ATP 500 · Round of 16 · Acapulco
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Goffin
💥 Big Hitter
Shelton
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 8,421 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when David Goffin plays Ben Shelton.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Goffin | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–4 | 12–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.54 | 1.72 |
| ROI % | +9.8% | +17.6% |
| Units P/L | +0.59u | +2.99u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
2
Goffin
0
Shelton
Oct 3, 2025
ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai
H Hard · Round of 64
Feb 26, 2025
Acapulco
H Hard · Round of 16
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Shelton has a higher win rate against shared opponents (86% vs Goffin's 29%).
| Opponent | Goffin | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Emilio Nava | L 46 26 | W 76 36 63 |
| Ignacio Buse | W 26 63 63 | W 63 62 64 |
| Roberto Bautista Agut | L 16 46 | W 76 63 |
| Sebastian Baez | L 16 36 | L 57 36 |
| Francisco Comesana | W 62 76 | W 75 64 |
| Mackenzie McDonald | L 46 46 | W 63 64 |
| Rinky Hijikata | L 36 16 16 | W 62 75 64 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Goffin | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 52.7% | 65.3% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 70.9% | 75.9% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 49.5% | 57% |
| Aces / Match | 4.5 | 8.2 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 36.1% | 66.7% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 34.3% | 21.2% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 46.9% | 42.1% |
| BP Converted % | 43.2% | 32.4% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 25.8 | 29.2 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 41.3 | 28.1 |
| Net Pts Won % | 70.9% | 66.9% |
| Total Pts Won % | 49% | 49.4% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 0% |
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Matchup overview
David Goffin and Ben Shelton face off in the Round of 16 at Acapulco on Hard.
David Goffin leads 2-0 over 2 previous meetings.
David Goffin is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Toby Samuel (May 20).
Ben Shelton is 4-1 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Ethan Quinn (Jun 18).
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