Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton will clash against each other in the semifinal of the National Bank Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Taylor Fritz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.666
Ben Shelton -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Ben Shelton

This will be the 2^nd time that Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Fritz won 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Indian wells back in 2023.

Highlights Taylor Fritz vs Ben Shelton – Indian wells 11-March-2023

Taylor Fritz

Ranked no. 4 (career-high), Taylor reached the semifinal after beating Roberto Carballes Baena 7-5 7-6(1), Gabriel Diallo 6-4 6-2, Jiri Lehecka 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 7-6(5) and Andrey Rublev 6-3 7-6(4).

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Rublev (6-3 7-6⁴). During the match, Fritz scored 72 points vs Rublev’s 58. Taylor was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Fritz buried his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Taylor Fritz was very efficient on serve to win 79% (38/48) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Taylor was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Rublev twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Taylor has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Fritz has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (398-232). 19-6 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fritz has an aggregate 228-115 match record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Australia where he beat Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-4 5-7 7-6(4) and in Stuttgart where he overcame Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 7-6(0) and in Eastbourne where he defeated Jenson Brooksby in the final 7-5 6-1.

Taylor has a composed 36-13 win-loss record in 2025, 19-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 7 (career-high), the American reached the semifinal after beating Adrian Mannarino 6-2 6-3, Brandon Nakashima 6-7(8) 6-2 7-6(5), Flavio Cobolli 6-4 4-6 7-6(1) and Alex De Minaur 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, Shelton had a good straight sets win against De Minaur (6-3 6-4). During the match Shelton scored 69 points vs De Minaur’s 57. Shelton was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Shelton managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Ben Shelton was very efficient on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke De Minaur 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shelton has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

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

The American has a composed 30-16 win-loss record in 2025, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fritz	Shelton
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	10
Tot Games	104	103
Pts	358-307	346-306
Total Points	665	652
Winners	164	162
%Winners	46%	47%

Both Fritz and Shelton played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Taylor Fritz dropped 1 set, while Ben Shelton dropped 2 sets. Fritz has played 1 set(s) less than Shelton (9 vs 10). However, it’s interesting to notice that Fritz played 1 game more than Shelton. Fritz scored 164 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 162 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fritz	Shelton
Aces	49	58
Avg per match	12.3	14.5
1st in	199/332	206/333
%1st in	60%	62%
1st pts	164/199	162/206
%1st pts	82%	79%
2nd pts	77/133	65/127
%2nd pts	58%	51%

Fritz managed to score 49 aces (12.3 per match). Shelton made 58 aces (14.5 per match). Fritz won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Fritz	Shelton
Won	8	12
Converted	8/20	12/30
% Converted	40%	40%
Conceded	20	18
Saved	17	13
% Saved	85%	72%
Times Broken	3	5

The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Fritz surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 12 times with a 40% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.

Fritz
	R2 Carballes Baena	R3 Diallo	R4 Lehecka	1/4 Rublev	Total
Score	7-5 7-61	6-4 6-2	7-64 6-75 7-65	6-3 7-64
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	25	18	39	22	104
pts	90-76	66-45	130-128	72-58	358-307
Total points	166	111	258	130	665
Winners	38	23	65	38	164
%Winners	42%	35%	50%	53%	46%
SERVE
Aces	8	5	16	20	49
Double Faults	3	0	5	3	11
1st in	46/78	26/48	79/133	48/73	199/332
% 1st in	59%	54%	59%	66%	60%
1st pts	38/46	23/26	65/79	38/48	164/199
% 1st pts	83%	88%	82%	79%	82%
2nd pts	15/32	15/22	31/54	16/25	77/133
% 2nd pts	47%	68%	57%	64%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	3	0	2	8
Converted	3/6	3/7	0/5	2/2	8/20
Converted %	50%	43%	0%	100%	40%
Conceded	6	1	9	4	20
Saved	4/6	1/1	9/9	3/4	17
Saved %	67%	100%	100%	75%	86%
Times Broken	2	0	0	1	3

Shelton
	R2 Mannarino	R3 Nakashima	R4 Cobolli	1/4 De Minaur	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-78 6-2 7-65	6-4 4-6 7-61	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	3	2	10
Tot Games	17	34	33	19	103
pts	59-39	110-105	108-105	69-57	346-306
Total points	98	215	213	126	652
Winners	28	56	49	29	162
%Winners	47%	51%	45%	42%	47%
SERVE
Aces	16	19	12	11	58
Double Faults	4	8	4	1	17
1st in	31/50	69/111	69/112	37/60	206/333
% 1st in	62%	62%	62%	62%	62%
1st pts	28/31	56/69	49/69	29/37	162/206
% 1st pts	90%	81%	71%	78%	79%
2nd pts	12/19	20/42	21/43	12/23	65/127
% 2nd pts	63%	48%	49%	52%	51%
Breaks
Won	3	3	3	3	12
Converted	3/8	3/8	3/9	3/5	12/30
Converted %	38%	38%	33%	60%	40%
Conceded	2	4	10	2	18
Saved	2/2	3/4	7/10	1/2	13
Saved %	100%	75%	70%	50%	74%
Times Broken	0	1	3	1	5

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