Prediction Of Munar Vs Shelton H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Dallas Open 2025?

What Time Will Jaume Munar Play Against Ben Shelton?

Munar and Shelton are on the Day 4 Schedule at Dallas Open 2025 on Thursday 6 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?

Jaume Munar from Spain will face off against Ben Shelton from the USA in their upcoming match. Shelton currently leads their head-to-head record with a score of 1-0. The match will take place at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai, China on a hard court. In their previous encounter, Shelton emerged victorious, defeating Munar with a score of 6-4, 6-4 in the round of 64.

Munar, aged 27, is currently ranked at World No. 64 and has achieved a career-high ranking of No. 52 in May 2019. In 2025, he has a record of 4-2, reaching the semifinals in Hong Kong. In the ongoing tournament, Munar has won his first-round match, accumulating a 1-0 record. In his junior career, he was ranked as high as No. 3 in the world and made it to the semifinals of the 2018 Next Gen ATP Finals. In 2022, he finished the year at No. 58, his highest year-end ranking, after securing 19 wins and qualifying for four ATP Masters 1000 events. Noteworthy performances include defeating his fellow countryman Alcaraz and reaching the final of the 2021 Marbella tournament, where he lost to Carreno Busta. Munar has also claimed two impressive wins against Top-10 players, defeating No. 3 Zverev in the 2019 Marrakech tournament and No. 3 Ruud in the 2022 Tokyo tournament. In the Challenger circuit, he has a strong record of 141-71, with 10-8 in finals, and recently won the clay-court title at the 2024 Bad Waltersdorf tournament. Additionally, Munar was a finalist in the boys’ singles event at the 2014 Roland Garros and won the boys’ doubles title in 2015 with his compatriot Lopez San Martin. Despite his accomplishments, Munar’s record against the Top 20 players is 9-36. He aims to secure his second Top 20 win of 2025, having defeated No. 17 Musetti in the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong tournament. Furthermore, Munar seeks to reach his 18th ATP Tour quarterfinal, with a current record of 5-12. This would be his second quarterfinal at a tournament above the ATP 250 level, following his run at the 2019 Rio de Janeiro tournament.

Ben Shelton, 22 years old, is currently ranked at World No. 13, his career-high ranking. In 2025, he has a record of 6-2, reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open. In the ongoing tournament, Shelton has a 3-1 record. He made significant breakthroughs in his rankings, first breaking into the Top 200 in August 2022, then the Top 100 in November 2022, and eventually reaching the Top 20 in September 2023. Shelton achieved his career-high ranking of No. 13 in August 2024 after winning his second title in Houston. He has had notable achievements in Grand Slam tournaments, defeating his compatriots Paul and Tiafoe at the 2023 US Open to become the youngest American man to reach the semifinals of the US Open since Chang in 1992. In the 2025 Australian Open, Shelton became the youngest American man to reach the semifinals since Roddick in 2003. He clinched his first ATP Tour title at the 2023 Tokyo tournament and became the fourth father-son duo in the Open Era to achieve a tour-level championship, joining Bryan Shelton. Shelton made his mark early in his career, reaching the quarterfinals of the 2023 Australian Open at the age of 20. Additionally, on his first trip outside of the USA, he became the youngest American man to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open since Giammalva Jr. in 1982 and the youngest American man to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Roddick at the 2002 US Open. Shelton made headlines when he upset No. 5 Ruud in the 2022 Cincinnati tournament during his ATP Masters 1000 debut at the age of 19, becoming the youngest American man to defeat a Top-5 player since Roddick at the 2001 Montreal tournament. Before turning professional, Shelton had an outstanding college career at the University of Florida, where he posted a singles record of 65-10. Under the guidance of his father, Bryan Shelton, a former World No. 55 player, Shelton helped lead the team to win the 2021 NCAA team title and clinched the 2022 NCAA singles title. In terms of his matchup against Spanish players, Shelton has a positive record of 6-1 since the beginning of 2024, with his only loss coming against No. 3 Alcaraz at the Laver Cup. In this tournament, Shelton aims to reach his 15th tour-level quarterfinal, with a current record of 8-6. He has shown his prowess in indoor tournaments, as evidenced by his runs to the semifinals in Dallas and the final in Basel last year.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Munar will win.
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