Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton will play each other in the quarter of the Cincinnati Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on P&G CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.66
Ben Shelton -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Ben Shelton

This will be the 4^th time that Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Zverev won 7-6(8) 7-6(1) in the semifinal in Stuttgart back in June 2025.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Ben Shelton – Stuttgart 14-June-2025

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 3, the German got to the quarter after beating Nishesh Basavareddy 6-3 6-3, Brandon Nakashima 6-4 6-4 and Karen Khachanov 7-5 3-0 ret..

In the 4^th round against Khachanov, Zverev had a free pass after Khachanov retired on a 7-5 3-0 . scoreline.

Zverev has an impressive record in the last 10 years having won 72% of his matches (487-189). 18-5 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Zverev has a composed 197-80 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Munich where he defeated Ben Shelton in the final 6-2 6-4.

Alexander has a composed 42-15 win-loss record in 2025, 18-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 6 (career-high), Ben reached the quarter after defeating Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-3 3-1 ret., Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(3) 6-3 and Jiri Lehecka 6-4 6-4.

In the 4^th round, The American had a good straight sets win against Lehecka (6-4 6-4). During the match Shelton scored 64 points vs Lehecka’s 50. Shelton was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Shelton scored 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Lehecka 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shelton hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

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

Ben has a compiled 35-16 win-loss record in 2025, 21-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zverev	Shelton
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	53	55
Pts	173-136	183-151
Total Points	309	334
Winners	85	82
%Winners	49%	45%

Both Zverev and Shelton played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zverev and Shelton have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Zverev played 2 games less than Shelton. Alexander scored 85 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 82 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zverev	Shelton
Aces	29	27
Avg per match	9.7	9
1st in	110/145	104/173
%1st in	76%	60%
1st pts	85/110	82/104
%1st pts	77%	79%
2nd pts	18/35	40/69
%2nd pts	51%	58%

Zverev managed to score 29 aces (9.7 per match). Shelton recorded 27 aces (9 per match). Zverev won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% 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 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zverev	Shelton
Won	9	7
Converted	9/15	7/15
% Converted	60%	47%
Conceded	5	10
Saved	4	9
% Saved	80%	90%
Times Broken	1	1

The German broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Alexander dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Shelton broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
	R2 Basavareddy	R3 Nakashima	R4 Khachanov	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-4 6-4	7-5 3-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	20	15	53
pts	57-44	65-55	51-37	173-136
Total points	101	120	88	309
Winners	32	33	20	85
%Winners	56%	51%	39%	49%
SERVE
Aces	12	12	5	29
Double Faults	1	2	1	4
1st in	41/50	44/61	25/34	110/145
% 1st in	82%	72%	74%	76%
1st pts	32/41	33/44	20/25	85/110
% 1st pts	78%	75%	80%	77%
2nd pts	4/9	10/17	4/9	18/35
% 2nd pts	44%	59%	44%	51%
Breaks
Won	3	2	4	9
Converted	3/3	2/4	4/8	9/15
Converted %	100%	50%	50%	60%
Conceded	0	4	1	5
Saved	0/0	4/4	0/1	4
Saved %	–	100%	0%	33%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1

Shelton
	R2 Ugo	R3 Bautista-Agut	R4 Lehecka	Total
Score	6-3 3-1 ret.	7-63 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	13	22	20	55
pts	47-35	72-66	64-50	183-151
Total points	82	138	114	334
Winners	26	30	26	82
%Winners	55%	42%	41%	45%
SERVE
Aces	4	15	8	27
Double Faults	3	2	2	7
1st in	31/44	41/78	32/51	104/173
% 1st in	70%	53%	63%	60%
1st pts	26/31	30/41	26/32	82/104
% 1st pts	84%	73%	81%	79%
2nd pts	6/13	22/37	12/19	40/69
% 2nd pts	46%	59%	63%	58%
Breaks
Won	2	2	3	7
Converted	2/5	2/2	3/8	7/15
Converted %	40%	100%	38%	47%
Conceded	1	8	1	10
Saved	1/1	8/8	0/1	9
Saved %	100%	100%	0%	67%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1

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