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Ben Shelton #20 def. Roman Safiullin #50

3-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 9, 2023*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Ben Shelton
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Roman Safiullin
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Ben Shelton	Roman Safiullin
Aces	5	4
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	69	59
First serve points won %	81	70
Second serve points won %	52	59
Break points saved %	83	80
Break points converted %	20	17
Service points won %	72	66
Return points won %	34	28
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ben Shelton	Roman Safiullin
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Oct 9, 2002	Aug 7, 1997
Age	21	26
Height	193	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	20	50
Ranking points (entering)	1,735	962
Elo (entering)	1,832	1,890
Career W-L	135–86	56–74
Career earnings	$13,698,562	$4,283,728

Pre-match H2H

Ben Shelton 0 – 0 Roman Safiullin

Path

Ben Shelton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2023	R64	Jaume Munar	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ben Shelton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2023	R16	Jannik Sinner	2-6 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Roman Safiullin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2023	R64	Alexander Zverev	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2023	R128	Andy Murray	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data