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Ben Shelton #7 def. Casper Ruud #13

3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2026
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Ben Shelton
Score	3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4
Loser	Casper Ruud

Stat	Ben Shelton	Casper Ruud
Aces	14	9
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	66	70
First serve points won %	83	67
Second serve points won %	73	59
Break points saved %	67	73
Break points converted %	27	33
Service points won %	79	65
Return points won %	35	21
Total points won %	54	46
Serve rating	232	199
Return rating	101	77

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ben Shelton	Casper Ruud
Country	USA	NOR
Birth date	Oct 9, 2002	Dec 22, 1998
Age	23	27
Height	193	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	13
Ranking points (entering)	4,000	2,795
Elo (entering)	1,975	1,945
Career W-L	135–86	285–160
Career earnings	$13,698,562	$29,211,798

Pre-match H2H

Ben Shelton 1 – 2 Casper Ruud

Path

Ben Shelton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2026	R32	Valentin Vacherot	6-4 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2026	R64	Dane Sweeny	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2026	R128	Ugo Humbert	6-3 7-6(2) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Ben Shelton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2026	QF	Jannik Sinner	3-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Casper Ruud's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2026	R32	Marin Cilic	6-4 6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2026	R64	Jaume Munar	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2026	R128	Mattia Bellucci	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data