Tommy Paul vs Ben Shelton, Australian Open 2023, Quarterfinal

Grand Slam · Quarterfinal · Hard · Wed 25 Jan

Final

Tommy Paul

WinnerRank #141.3373%

Paul won in 4 sets · 3h 6m

3–1

Set 17–6⁶

Set 26–3

Set 35–7

Set 46–4

Ben Shelton

LostRank #43.6727%

Venue

Melbourne Park

Melbourne, AUS· Hard· Rod Laver Arena

Court speed

What is court speed?

How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.

Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
Average97–103US Open, Dubai
Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
Very fast108+Basel

Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.

How court speed works

Average

0.3vs last year

Wind

26 km/h

Moderate

Humidity

75%

Humid

Temperature

28°C

Warm

Altitude

23 m

Sea level

Historical daily weather

Set statistics

Final statistics

Service

7Aces24

3Double faults6

84/11772%1st serve %60%97/162

30/3391%2nd serve %91%59/65

72/8486%1st serve points won75%73/97

21/3364%2nd serve points won46%30/65

2/450%Break points saved80%12/15

22Service games played21

Return

24/9725%1st serve return points14%12/84

35/6554%2nd serve return points36%12/33

3/1520%Break points converted50%2/4

21Return games played22

Points

152Total points won127

93Service points won103

59Receiver points won24

8Max points in a row5

Games

24Games won20

20Service games won18

3Max games in a row2

1Tiebreaks0

Errors

26backhandErrors32

55errorsTotal58

29forehandErrors26

55groundstrokeErrors58

0overheadStrokeErrors0

0returnErrors0

Unforced errors

11backhandUnforcedErrors19

0dropShotUnforcedErrors1

13forehandUnforcedErrors21

24groundstrokeUnforcedErrors40

0lobUnforcedErrors0

27unforcedErrorsTotal46

0volleyUnforcedErrors0

Winners

8backhandWinners3

0dropShotWinners0

24forehandWinners10

31groundstrokeWinners13

0lobWinners0

0returnWinners0

1volleyWinners0

39winnersTotal37

Paul6

Shelton4

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Paul5

Shelton4

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Paul5

Shelton3

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Paul4

Shelton3

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Paul4

Shelton2

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Paul3

Shelton2

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Paul3

Shelton1

150300400

Paul2

Shelton1

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Paul2

Shelton0

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Paul1

Shelton0

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Head to head

2Paul

2Shelton

4 meetings

Australian OpenQuarterfinal · 25 Jan 2023HardThis match
Tommy Paul
Sets won: 3Set 1: 7⁸Set 2: 6Set 3: 5Set 4: 6
Ben Shelton
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6⁶Set 2: 3Set 3: 7Set 4: 4
DallasSemifinal · 10 Feb 2024Hard
Tommy Paul
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Ben Shelton
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 4
TokyoQuarterfinal · 20 Oct 2023Hard
Ben Shelton
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 6
Tommy Paul
Sets won: 0Set 1: 6⁴Set 2: 3
US OpenRound of 16 · 3 Sept 2023Hard
Ben Shelton
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 4Set 4: 6
Tommy Paul
Sets won: 1Set 1: 4Set 2: 3Set 3: 6Set 4: 4

Match research

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Everything that shapes this match: each player’s run-in and travel, records side by side, and results against similar opponents and in similar conditions. Better information, better-informed decisions.

Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.

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Tommy Paul vs Ben Shelton, Australian Open 2023, Quarterfinal

Final score

Venue and conditions

Set statistics

Service

Return

Points

Games

Errors

Unforced errors

Winners

Point by point

Head to head

Match research