Prediction Of Goffin Vs Shelton H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel Presentado Por Hsbc 2025?

What Time Will David Goffin Play Against Ben Shelton?

Goffin and Shelton are on the Day 3 Schedule at Abierto Mexicano Telcel Presentado Por Hsbc 2025 on Wednesday 26 February 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

David Goffin (BEL) and [5] Ben Shelton (USA) will be facing each other for the first time. Goffin, aged 34, is currently ranked world No. 63, with a career-high ranking of No. 7. In 2025, he has a 1-5 win-loss record, reaching the second round in Acapulco. Notably, in 2017, Goffin achieved his career-high of 59 wins and ended the season at No. 7 after defeating Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer en route to the Nitto ATP Finals championship match. Goffin also became the sixth and final player to beat Nadal and Federer at the same event, joining the ranks of Davydenko, Del Potro, Djokovic, Murray, and Nalbandian. He was the first Belgian player to break into the top 10, qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals, defeat the world No. 1, and reach an ATP Masters 1000 final in 2019 Cincinnati. In 2022, Goffin earned his 300th victory and captured his sixth ATP Tour title in Marrakech, where he also achieved his third win over a world No. 1 player by defeating Carlos Alcaraz in the first round in Astana. Goffin has reached four Grand Slam quarterfinals, with his most recent one being at Wimbledon in 2022. Additionally, he led Belgium to the Davis Cup finals in 2015 and 2017.

On the other hand, Ben Shelton, aged 22, is currently ranked world No. 14, with a career-high ranking of No. 13. In 2025, he has a 7-3 win-loss record, reaching the semifinals in the Australian Open. Shelton made significant strides in his rankings, breaking into the top 200 in August 2022, the top 100 in November 2022, and the top 20 in September 2023. In August 2024, he achieved his career-high ranking after winning his second title in Houston earlier that season. Shelton’s notable accomplishments include defeating his countrymen Paul and Tiafoe at the 2023 US Open, making him the youngest American man to reach the US Open semifinals since Chang in 1992. In 2025, he became the youngest American man to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open since Roddick in 2003. Shelton captured his first ATP Tour title at the 2023 Tokyo tournament, making him part of the fourth father-son duo to win a tour-level championship in the Open Era. He also reached the quarterfinals of the 2023 Australian Open at the age of 20, becoming the youngest American man to achieve this feat since Giammalva Jr. in 1982 and the youngest American man to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Roddick in 2002. At the age of 19, Shelton upset world No. 5 Ruud to reach the third round of the 2022 Cincinnati tournament, making him the youngest American man to earn a top-5 win since Roddick did so in 2001. Shelton had an impressive collegiate career, boasting a 65-10 singles record in two seasons at the University of Florida, and clinching the NCAA team title in 2021 and the NCAA singles title in 2022, under the guidance of his father Bryan, a former world No. 55 player.

In terms of their performance in ATP 500 events since the start of the 2024 season, Goffin’s record against top 20 players is 3-10. However, all three of his victories came in October of last year against No. 18 Musetti and No. 3 Zverev to reach the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai quarterfinals, and No. 16 Humbert to reach the Basel quarterfinals. Goffin aims to be the second Belgian quarterfinalist in the history of the event, following in the footsteps of Malisse in 1998, when it was held in Mexico City on clay. On the other hand, Shelton seeks his 15th tour-level quarterfinal, with a record of 8-6. He has advanced to the fifth ATP 500 quarterfinal out of seven events played at this level since the start of the 2024 season. Interestingly, Shelton has a perfect record of 7-0 after winning the first set, but is 0-3 after losing the opening set.

Overall, both players bring their own achievements and strengths to the match, making it an exciting first-time encounter between David Goffin and Ben Shelton.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Goffin will win.
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