Ben Shelton and Jiri Lehecka will clash against each other in the 4th round of the Cincinnati Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.66
Jiri Lehecka -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Jiri Lehecka
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Jiri Lehecka fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Shelton won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Stuttgart back in June 2025.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs Jiri Lehecka – Stuttgart 13-June-2025
Ben Shelton
35 - 16win/loss
9
5
LLLLWWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-24 | 23-9 | 7-5 | 4-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-26 | 22-13 | 8-4 | 8-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-26 | 21-13 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-11 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 24-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-7 | 7-3 | 5-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6 (career-high), Ben got to the 4th round after defeating Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-3 3-1 ret. and Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the 3rd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Bautista-Agut (7-63 6-3). During the match, Shelton scored 72 points vs Bautista-Agut’s 66. Shelton was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shelton struck 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ben Shelton was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shelton was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Bautista-Agut twice.
Shelton has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (162-86). 20-6 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has an overall86-44 record in the last 5 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Toronto where he overcame Karen Khachanov in the final 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(3).
The American has an overall 34-16 win-loss record in 2025, 20-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Jiri Lehecka
30 - 17win/loss
17
16
LLLLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-23 | 24-10 | 5-5 | 5-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-19 | 20-10 | 4-1 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 18-13 | 10-8 | 5-5 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-32 | 5-4 | 24-13 | 13-12 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 63-26 | 12-3 | 34-15 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 26, Lehecka reached the 4th round after defeating Tristan Boyer 4-6 6-1 6-4 and Adam Walton 7-6(5) 7-6(3).
In the 3rd round, Jiri had a good straight sets win against Walton (7-65 7-63). During the match Lehecka scored 81 points vs Walton’s 71. Lehecka was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Lehecka made 17 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was extremely efficient on serve to win 90% (36/40) of his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lehecka broke Walton once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jiri has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Brisbane where he overcame Reilly Opelka in the final 4-1 ret..
Lehecka has a compiled 30-16 win-loss record in 2025, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelton | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 53 |
| Pts | 119-101 | 163-137 |
| Total Points | 220 | 300 |
| Winners | 56 | 76 |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% |
Both Shelton and Lehecka played 2 matches. At the moment, Jiri Lehecka surrendered 1 set while Ben Shelton hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Lehecka have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Shelton played 18 games less than Lehecka. Shelton scored 56 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Lehecka struck 76 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelton | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 9.5 | 13 |
| 1st in | 72/122 | 86/142 |
| %1st in | 59% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 56/72 | 76/86 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 28/50 | 33/56 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 59% |
Shelton blasted 19 aces (9.5 per match). Lehecka blasted 26 aces (13 per match). Shelton won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Lehecka won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelton | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 57% | 80% |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 |
| Saved | 9 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Ben broke his opponents 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The American very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points. Lehecka broke his opponents 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Jiri conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shelton | ||||
| R2 Ugo |
R3 Bautista-Agut |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-1 ret. | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 22 | 35 | |
| pts | 47-35 | 72-66 | 119-101 | |
| Total points | 82 | 138 | 220 | |
| Winners | 26 | 30 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 42% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 15 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 31/44 | 41/78 | 72/122 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 53% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 30/41 | 56/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 73% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 22/37 | 28/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 59% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/2 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 100% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 8/8 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lehecka | ||||
| R2 Boyer |
R3 Walton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-4 | 7-65 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 26 | 53 | |
| pts | 82-66 | 81-71 | 163-137 | |
| Total points | 148 | 152 | 300 | |
| Winners | 40 | 36 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 44% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 17 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 46/71 | 40/71 | 86/142 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 56% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 40/46 | 36/40 | 76/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 90% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 19/31 | 33/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 61% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 1/2 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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