Mcdonald’s 43. Shelton was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shelton recorded 9 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Ben Shelton was very effective on serve to win 87% (27/31) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Mcdonald twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Shelton has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (152-85). 10-5 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has a composed76-43 record in the last 5 years on hard.

Ben’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Munich.

Ben has a compiled 24-15 win-loss record in 2025, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Gabriel Diallo

Ranked no. 35 (career-high), Gabriel got to the 3^rd round after defeating Fabian Marozsan 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Gabriel had a good straight sets win against Marozsan (6-3 6-4). During the match Diallo scored 69 points vs Marozsan’s 53. Diallo was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Diallo made 10 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Gabriel Diallo was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Diallo broke Marozsan twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

His best result of the year was winning the title in Hertogenbosch where he overcame Zizou Bergs in the final 7-5 7-6(8).

The Canadian has an overall 29-19 win-loss record in 2025, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Diallo has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelton	Diallo
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
Pts	64-43	69-53
Total Points	107	122
Winners	27	27
%Winners	42%	39%

Both Shelton and Diallo played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Diallo have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (19). Ben scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Gabriel fired 27 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelton	Diallo
Aces	9	10
Avg per match	9	10
1st in	31/47	34/53
%1st in	66%	64%
1st pts	27/31	27/34
%1st pts	87%	79%
2nd pts	13/16	14/19
%2nd pts	81%	74%

Shelton struck 9 aces . Diallo blasted 10 aces . Shelton won 87% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 81% of the points. On the other side, Diallo won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelton	Diallo
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/7
% Converted	67%	29%
Conceded	0	1
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Shelton broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The American pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Diallo broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Gabriel was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Shelton
	R2 Mcdonald	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	64-43	64-43
Total points	107	107
Winners	27	27
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	31/47	31/47
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	27/31	27/31
% 1st pts	87%	87%
2nd pts	13/16	13/16
% 2nd pts	81%	81%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/3
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Diallo
	R2 Marozsan	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	69-53	69-53
Total points	122	122
Winners	27	27
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	34/53	34/53
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	27/34	27/34
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	14/19	14/19
% 2nd pts	74%	74%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/7	2/7
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Washington

• Taylor FritzFritz – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Yibing WuWu – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-2 7-6³) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniel EvansEvans – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Yibing WuWu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-3) – H2H and prediction