Who Will Win: Shelton Vs Bellucci? Prediction For ATP Wimbledon 2024

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Shelton and Bellucci are on the Day 1 Schedule at Wimbledon 2024 on Monday 1 July. 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?

Match: NO. 14 BEN SHELTON (USA) vs (Q) MATTIA BELLUCCI (ITA)
Head-to-head: This is their first meeting.

Shelton has faced qualifiers at a Grand Slam twice before, with a record of 1 win and 1 loss. He lost to Nuno Borges in the 1st round of the 2022 US Open on his Grand Slam debut but defeated Nicolas Jarry in the 2nd round of the 2023 Australian Open. Overall, he has a record of 5 wins and 6 losses against qualifiers at Tour-level.

Shelton has lost three Tour-level matches to players ranked as low as No. 148, including losses to Shang Juncheng (No. 156) in the 1st round of the 2023 Atlanta, Shang (No. 149) in the 2nd round of the 2023 Washington, and No. 289 Paul Jubb in the quarterfinals of Mallorca last week.

Shelton and Bellucci are two of the 18 left-handed players in this year’s Wimbledon men’s singles main draw. This is one of two matches between left-handed players in the 1st round, with the other being Cameron Norrie against Facundo Diaz Acosta. The last left-hander to win the title here was Rafael Nadal in 2010.

Shelton is looking to defeat a left-handed player at Tour-level for the second time. He lost his first five Tour-level matches against left-handers before defeating Hugo Gaston in the 1st round of Roland Garros this year. This is Bellucci’s first time facing a left-handed player at Tour-level.

Here are their stats:
SHELTON v BELLUCCI
– Shelton: 21 years old, ATP Ranking of 14, 2 Titles
– Bellucci: 23 years old, ATP Ranking of 148, 0 Titles
– Shelton’s career Grand Slam record: 14 wins and 7 losses, Bellucci’s record: 0 wins and 2 losses
– Shelton’s Wimbledon record: 1 win and 1 loss, Bellucci’s record: 0 wins and 0 losses
– Shelton’s career record: 49 wins and 41 losses, Bellucci’s record: 0 wins and 2 losses
– Shelton’s career record on grass: 3 wins and 6 losses, Bellucci’s record: 0 wins and 0 losses
– Shelton’s 2024 record: 20 wins and 14 losses, Bellucci’s record: 0 wins and 1 loss
– Shelton’s 2024 record on grass: 1 win and 3 losses, Bellucci’s record: 0 wins and 0 losses
– Shelton’s career five-set record: 3 wins and 2 losses, Bellucci’s record: 0 wins and 1 loss
– Shelton has not made a comeback from being 0-2 down, Bellucci also has not made a comeback from being 0-2 down
– Shelton’s career tiebreak record: 32 wins and 31 losses, Bellucci’s record: 1 win and 1 loss
– Shelton’s 2024 tiebreak record: 11 wins and 11 losses, Bellucci’s record: 1 win and 0 losses

Additional information about Shelton:
– This is Shelton’s 8th Grand Slam overall. His best Grand Slam result was reaching the semifinals of the 2023 US Open.
– Shelton reached the 3rd round of both the Australian Open and Roland Garros this year.
– Before Wimbledon, Shelton reached the quarterfinals of the Mallorca tournament.
– Shelton’s highest ranking was No. 14 in April 2024.
– Shelton is one of the 5 seeded American men in the draw.

Additional information about Bellucci:
– This is Bellucci’s 3rd Grand Slam main draw appearance. He qualified at the Australian Open and Roland Garros this year.
– Bellucci’s best result at Challenger-level this season was reaching the semifinals in Nottingham.
– Bellucci has won 3 Challenger-level titles in his career.
– This is Bellucci’s first time facing a top 20 player at any level.

Both players have different levels of experience and success, making this an interesting matchup.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Shelton will win.
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