H2H, prediction of Ben Shelton vs Alexander Blockx in Munich with odds, preview, pick | 15th April 2026

PREVIEW. Munich. Shelton and Blockx will play each other in the 2nd round of the BMW Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 15th of April

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Alexander Blockx

Ben Shelton and Alexander Blockx will square off in the 2nd round of the BMW Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.43
Alexander Blockx -> 2.81

 

 

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Alexander Blockx

There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton
Ben Shelton

13 - 5win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
5-0
Clay
2-1
Rank
4
High
4
LLLWWWWWWL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2026 39-16 20-7 8-5 5-2 6-2 0-0
2025 40-24 23-9 7-5 4-6 6-4 0-0
2024 42-26 22-13 8-4 8-5 4-4 0-0
2023 28-26 21-13 4-8 1-2 2-3 0-0
2022 40-11 16-9 0-0 24-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 6, Ben reached the 2nd round after beating Emilio Nava 7-6(4) 3-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, Ben defeated Nava (7-64 3-6 6-3). During the match, Shelton scored 92 points vs Nava’s 86. The American was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shelton recorded 14 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was quite effective on serve to win 76% (39/51) of his 1st serve and 67% (22/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Shelton broke Nava twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Shelton has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (181-99). 2-1 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has an aggregate26-20 record in the last 6 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Dallas where he defeated Taylor Fritz in the final 3-6 6-3 7-5.

Shelton has a compiled 13-5 win-loss record in 2026, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Munich

Shelton
Munich
Shelton's Record

Alexander Blockx

Alexander Blockx
Alexander Blockx

21 - 8win/loss

Hard
11-5
I Hard
5-2
Clay
5-1
Rank
27
High
27
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2026 37-17 16-8 16-6 5-2 0-1 0-0
2025 46-28 15-9 4-4 23-11 4-4 0-0
2024 31-24 7-11 7-3 17-10 0-0 0-0
2023 39-15 4-3 11-7 24-5 0-0 0-0
2022 4-7 2-2 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 71 (career-high), Alexander reached the 2nd round after defeating Yannick Hanfmann 7-6(2) 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Hanfmann (7-62 6-2). During the match Blockx scored 74 points vs Hanfmann’s 51. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Blockx scored 4 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexander Blockx was very effective on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belgian broke Hanfmann twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Canberra Challenger where he overcame Rafael Jodar in the final 6-4 6-4.

Alexander has an overall 21-8 win-loss record in 2026, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Munich

Blockx has never competed in this tournament before.

Blockx
Munich
Blockx's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Shelton
A.Blockx
2h:06
2h:06
Time on court​
1h:28
1h:28
!
2h:06
2h:06
Last match​
1h:28
1h:28
1
1
Match played
1
1
31
31
Games Played​
21
21
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
92
92
Total points​
74
74
92
92
Avg point​
74
74
39
39
Winners
34
34
39
39
Avg Winners​
34
34
42%
42%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
4
4
!
14
14
Avg Aces
4
4
6
6
Double Faults
0
0
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
0
0
39/51
39/51
1st won total​
34/41
34/41
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
22/33
22/33
2nd won total​
14/20
14/20
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
!
70%
70%
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
BP won
2/6
2/6
2/6
2/6
Avg BP won
2/6
2/6
33%
33%
Won
33%
33%
5
5
Conceded
0
0
5
5
Avg Conceded
0
0
2
2
Broken
0
0
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0
0
3
3
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shelton Blockx
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 31 21
Pts 92-86 74-51
Total Points 178 125
Winners 39 34
%Winners 42% 46%

Both Shelton and Blockx played 1 match. At the moment, Ben Shelton conceded 1 set while Alexander Blockx hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shelton has played 1 set more than Blockx (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shelton played 10 games more than Blockx. Shelton scored 39 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian made 34 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shelton Blockx
Aces 14 4
Avg per match 14 4
1st in 51/84 41/61
%1st in 61% 67%
1st pts 39/51 34/41
%1st pts 76% 83%
2nd pts 22/33 14/20
%2nd pts 67% 70%

Shelton managed to score 14 aces . Blockx made 4 aces . Shelton won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shelton Blockx
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/6
% Converted 33% 33%
Conceded 5 0
Saved 3 0
% Saved 60% 0%
Times Broken 2 0

Ben broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Ben surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Belgian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Shelton
R1
Nava		 Total
Score 7-64 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 92-86 92-86
Total points 178 178
Winners 39 39
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 14 14
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 51/84 51/84
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 39/51 39/51
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 22/33 22/33
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/6
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Blockx
R1
Hanfmann		 Total
Score 7-62 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 74-51 74-51
Total points 125 125
Winners 34 34
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 41/61 41/61
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 34/41 34/41
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 14/20 14/20
% 2nd pts 70% 70%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/6
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Ben Shelton
  • 0Slam
  • 7Main
  • 3Chall
  • 1Minor
Alexander Blockx
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 4Chall
  • 2Minor

Ben
Shelton

1:0

Alexander
Blockx

Rank

4

High

4

1Clay0

Rank

27

High

27

Win Loss
Shelton
WWWWWWWWWW
Blockx
WWWWWWWWWW
2026 2025 2024
39 - 14
36 - 17
20-7
Hard
16-8
5-0
I Hard
4-2
8-5
Clay
16-6
6-2
Grass
0-1

Tennis Scores in Munich

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