Prediction Of Navone Vs Shelton H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Bnp Paribas Open 2025?

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Navone and Shelton are on the Day 4 Schedule at Bnp Paribas Open 2025 on Saturday 8 March 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?

In the match between Mariano Navone (ARG) and Ben Shelton (USA), Shelton currently leads the head-to-head 1-0. Their previous encounter took place in Tokyo (Japan), where Shelton emerged victorious with a score of 6-4, 6-3.

Mariano Navone, aged 24, is currently ranked as World No. 63. He reached his career-high ranking of No. 29 in June 2024. Navone’s journey to the top has been impressive, breaking into the Top 200 in June 2023, the Top 100 in February 2024, and the Top 50 in April 2024. He achieved his career-high ranking after securing his sixth Challenger title in Cagliari.

In the 2024 Roland Garros tournament, Navone made history by becoming the first man in the Open Era to be seeded in his Grand Slam main draw debut as the No. 31 seed. He went on to defeat Carreno Busta in the first round. Navone also had notable achievements in the 2024 Rio de Janeiro tournament, where he earned his first ATP Tour win and advanced to his first quarterfinal, semifinal, and final. In Bucharest, he defeated clay-court champions Darderi, Seyboth Wild, and F. Cerundolo en route to his second final.

Navone made his ATP Tour debut in 2024 Cordoba as a wildcard on home soil. He secured the biggest win of his career against No. 12 Rune in the 2025 Buenos Aires 2nd round but was unable to convert two match points against eventual champion Fonseca in the quarterfinal.

In 2023, Navone had an impressive Challenger record, with a 40-18 record for the season. He ended the year with a 19-2 run and won five Challenger titles in Poznan, Santa Fe, Santa Cruz, Buenos Aires, and Santa Fe-2. He started playing tennis at the age of 3 and is nicknamed “La Navoneta.”

Navone’s goal in this match is to record consecutive ATP Masters 1000 wins for the first time in his career and reach his first third round at this level. Although he is 1-7 against Top 20 opponents, he recently defeated No. 12 Rune in the Buenos Aires 2nd round last month in front of his home crowd.

Ben Shelton, aged 22, currently holds his career-high ranking as World No. 12. He broke into the Top 200 in August 2022, the Top 100 in November 2022, and the Top 20 in September 2023. Shelton achieved his career-high ranking of No. 12 in March 2025 after reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open.

In the 2023 US Open, Shelton defeated countrymen Paul and Tiafoe, becoming the youngest American man to reach the US Open semifinals since Chang in 1992, who was 20 years old at the time. Shelton captured his first ATP Tour title in 2023 Tokyo, joining his father Bryan Shelton as the fourth father-son duo to win a tour-level championship in the Open Era.

At the age of 20, Shelton advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2023 Australian Open in 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 had an impressive singles record of 65-10 in his two seasons playing for the University of Florida. Under the coaching of his father, Bryan Shelton, a former World No. 55, he clinched the 2021 NCAA team title and won the 2022 NCAA singles title.

In this match, Shelton aims to extend his record of 13-0 in opening rounds of ATP Masters 1000 and Grand Slam events since the start of the 2024 season. He also aims to extend his undefeated record against Argentines, which currently stands at 7-0, including a victory over No. 22 F. Cerundolo in the Indian Wells third round last year.

Some of Shelton’s best ATP Masters 1000 results include reaching the quarterfinals of the 2023 Shanghai tournament, the quarterfinals of the 2024 Cincinnati tournament, and the round of 16 in the 2022 Cincinnati, 2024 Indian Wells, and 2024 Shanghai tournaments.

The match between Mariano Navone and Ben Shelton will take place at Stadium 3.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Navone will win.
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