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Ben Shelton vs Tommy PaulPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

Ben Shelton

🇺🇸Ben Shelton

#9 · 23 yrs · L

Title
2–2

4 meetings · sets 6–6

Tommy Paul

🇺🇸Tommy Paul

#21 · 29 yrs · R

Ben Shelton and Tommy Paul have met 4 times since 2023; they are level 2–2. Their first meeting came at Australian Open - Melbourne in 2023 on hard. On hard courts they are level 2–2. Across all meetings Shelton has taken 6 sets to Paul's 6. Their most recent meeting: Tommy Paul won at Dallas Open - Dallas (2024).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

IndicatorSheltonPaul
Wins in straight sets48%55%
Wins a set when losing56%58%
Goes to a deciding set53%49%
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite35%39%
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog70%100%
Tiebreak sets won58%62%
Wins after taking set 179%81%
Wins 2-0 after taking set 154%62%

Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Shelton 1, Paul 1).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Shelton

🤖 Servebot

High ace rateDominant serviceWeaker returnBig first serve
vs

Paul

💥 Big Hitter

Power groundstrokesHigh winner countAggressive shotsShort rallies

Matchup analysis

🤖 Servebot vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (50% vs 50%, 3,444 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.

Previous meetings

4 career meetings, newest first

Feb 10, 2024

Dallas Open - Dallas

H Hard · Semifinals

26
46
Paul

Oct 20, 2023

Rakuten Japan Open - Tokyo

H Hard · Quarterfinals

764
63
Shelton

Sep 3, 2023

U.S. Open - New York

H Hard · 4th Round

64
63
46
64
Shelton

Jan 25, 2023

Australian Open - Melbourne

H Hard · Quarterfinals

667
36
75
46
Paul

Prop Research

Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days

OutcomeSheltonPaul
1 or more100%100%
3 or more94%93%
5 or more83%80%
10 or more33%33%
15 or more22%13%
20 or more6%0%

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

MetricSheltonPaul
W-L14–410–4
Avg odds1.471.54
ROI %+14.8%+12.2%
Units P/L+2.67u+1.71u

Travel

Last 30 days

MetricSheltonPaul
Countries22
Events32
Matches95
Distance1,200 mi · 1,932 km712 mi · 1,146 km
RouteUSA → CAN → USACAN → USA

Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.

Common opponents

Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months

Shelton has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Paul's 70%).

OpponentSheltonPaul
Alexander Zverev
L
36
67
W
46
76
64
Learner Tien
W
62
63
L
36
26
Joao Fonseca
W
63
76
L
26
36
Zizou Bergs
W
63
62
W
61
62
Jenson Brooksby
W
63
75
W
46
64
76
Ugo Humbert
W
67
63
64
W
63
63
Kamil Majchrzak
W
67
63
76
L
57
67
Taylor Fritz
L
76
67
67
W
64
63
Ethan Quinn
W
64
57
64
W
61
63
Lorenzo Sonego
W
75
63
W
63
62
64

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Shelton
LWWWWWWL
L

Jaime Faria

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round

46
46

Aug 17

W

Brandon Nakashima

National Bank Open - Montreal · Final

63
764

Aug 14

W

Learner Tien

National Bank Open - Montreal · Semifinals

62
63

Aug 13

W

Jakub Mensik

National Bank Open - Montreal · Quarterfinals

63
61

Aug 12

W

Joao Fonseca

National Bank Open - Montreal · 4th Round

63
763

Aug 10

W

Zizou Bergs

National Bank Open - Montreal · 3rd Round

63
62

Aug 7

W

Jenson Brooksby

National Bank Open - Montreal · 2nd Round

63
75

Aug 5

L

Alejandro Tabilo

Citi Open - Washington · Quarterfinals

64
57
46

Jul 31

Paul
WWWLWLLW
W

Alexander Zverev

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 4th Round

46
766
64

Aug 19

W

Adolfo Daniel Vallejo

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round

36
63
64

Aug 18

W

Hubert Hurkacz

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round

64
637
63

Aug 16

L

Learner Tien

National Bank Open - Montreal · 3rd Round

36
26

Aug 8

W

Valentin Royer

National Bank Open - Montreal · 2nd Round

64
765

Aug 6

L

Kamil Majchrzak

Citi Open - Washington · 1st Round

57
647

Jul 28

L

Hubert Hurkacz

Wimbledon - London · 3rd Round

64
657
57
26

Jul 3

W

Soonwoo Kwon

Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round

63
764
62

Jul 1

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ Sheltonlevel↓ Paul

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 51–55 matches

MetricSheltonPaul
Matches won65%69%
Sets won60%64%
Games won52%54%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

StageSheltonPaul
Grand Slam11
ATP World Tour 25001
ATP World Tour 50010

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

SurfaceSheltonPaul
Hard22

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The head-to-head is level at 2–2 over 4 meetings.