Ben Shelton and Roberto Bautista Agut will fight against each other in the 3^rd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.33
Roberto Bautista Agut -> 3.32

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Bautista Agut

This will be the 3^rd time that Ben Shelton and Roberto Bautista Agut clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Shelton won 6-3 6-4 6-4 in the 2^nd round in at the U.S. Open back in 2024.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Roberto Bautista Agut – U.S. Open 28-August-2024

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 6 (career-high), Ben got to the 3^rd round after defeating Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-3 3-1 ret..

In the 2^nd round against Ugo Carabelli, the American had a free pass after Ugo Carabelli retired on a 6-3 3-1 . scoreline.

Shelton has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (161-86). 19-6 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shelton has a composed85-44 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Toronto where he defeated Karen Khachanov in the final 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(3).

Shelton has a compiled 33-16 win-loss record in 2025, 19-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Roberto Bautista Agut

Ranked no. 53, the Spaniard reached the 3^rd round after beating Daniel Altmaier 7-6(5) 7-6(1) and Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Roberto had a good straight sets win against Norrie (6-4 6-3). During the match Bautista-Agut scored 74 points vs Norrie’s 64. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Bautista-Agut fired 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Roberto Bautista Agut lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Bautista-Agut put 68% of his first serves in, winning 78% (39/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (9/24) on the 2nd serve. Bautista-Agut broke Norrie 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Roberto’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in London.

The Spaniard has a compiled 14-19 win-loss record in 2025, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelton	Bautista-Agut
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	4
Tot Games	13	45
Pts	47-35	159-142
Total Points	82	301
Winners	26	79
%Winners	55%	50%

Shelton played 1 match while Bautista-Agut competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Shelton has played 1 set(s) less than Bautista-Agut (3 vs 4). Therefore, Shelton played 32 games less than Bautista-Agut. The American scored 26 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Bautista-Agut bagged 79 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelton	Bautista-Agut
Aces	4	14
Avg per match	4	7
1st in	31/44	100/150
%1st in	70%	67%
1st pts	26/31	79/100
%1st pts	84%	79%
2nd pts	6/13	22/50
%2nd pts	46%	44%

Shelton blasted 4 aces . Bautista-Agut blasted 14 aces (7 per match). Shelton won 84% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Bautista-Agut won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelton	Bautista-Agut
Won	2	5
Converted	2/5	5/18
% Converted	40%	28%
Conceded	1	10
Saved	1	7
% Saved	100%	70%
Times Broken	0	3

The American broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Shelton quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Bautista-Agut broke his opponents 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
	R2 Ugo	Total
Score	6-3 3-1 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	13	13
pts	47-35	47-35
Total points	82	82
Winners	26	26
%Winners	55%	55%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	31/44	31/44
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	26/31	26/31
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	6/13	6/13
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Bautista-Agut
	R1 Altmaier	R2 Norrie	Total
Score	7-65 7-61	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	26	19	45
pts	85-78	74-64	159-142
Total points	163	138	301
Winners	40	39	79
%Winners	47%	53%	50%
SERVE
Aces	5	9	14
Double Faults	5	2	7
1st in	50/76	50/74	100/150
% 1st in	66%	68%	67%
1st pts	40/50	39/50	79/100
% 1st pts	80%	78%	79%
2nd pts	13/26	9/24	22/50
% 2nd pts	50%	38%	44%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/7	3/11	5/18
Converted %	29%	27%	28%
Conceded	3	7	10
Saved	1/3	6/7	7
Saved %	33%	86%	119%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Luca NardiNardi – Jakub MensikMensik (6-2 2-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrey RublevRublev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-7⁵ 7-6⁵ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-7⁴ 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁵ 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Holger RuneRune – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-6⁴ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Tommy PaulPaul (5-7 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Taylor FritzFritz – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-6⁴ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-2 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-6⁴ 4-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Terence AtmaneAtmane (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-4) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Andrey RublevRublev (1-0) – H2H and prediction