Jannik Sinner and Ben Shelton will face off in the quarter of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 8^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.078
Ben Shelton -> 7.9

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Ben Shelton

This will be the 8^th time that Jannik Sinner and Ben Shelton square off. The head to head is 6-1 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Sinner won 7-6(2) 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in at the Wimbledon back in July 2025.

Highlights Jannik Sinner vs Ben Shelton – Wimbledon 09-July-2025

Jannik Sinner

Ranked no. 2, the Italian got to the quarter after beating Zizou Bergs 6-4 6-2 and Francisco Cerundolo 7-5 6-1.

In the 3^rd round, Jannik had a good straight sets win against Cerundolo (7-5 6-1). During the match, Sinner scored 68 points vs Cerundolo’s 45. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sinner made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jannik Sinner lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sinner put 71% of his first serves in, winning 83% (29/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Jannik broke Cerundolo 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Sinner has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 76% of his matches (396-127). 7-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sinner has an overall107-25 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was conquering the title at the Australian Open where he overcame Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3 and at the Wimbledon where he beat Carlos Alcaraz in the final 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 and in Beijing where he defeated Learner Tien in the final 6-2 6-2 and in Vienna where he beat Alexander Zverev in the final 3-6 6-3 7-5.

Jannik has an aggregate 50-6 win-loss record in 2025, 7-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 7, the American got to the quarter after beating Flavio Cobolli 7-6(4) 6-3 and Andrey Rublev 7-6(6) 6-3.

In the 3^rd round, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Rublev (7-6⁶ 6-3). During the match Shelton scored 71 points vs Rublev’s 59. Ben was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Shelton managed to score 15 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ben Shelton was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (34/43) of his 1st serve and 87% (13/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shelton broke Rublev twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shelton hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

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

Shelton has a compiled 40-20 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sinner	Shelton
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	37	44
Pts	134-97	141-117
Total Points	231	258
Winners	53	71
%Winners	40%	50%

Both Sinner and Shelton played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sinner and Shelton have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Sinner played 7 games less than Shelton. Jannik scored 53 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Ben bagged 71 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sinner	Shelton
Aces	4	18
Avg per match	2	9
1st in	66/97	86/122
%1st in	68%	70%
1st pts	53/66	71/86
%1st pts	80%	83%
2nd pts	18/31	28/36
%2nd pts	58%	78%

Sinner blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Shelton recorded 18 aces (9 per match). Sinner won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 78% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sinner	Shelton
Won	8	3
Converted	8/19	3/9
% Converted	42%	33%
Conceded	3	1
Saved	1	1
% Saved	33%	100%
Times Broken	2	0

Sinner broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Ben broke his opponents 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Sinner
	R2 Bergs	R3 Cerundolo	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	7-5 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	19	37
pts	66-52	68-45	134-97
Total points	118	113	231
Winners	24	29	53
%Winners	36%	43%	40%
SERVE
Aces	0	4	4
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	31/48	35/49	66/97
% 1st in	65%	71%	68%
1st pts	24/31	29/35	53/66
% 1st pts	77%	83%	80%
2nd pts	12/17	6/14	18/31
% 2nd pts	71%	43%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	5	8
Converted	3/11	5/8	8/19
Converted %	27%	63%	42%
Conceded	0	3	3
Saved	0/0	1/3	1
Saved %	–	33%	17%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Shelton
	R2 Cobolli	R3 Rublev	Total
Score	7-64 6-3	7-66 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	22	22	44
pts	70-58	71-59	141-117
Total points	128	130	258
Winners	37	34	71
%Winners	53%	48%	50%
SERVE
Aces	3	15	18
Double Faults	3	0	3
1st in	43/64	43/58	86/122
% 1st in	67%	74%	70%
1st pts	37/43	34/43	71/86
% 1st pts	86%	79%	83%
2nd pts	15/21	13/15	28/36
% 2nd pts	71%	87%	78%
Breaks
Won	1	2	3
Converted	1/3	2/6	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%	33%
Conceded	1	0	1
Saved	1/1	0/0	1
Saved %	100%	–	50%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Tennis Scores in Paris

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Andrey RublevRublev (7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Taylor FritzFritz (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-6 7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Andrey RublevRublev (7-6(6) 6-3) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-5 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander ZverevZverev (14-7) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction