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Jannik Sinner #2 def. Ben Shelton #7

6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 2026
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jannik Sinner
Score	6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	Ben Shelton

Stat	Jannik Sinner	Ben Shelton
Aces	5	8
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	60	76
First serve points won %	76	65
Second serve points won %	64	42
Break points saved %	100	75
Break points converted %	25	0
Service points won %	71	60
Return points won %	40	29
Total points won %	55	45
Serve rating	203	188
Return rating	118	60

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jannik Sinner	Ben Shelton
Country	ITA	USA
Birth date	Aug 16, 2001	Oct 9, 2002
Age	24	23
Height	191	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	7
Ranking points (entering)	11,500	4,000
Elo (entering)	2,385	1,997
Career W-L	351–92	135–86
Career earnings	$64,837,801	$13,698,562

Pre-match H2H

Jannik Sinner 8 – 1 Ben Shelton

Path

Jannik Sinner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2026	R16	Luciano Darderi	6-1 6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2026	R32	Eliot Spizzirri	4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2026	R64	James Duckworth	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2026	R128	Hugo Gaston	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jannik Sinner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2026	SF	Novak Djokovic	6-3 3-6 6-4 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ben Shelton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2026	R16	Casper Ruud	3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4	W	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