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Ben Shelton #8 def. Frances Tiafoe #11

7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 26, 2025*
Tournament	Mubadala Citi DC Open
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Ben Shelton
Score	7-6 6-4
Loser	Frances Tiafoe
Duration	1h 57m

Stat	Ben Shelton	Frances Tiafoe
Aces	9	8
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	54	54
First serve points won %	90	75
Second serve points won %	65	46
Break points saved %	0	80
Break points converted %	20	100
Service points won %	79	62
Return points won %	38	21
Total points won %	54	46
Serve rating	307	261
Return rating	117	154

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ben Shelton	Frances Tiafoe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 9, 2002	Jan 20, 1998
Age	22	27
Height	193	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	11
Ranking points (entering)	3,330	2,940
Elo (entering)	1,930	1,847
Career W-L	135–86	254–211
Career earnings	$13,698,562	$17,770,097

Pre-match H2H

Ben Shelton 2 – 1 Frances Tiafoe

Path

Ben Shelton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2025	R16	Gabriel Diallo	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2025	R32	Mackenzie McDonald	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ben Shelton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2025	SF	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Frances Tiafoe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2025	R16	Flavio Cobolli	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2025	R32	Aleksandar Kovacevic	7-5 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data