Ben Shelton and Jiri Lehecka will clash against each other in the 4^th round of the Cincinnati Open for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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

Ranked no. 6 (career-high), Ben got to the 4^th round after defeating Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-3 3-1 ret. and Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(3) 6-3.

In the 3^rd 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

Ranked no. 26, Lehecka reached the 4^th round after defeating Tristan Boyer 4-6 6-1 6-4 and Adam Walton 7-6(5) 7-6(3).

In the 3^rd 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 3^rd 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

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Alexander ZverevZverev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-5 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Luca NardiNardi (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Holger RuneRune – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 3-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Taylor FritzFritz (3-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrey RublevRublev – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andrey RublevRublev – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction