What Time Will Ben Shelton Play Against Pablo Carreno Busta?
Shelton and Busta are on the Day 5 Schedule at Australian Open 2025 on Thursday 16 January. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
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Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
No. 21 Ben Shelton from the USA will be facing Pable Carreno Busta from Spain in their first-ever meeting at the Australian Open. Carreno Busta has a 2-2 win-loss record against left-handed players at the Australian Open, an 11-3 win-loss record against left-handed players at Grand Slams, and a 55-32 win-loss record against left-handed players overall at the Tour level.
Shelton, 22 years old and ranked 20th in the ATP, is aiming to reach the third round for the third consecutive year at the Australian Open. He defeated Brandon Nakashima in the first round. Last year, Shelton reached the third round before losing to Adrian Mannarino in five sets. His best performance at the Australian Open was reaching the quarterfinals in 2023. At that tournament, he became the youngest American man to reach the quarterfinals since
Sammy Gimmalva Jr in 1982. Shelton’s best Grand Slam result was reaching the semifinals at the 2023 US Open.
Carreno Busta, 33 years old and ranked 182nd in the ATP, is also looking to advance to the third round for the seventh time at the Australian Open. He defeated Kamil Majchrzak in the first round. Carreno Busta’s best Australian Open result is reaching the round of 16 on three occasions, and his best Grand Slam result is reaching the semifinals at the US Open in 2017 and 2020. Last year, he had early exits in the first round at both Roland Garros and the US Open.
Carreno Busta has a 1-4 win-loss record against Top 20 players at the Australian Open, with his only victory against a Top 20 player here coming in the third round in 2019. He has a 33-71 win-loss record against Top 20 players at the Tour level overall.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Shelton will win.
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Matchstat.com Ben Shelton vs Pablo Carreno Busta prediction.
