Prediction Of Zandschulp Vs Shelton H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Bmw Open 2025?

What Time Will Botic van de Zandschulp Play Against Ben Shelton?

Zandschulp and Shelton are on the Day 3 Schedule at Bmw Open 2025 on Wednesday 16 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?

[LL] Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) will face [2] Ben Shelton (USA) in their first-ever tour-level meeting. They have previously met in the 2021 US Open qualifiers, where van de Zandschulp won 3-6 7-5 6-4.

Here are some insights from their 52-week averages:
– Van de Zandschulp has an attack conversion score of 22%, a steal score of 35%, a serve quality score of 6.8, and a return quality score of 7.6. His forehand quality is rated at 7.6 and his backhand quality at 7.3.
– Shelton, on the other hand, has an attack conversion score of 27%, a steal score of 27%, a serve quality score of 6.3, and a return quality score of 8.5. His forehand quality is rated at 7.5 and his backhand quality at 6.4.
– The tour average for these statistics is an attack conversion score of 24%, a steal score of 31%, a serve quality score of 6.5, and a return quality score of 7.9. The average forehand quality is 7.5 and the average backhand quality is 7.1.

Botic van de Zandschulp is 29 years old and currently ranked world No. 89. He achieved his career-high ranking at No. 22 in August 2022 and has ended two straight seasons as the No. 1 Dutchman. Some notable achievements include being the 3rd men’s qualifier to reach the US Open quarter-finals in the Open Era, the first Dutchman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final since 2004, and the only player to take a set off eventual champion Medvedev at the 2021 US Open. In 2024, he scored upsets over No. 3 Alcaraz at the US Open and Nadal in the Davis Cup Finals, helping the Netherlands advance to their first-ever Davis Cup final. He also reached his first ATP Tour final in Munich in 2022 and his second final in 2023. However, he lost both times, including squandering four championship points in the 2023 final. He had a successful run in qualifying matches in the Grand Slams in 2021, qualifying for the Australian Open, Roland Garros, and the US Open. Notably, he also seeks his 100th tour-level win and his 13th tour-level quarter-final, which would be his first since the event in 2023.

Ben Shelton is 22 years old and currently ranked world No. 15. He achieved his career-high ranking at No. 12 in March 2025 after reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Some notable achievements include becoming the youngest American man in the US Open semi-finals since Chang in 1992. He also reached his first ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final at the 2023 Shanghai by defeating No. 4 Sinner. Shelton won his first ATP Tour title at the 2023 Tokyo, joining his father Bryan Shelton as one of the four father-son duos to win a tour-level championship in the Open Era. He 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 to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final since Roddick at the 2002 US Open. Shelton had a successful collegiate career, posting a 65-10 singles record in two seasons at the University of Florida and winning the 2021 NCAA team title and the 2022 NCAA singles title, with his father Bryan as his coach. In this match, he aims to reach his 16th tour-level quarter-final and his second on clay after winning the Houston title last April. If successful, he would become the youngest American quarter-finalist in Munich since Courier in 1990.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Zandschulp will win.
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