QF Australian Open 2023

Tommy Paul #35 def. Ben Shelton #89

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

Tommy Paul defeated Ben Shelton 7-6(6) 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the 2023 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 26, 2023*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2023
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 3h 6m

Match Statistics

Stat	Tommy Paul	Ben Shelton
Aces	7	24
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	66.0%	58.0%
First serve points won %	86.0%	76.0%
Second serve points won %	68.0%	47.0%
Break points saved %	50.0%	80.0%
Break points converted %	20.0%	50.0%
Service points won %	79.0%	64.0%
Return points won %	36.0%	21.0%
Total points won %	54.0%	46.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Tommy Paul	Ben Shelton
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	May 17, 1997	Oct 9, 2002
Age	25	20
Height	185 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	35	89
Ranking points (entering)	1,160	604
Elo (entering)	1,990	1,687
Current career W-L	237–152	146–88
Current career earnings	$15,179,863	$15,061,439

Pre-match H2H

Tommy Paul #35 0 – 0 Ben Shelton #89

Path

Tommy Paul's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roberto Bautista Agut #25	6-2 4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2023	R16
Jenson Brooksby #39	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2023	R32
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina #32	6-2 2-6 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2023	R64
Jan-Lennard Struff #167	6-1 7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 2023	R128

Tommy Paul's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Novak Djokovic #5	5-7 1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 2023	SF

Ben Shelton's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
J.J. Wolf #67	6-7(5) 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2023	R16
Alexei Popyrin #113	6-3 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2023	R32
Nicolas Jarry #154	7-6(3) 7-6(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2023	R64
Zhizhen Zhang #96	4-6 6-3 6-2 2-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 2023	R128