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Ben Shelton #89 def. Alexei Popyrin #113

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2023*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Ben Shelton
Score	6-3 7-6(4) 6-4
Loser	Alexei Popyrin
Duration	2h

Stat	Ben Shelton	Alexei Popyrin
Aces	12	14
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	65	76
First serve points won %	87	73
Second serve points won %	66	50
Break points saved %	100	75
Break points converted %	25	0
Service points won %	79	67
Return points won %	33	21
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ben Shelton	Alexei Popyrin
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Oct 9, 2002	Aug 5, 1999
Age	20	23
Height	193	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	89	113
Ranking points (entering)	604	506
Elo (entering)	1,623	1,688
Career W-L	135–86	113–148
Career earnings	$13,698,562	$9,660,664

Pre-match H2H

Ben Shelton 0 – 0 Alexei Popyrin

Path

Ben Shelton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2023	R64	Nicolas Jarry	7-6(3) 7-6(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2023	R128	Zhizhen Zhang	4-6 6-3 6-2 2-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Ben Shelton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2023	R16	J.J. Wolf	6-7(5) 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alexei Popyrin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2023	R64	Taylor Fritz	6-7(4) 7-6(2) 6-4 6-7(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2023	R128	Chun-Hsin Tseng	4-6 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data