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Ben Shelton #17 def. Matteo Arnaldi #42

7-6(1) 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 29, 2024*
Tournament	Acapulco
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Ben Shelton
Score	7-6(1) 3-6 6-3
Loser	Matteo Arnaldi
Duration	2h 31m

Stat	Ben Shelton	Matteo Arnaldi
Aces	7	5
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	75	49
First serve points won %	74	72
Second serve points won %	52	48
Break points saved %	25	67
Break points converted %	33	75
Service points won %	69	60
Return points won %	40	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ben Shelton	Matteo Arnaldi
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Oct 9, 2002	Feb 22, 2001
Age	21	23
Height	193	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	42
Ranking points (entering)	2,055	1,061
Elo (entering)	1,903	1,817
Career W-L	135–86	71–73
Career earnings	$13,698,562	$5,776,162

Pre-match H2H

Ben Shelton 0 – 0 Matteo Arnaldi

Path

Ben Shelton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2024	R32	Daniel Evans	2-6 7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Ben Shelton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2024	QF	Casper Ruud	7-6(7) 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Matteo Arnaldi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2024	R32	Taylor Fritz	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data