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Novak Djokovic #2 def. Ben Shelton #47

6-3 6-2 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 2023*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 6-2 7-6(4)
Loser	Ben Shelton
Duration	2h 41m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Ben Shelton
Aces	5	5
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	68	71
First serve points won %	84	60
Second serve points won %	34	47
Break points saved %	67	64
Break points converted %	36	33
Service points won %	68	56
Return points won %	44	32
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Ben Shelton
Country	SRB	USA
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Oct 9, 2002
Age	36	20
Height	188	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	47
Ranking points (entering)	9,795	1,015
Elo (entering)	2,380	1,824
Career W-L	1,122–223	135–86
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$13,698,562

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 0 – 0 Ben Shelton

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2023	QF	Taylor Fritz	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2023	R16	Borna Gojo	6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2023	R32	Laslo Djere	4-6 4-6 6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2023	R64	Bernabe Zapata Miralles	6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2023	R128	Alexandre Muller	6-0 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2023	F	Daniil Medvedev	6-3 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ben Shelton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2023	QF	Frances Tiafoe	6-2 3-6 7-6(7) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2023	R16	Tommy Paul	6-4 6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2023	R32	Aslan Karatsev	6-4 3-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2023	R64	Dominic Thiem	7-6(1) 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2023	R128	Pedro Cachin	1-6 6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data