Ben Shelton and Flavio Cobolli will square off in the 2^nd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.7
Flavio Cobolli -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Flavio Cobolli

This will be the 5^th time that Ben Shelton and Flavio Cobolli clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Shelton and Cobolli (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Shelton won 6-4 4-6 7-6(1) in the 4^th round in Toronto back in August 2025.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs Flavio Cobolli – Toronto 03-August-2025

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 7, Ben will start his run in Paris after he played his last match in Basel where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Munar Clar in the 2^nd round on the 23^rd of October.

The American has a compiled 38-20 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (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, The American has an overall 166-90 record. He has a positive 41-13 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in Paris

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See his history.

Flavio Cobolli

Ranked no. 23, the Italian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Tomas Machac 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Cobolli had a good straight sets win against Machac (6-1 6-4). During the match Cobolli scored 58 points vs Machac’s 30. Cobolli was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Cobolli scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Flavio Cobolli was very effective on serve to win 94% (31/33) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cobolli was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Machac 3 times.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Bucharest where he defeated Sebastian Baez in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Hamburg where he overcame Andrey Rublev in the final 6-2 6-4.

The Italian has an aggregate 33-27 win-loss record in 2025, 3-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

Cobolli has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Paris

• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-6⁵ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (7-6⁵ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Tomas MachacMachac (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 1-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 1-6 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (7-6(5) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-6(5) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Tomas MachacMachac (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 7-6(7)) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 1-6 7-6(2)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Casper RuudRuud (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Aleksandar VukicVukic (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Sebastian KordaKorda (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Gabriel DialloDiallo (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alexander BublikBublik (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-6) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Francisco ComesanaComesana (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Cameron NorrieNorrie (5-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction