Prediction Of Shelton Vs Mensik H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Mutua Madrid Open 2025?

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Shelton and Mensik are on the Day 5 Schedule at Mutua Madrid Open 2025 on Sunday 27 April 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 their head-to-head series, Ben Shelton from the USA and Jakub Mensik from the Czech Republic are tied at 1-1. They have faced each other twice before, with Shelton winning at the ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells and Mensik winning at the Auckland Open.

When comparing their 52-week averages, Shelton has a higher attack conversion and score steal score, while Mensik has a higher serve quality, return quality, forehand quality, and backhand quality. The tour average falls in between their individual averages.

Ben Shelton, 22 years old, is currently ranked 13th in the world, with a career-high ranking of 12. In 2025, he has a record of 15-8, reaching the final in Munich and reaching the 3rd round in Madrid. Shelton made significant progress in his career, breaking into the top 200 in August 2022, the top 100 in November 2022, and the top 20 in September 2023. He achieved his career-high ranking of 12 in March 2025 after reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open. His notable accomplishments include defeating his fellow Americans Paul and Tiafoe at the 2023 US Open to become the youngest American man to reach the semifinals of the tournament since Chang in 1992. He also defeated No. 4 Sinner to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinals at the 2023 Shanghai. Shelton won his first ATP Tour title at the 2023 Tokyo, making him the fourth father-son duo to win a tour-level championship in the Open Era. He also reached the quarterfinals of the 2023 Australian Open, becoming the youngest American man to do so since Giammalva Jr. in 1982. Additionally, Shelton had a successful college career, posting a 65-10 singles record for the University of Florida and winning the team title in 2021 and the singles title in 2022.

Jakub Mensik is 19 years old and currently ranked 23rd in the world, which is his career-high ranking. In 2025, he has a record of 15-7, winning the Miami title and reaching the 3rd round in Madrid. Mensik broke into the top 100 in February 2022 and achieved his career-high ranking in April 2025 after winning his first ATP Masters 1000 title in Miami. He had significant victories in Miami, defeating No. 4 Fritz and 6-time champion No. 5 Djokovic. He became one of the few teenagers to earn multiple wins against top 5 players in one event in this century. Mensik is also the first Czech ATP Masters 1000 champion since 2005. He reached the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final of an ATP Tour tournament for the first time in his career at the 2024 Doha, defeating former champions Murray, Monfils, and No. 5 Rublev along the way. Mensik had a successful Grand Slam debut at the 2023 US Open, reaching the 3rd round as a qualifier and becoming the youngest man to do so since Nadal in 2004. He also reached the 3rd round of the 2024 US Open and the 2025 Australian Open. Notably, Mensik had a strong presence in the ITF Juniors circuit, with an 85-28 singles record and reaching the boys’ singles final at the 2022 Australian Open.

In terms of their current form, Shelton rallied from a 4-6 3-5 deficit to win his 2nd round match and aims to reach the 4th round of an ATP Masters 1000 tournament for the 7th time, which would be his first time on clay. He has a record of 3-11 against younger opponents on the tour-level and 2-5 against top 25 players on clay. Mensik is on a 7-match winning streak at ATP Masters 1000 level after winning his first title in Miami in March. He has a record of 5-1 against top 20 players this year and will attempt to become the fifth Czech man to reach the Madrid R16.

Lastly, the text provides a list of teenagers who have reached the men’s singles R16 in the history of the Madrid tournament. Mensik, at 19 years and 6 months, aims to join this list. The list includes notable players like Alcaraz, del Potro, Shapovalov, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Shelton will win.
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