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Ben Shelton #19 def. Tommy Paul #12

7-6(4) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 21, 2023*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Ben Shelton
Score	7-6(4) 6-3
Loser	Tommy Paul
Duration	1h 38m

Stat	Ben Shelton	Tommy Paul
Aces	14	2
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	58	61
First serve points won %	81	68
Second serve points won %	58	68
Break points saved %	86	0
Break points converted %	100	14
Service points won %	71	68
Return points won %	32	29
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ben Shelton	Tommy Paul
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 9, 2002	May 17, 1997
Age	21	26
Height	193	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	19	12
Ranking points (entering)	1,865	2,705
Elo (entering)	1,885	1,966
Career W-L	135–86	227–146
Career earnings	$13,698,562	$14,663,970

Pre-match H2H

Ben Shelton 1 – 1 Tommy Paul

Path

Ben Shelton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2023	R16	Jordan Thompson	6-7(5) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2023	R32	Taro Daniel	3-6 6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Ben Shelton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 2023	SF	Marcos Giron	6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tommy Paul's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2023	R16	Mackenzie McDonald	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2023	R32	Daniel Altmaier	3-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data