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Alexander Zverev #3 def. Ben Shelton #6

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 16, 2025*
Tournament	Cincinnati Open
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Alexander Zverev
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Ben Shelton
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Alexander Zverev	Ben Shelton
Aces	5	12
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	65	67
First serve points won %	81	67
Second serve points won %	53	21
Break points saved %	100	64
Break points converted %	36	0
Service points won %	71	52
Return points won %	48	29
Total points won %	59	41
Serve rating	302	215
Return rating	198	66

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexander Zverev	Ben Shelton
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Apr 20, 1997	Oct 9, 2002
Age	28	22
Height	198	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	6
Ranking points (entering)	6,380	4,320
Elo (entering)	2,048	2,038
Career W-L	528–215	135–86
Career earnings	$66,017,932	$13,698,562

Pre-match H2H

Alexander Zverev 3 – 0 Ben Shelton

Path

Alexander Zverev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2025	R16	Karen Khachanov	7-5 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2025	R32	Brandon Nakashima	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 2025	R64	Nishesh Basavareddy	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Zverev's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2025	SF	Carlos Alcaraz	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ben Shelton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2025	R16	Jiri Lehecka	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2025	R32	Roberto Bautista Agut	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 2025	R64	Camilo Ugo Carabelli	6-3 3-1	W	H2H	Match data