

What Time Will Ben Shelton Play Against Lorenzo Sonego?
Shelton and Sonego are on the Day 11 Schedule at Australian Open 2025 on Wednesday 22 January. 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?
Head-to-head: The match between Ben Shelton and Lorenzo Sonego is currently tied 1-1. Their first meeting took place in the 2022 Cincinnati-1000 tournament on a hard court, with Shelton winning 76(5) 36 75. Their second meeting occurred in the 2023 Roland Garros tournament on clay, with Sonego winning 64 36 63 63. This is their third overall meeting and second at a Grand Slam, as both previous matches were in the first round of a tournament.
At the Australian Open this year, there have been four men’s singles matches between an Italian player and an American player. Shelton defeated Lorenzo Musetti and Jannik Sinner defeated Marcos Giron in the third round, while Sonego defeated Learner Tien in the round of 16. In the Open Era, there have been 53 Australian Open men’s singles matches between an American player and an Italian player, with Americans leading 30-22 in the previous 52 meetings. In the Open Era, there have been 289 Grand Slam men’s singles matches between an American player and an Italian player, with Americans leading 166-122 in the previous 288 meetings.
Shelton has a 1-0 record against Italian players at the Australian Open, defeating Musetti in the third round this year. He has a 2-2 record against Italian players at Grand Slams overall and a 6-10 record against Italian players at Tour-level. Sonego has a perfect record of 3-0 against American players at the Australian Open, defeating Sam Querrey in the first round in 2021 and 2022 and Learner Tien in the round of 16 this year. He has a 7-2 record against American players at Grand Slams and a 20-17 record against American players at Tour-level.
Sonego is facing a left-handed player for the second consecutive match, as he defeated Learner Tien in the round of 16. He lost his only other match against a left-handed player at the Australian Open, against Feliciano Lopez in the second round in 2021. He has a 6-3 record against left-handed players at Grand Slams and a 27-20 record against left-handed players at Tour-level.
Sonego is looking to defeat a Top 20 player at the Australian Open for the first time. He has lost both of his previous matches against Top 20 players at this tournament, against Hubert Hurkacz in the second round in 2023 and against Carlos Alcaraz in the second round in 2024. The highest-ranked player he has defeated at the Australian Open is No. 38 Daniel Evans in the first round last year. He has a 2-10 record against Top 20 players at Grand Slams, with his victories coming at Roland Garros against No. 7 Andrey Rublev in the third round in 2023 and against No. 16 Ugo Humbert in the first round in 2024.
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Sonego has won one of his last 13 matches against Top 20 players at Tour-level. His only victory in that time came against No. 16 Ugo Humbert in the first round at the 2024 Roland Garros. His last victory against a Top 20 player on a hard court came at the 2023 Shanghai-1000, when he defeated No. 13 Frances Tiafoe. He has a 13-46 record against Top 20 players at Tour-level overall.
In possible semifinal head-to-head matchups, Sonego has a 0-5 record against Alex de Minaur and a 0-3 record against Jannik Sinner. Shelton has a 1-4 record against Alex de Minaur and has not yet faced Jannik Sinner.
In their road to the quarterfinals, Ben Shelton defeated Brandon Nakashima, Stan Wawrinka, Pablo Carreno Busta, and Lorenzo Musetti, while Lorenzo Sonego defeated Joao Fonseca, Fabian Marozsan, Gael Monfils, and Learner Tien.
At 22 years old, Ben Shelton is the 25th American man in the Open Era to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open. He is looking to reach his second Grand Slam semifinal, which would make him the 26th American man in the Open Era to reach multiple Grand Slam semifinals. This is Shelton’s third Australian Open appearance and his 10th Grand Slam overall.
Lorenzo Sonego, at 29 years old, is looking to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal. He is bidding to become the third Italian player, after Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner, to reach the semifinals at the Australian Open. This is Sonego’s seventh Australian Open appearance and his 26th Grand Slam overall.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Shelton will win.
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