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Tommy Paul #35 def. Ben Shelton #89

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

Match Information

Date Jan 26, 2023*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Tommy Paul
Score7-6(6) 6-3 5-7 6-4
Loser Ben Shelton
Duration3h 6m
StatTommy PaulBen Shelton
Aces724
Double faults36
First serve %6658
First serve points won %8676
Second serve points won %6847
Break points saved %5080
Break points converted %2050
Service points won %7964
Return points won %3621
Total points won %5446

Pre-match Comparison

FieldTommy PaulBen Shelton
Country USA USA
Birth dateMay 17, 1997Oct 9, 2002
Age2520
Height185193
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand style——
Ranking (entering)3589
Ranking points (entering)1,160604
Elo (entering)1,9901,687
Career W-L227–146135–86
Career earnings$14,663,970$13,698,562
Pre-match H2H
Tommy Paul 0 – 0 Ben Shelton

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Path

Tommy Paul's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 24, 2023R16 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data
Jan 22, 2023R32 Jenson Brooksby 6-1 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jan 19, 2023R64 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2 2-6 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jan 18, 2023R128 Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1 7-6(6) 6-2WH2HMatch data

Tommy Paul's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 28, 2023SF Novak Djokovic 5-7 1-6 2-6LH2HMatch data

Ben Shelton's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 24, 2023R16 J.J. Wolf 6-7(5) 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-2WH2HMatch data
Jan 22, 2023R32 Alexei Popyrin 6-3 7-6(4) 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jan 19, 2023R64 Nicolas Jarry 7-6(3) 7-6(3) 7-5WH2HMatch data
Jan 18, 2023R128 Zhizhen Zhang 4-6 6-3 6-2 2-6 7-6(4)WH2HMatch data