Ben Shelton and Flavio Cobolli will clash against each other in the 4^th round of the National Bank Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 7:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.28
Flavio Cobolli -> 3.68

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Flavio Cobolli

This will be the 4^th time that Ben Shelton and Flavio Cobolli fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Cobolli (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Shelton won 7-6(4) 7-6(4) in the 1^st round in Acapulco back in February 2025.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Flavio Cobolli – Acapulco 24-February-2025

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 7 (career-high), Shelton got to the 4^th round after beating Adrian Mannarino 6-2 6-3 and Brandon Nakashima 6-7(8) 6-2 7-6(5).

In the 3^rd round against Nakashima, Ben recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁸ 6-2 7-6⁵). During the match, Shelton scored 110 points vs Nakashima’s 105. Ben was quite aggressive to blast 56 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shelton recorded 19 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 62% of his first serves in, winning 81% (56/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (20/42) on the 2nd serve. Ben broke Nakashima 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Shelton has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (156-86). 14-6 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has an overall80-44 record in the last 5 years on hard.

The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Munich.

The American has a composed 28-16 win-loss record in 2025, 14-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

Flavio Cobolli

Ranked no. 17 (career-high), Flavio reached the 4^th round after defeating Alexis Galarneau 6-4 5-7 6-4 and Fabian Marozsan 6-2 4-6 6-3.

In the 3^rd round, Cobolli defeated Marozsan (6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match Cobolli scored 99 points vs Marozsan’s 84. Flavio was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Cobolli fired 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Flavio Cobolli lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cobolli put 57% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (23/36) on the 2nd serve. Flavio broke Marozsan 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was winning the title in Bucharest where he overcame Sebastian Baez in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Hamburg where he overcame Andrey Rublev in the final 6-2 6-4.

Flavio has an overall 27-19 win-loss record in 2025, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

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	Shelton	Cobolli
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	6
Tot Games	51	59
Pts	169-144	197-184
Total Points	313	381
Winners	84	70
%Winners	50%	36%

Both Shelton and Cobolli played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ben Shelton surrendered 1 set, while Flavio Cobolli surrendered 2 sets. Shelton has played 1 set(s) less than Cobolli (5 vs 6). Therefore, Shelton played 8 games less than Cobolli. The American scored 84 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 70 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelton	Cobolli
Aces	35	19
Avg per match	17.5	9.5
1st in	100/161	103/194
%1st in	62%	53%
1st pts	84/100	70/103
%1st pts	84%	68%
2nd pts	32/61	50/91
%2nd pts	52%	55%

Shelton blasted 35 aces (17.5 per match). Cobolli bagged 19 aces (9.5 per match). Shelton won 84% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Cobolli won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelton	Cobolli
Won	6	10
Converted	6/16	10/20
% Converted	38%	50%
Conceded	6	17
Saved	5	11
% Saved	83%	65%
Times Broken	1	6

Ben broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Cobolli broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
	R2 Mannarino	R3 Nakashima	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-78 6-2 7-65
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	17	34	51
pts	59-39	110-105	169-144
Total points	98	215	313
Winners	28	56	84
%Winners	47%	51%	50%
SERVE
Aces	16	19	35
Double Faults	4	8	12
1st in	31/50	69/111	100/161
% 1st in	62%	62%	62%
1st pts	28/31	56/69	84/100
% 1st pts	90%	81%	84%
2nd pts	12/19	20/42	32/61
% 2nd pts	63%	48%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/8	3/8	6/16
Converted %	38%	38%	38%
Conceded	2	4	6
Saved	2/2	3/4	5
Saved %	100%	75%	88%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Cobolli
	R2 Galarneau	R3 Marozsan	Total
Score	6-4 5-7 6-4	6-2 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	32	27	59
pts	98-100	99-84	197-184
Total points	198	183	381
Winners	38	32	70
%Winners	39%	32%	36%
SERVE
Aces	12	7	19
Double Faults	9	3	12
1st in	55/110	48/84	103/194
% 1st in	50%	57%	53%
1st pts	38/55	32/48	70/103
% 1st pts	69%	67%	68%
2nd pts	27/55	23/36	50/91
% 2nd pts	49%	64%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/8	5/12	10/20
Converted %	63%	42%	50%
Conceded	11	6	17
Saved	7/11	4/6	11
Saved %	64%	67%	66%
Times Broken	4	2	6

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