Prediction Of Shelton Vs Mensik H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Asb Classic 2025?

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Shelton and Mensik are on the Day 3 Schedule at Asb Classic 2025 on Wednesday 8 January 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?

Ben Shelton is an American tennis player who is currently 22 years old and ranked 21st in the world. His career-high ranking is 13th, which he achieved in August 2024 after winning his second ATP Tour title in Houston earlier that year. Shelton had a breakthrough in his career, reaching the top 200 in August 2022, the top 100 in November 2022, and eventually the top 20 in September 2023. He had a successful run at the 2023 US Open, where he defeated his compatriots Paul and Tiafoe to become the youngest American man in the US Open semi-finals since Chang in 1992. He also beat No. 4 Sinner to reach his first ATP Masters quarter-finals at the 2023 Shanghai. In addition, Shelton won his first title at the 2023 Tokyo, joining his father Bryan Shelton as the fourth father-son duo to win a tour-level championship in the Open Era.

Furthermore, Shelton reached the quarter-finals of the 2023 Australian Open at the age of 20, becoming the youngest American man to do so since Giammalva Jr. in 1982 and the youngest American man in a Grand Slam quarter-final since Roddick at the 2002 US Open. He had notable victories, such as upsetting No. 5 Ruud to reach the 2022 Cincinnati 3rd round in his ATP Masters debut at the age of 19. Shelton also had an impressive college career, posting a 65-10 singles record over two seasons for the University of Florida, where he won the 2021 NCAA team title and the 2022 NCAA singles title while being coached by his father.

It is worth mentioning that Shelton is making his third consecutive appearance in Auckland and is the No. 1 seed for the second time. He has a record of 3-9 against younger players, including a win over Jakub Mensik, who was ranked 81st at the time, in the ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2nd round last year. In 2024, Shelton had a strong performance in the opening rounds on hard courts, with a record of 14-2. However, he suffered losses to Safiullin in Brisbane and Shang in Atlanta. Since then, he has been unbeaten, with an 8-0 record.

Jakub Mensik is a 19-year-old Czech tennis player who is currently ranked 49th in the world. He achieved his career-high ranking of 48th in October 2024 after reaching his first quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final in Doha earlier that year. Mensik had a notable run in Doha, defeating former champions Murray, Monfils, and No. 5 Rublev to earn the biggest win of his career. He became the youngest Czech ATP Tour finalist and the first player born in 2005 or later to reach an ATP Tour final.

In his tour-level debut, Mensik reached the 3rd round of the 2023 US Open as a qualifier, becoming the youngest player to reach the Grand Slam 3rd round since Nadal at the 2004 Australian Open and the youngest at the US Open since Santoro in 1990. He ultimately lost to Fritz on his 18th birthday. Mensik also qualified for his second tour-level event at the 2024 Australian Open, where he defeated former top-10 player Shapovalov in the 1st round. He has a Challenger record of 30-21 and won his first title at the 2023 Prague-2 in May as a wildcard ranked 333rd. Mensik had a successful junior career with an 85-28 record on the ITF Juniors circuit, reaching the Australian Open boys’ singles final in 2022.

In the match between Shelton and Mensik at the Auckland tournament, Shelton leads the head-to-head record 1-0. Shelton won their previous encounter at the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells in the round of 64 with a score of 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. It is important to note that Mensik is seeking his seventh ATP Tour quarter-final, with a record of 2-4 in previous quarter-final appearances. He recently reached the quarter-finals in Brisbane before losing to Mpetshi Perricard. Mensik aims to become the first Czech men’s quarter-finalist since Vesely in 2018 and the youngest man in the Auckland quarter-finals since Nadal in 2004.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Shelton will win.
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