Ben Shelton and David Goffin will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.101
David Goffin -> 6.9

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. David Goffin

This will be the 2^nd time that Ben Shelton and David Goffin fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Goffin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Goffin won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Acapulco back in February 2025.

Highlights David Goffin vs Ben Shelton – Acapulco 26-February-2025

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 6 (career-high), Shelton will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 3-6 6-3 4-6 6-4 ret. to Mannarino in the 3^rd round on the 29^th of August.

Shelton has a composed 37-18 win-loss record in 2025, 23-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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).

Talking about his overall career, Ben has an overall 165-88 record. He has a positive 89-46 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.

David Goffin

Ranked no. 83, the Belgian got to the 2^nd round after beating Alexandre Muller 6-7(6) 6-1 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Muller, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-1). During the match Goffin scored 94 points vs Muller’s 72. Goffin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Goffin managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, David Goffin was very efficient on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Belgian broke Muller 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

David has a composed 13-21 win-loss record in 2025, 9-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2016 and 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-6⁵ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Yi ZhouZhou (6-7(1) 6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (4-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yibing WuWu (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-6² 6-1) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Sebastian OfnerOfner (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – August HolmgrenHolmgren (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yibing WuWu (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-6(5) 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (4-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-6(2) 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Quentin HalysHalys (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction