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Frances Tiafoe #30 def. Ben Shelton #8

4-6 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 1, 2024*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Frances Tiafoe
Score	4-6 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3
Loser	Ben Shelton
Duration	4h 3m

Stat	Frances Tiafoe	Ben Shelton
Aces	5	23
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	57	66
First serve points won %	76	71
Second serve points won %	60	48
Break points saved %	57	76
Break points converted %	24	43
Service points won %	69	63
Return points won %	37	31
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Frances Tiafoe	Ben Shelton
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 20, 1998	Oct 9, 2002
Age	26	21
Height	188	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	30	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,485	3,960
Elo (entering)	1,926	1,920
Career W-L	254–211	135–86
Career earnings	$17,770,097	$13,698,562

Pre-match H2H

Frances Tiafoe 0 – 2 Ben Shelton

Path

Frances Tiafoe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2024	R64	Aleksandr Shevchenko	6-4 6-1 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2024	R128	Aleksandar Kovacevic	6-4 6-3 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Frances Tiafoe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2024	R16	Alexei Popyrin	6-4 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ben Shelton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2024	R64	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2024	R128	Dominic Thiem	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data