Frances Tiafoe vs Ben Shelton, US Open 2026, Semifinal
Final score
Final
Shelton won in 4 sets · 3h 17m
1–3
Set 16–4
Set 23–6
Set 33–6
Set 45–7
Venue and conditions
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis CenterFlushing, USAArthur Ashe Stadium
Outdoor hardCourt speed0.6 vs last year100.6Average
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 worksConditionsClear
Set statistics
Final statisticsService
3Aces20
2Double faults3
69/12157%1st serve %75%86/114
50/5296%2nd serve %89%25/28
54/6978%1st serve points won77%66/86
20/5238%2nd serve points won54%15/28
6/1155%Break points saved71%5/7
20Service games played20
Return
20/8623%1st serve return points22%15/69
13/2846%2nd serve return points62%32/52
2/729%Break points converted45%5/11
20Return games played20
Points
107Total points won128
74Service points won81
33Receiver points won47
7Max points in a row8
Games
17Games won23
15Service games won18
3Max games in a row3
Errors
20backhandErrors27
55errorsTotal50
35forehandErrors23
52groundstrokeErrors49
0overheadStrokeErrors0
0returnErrors0
Unforced errors
8backhandUnforcedErrors13
0dropShotUnforcedErrors0
18forehandUnforcedErrors15
25groundstrokeUnforcedErrors27
0lobUnforcedErrors0
28unforcedErrorsTotal31
1volleyUnforcedErrors1
Winners
2backhandWinners11
0dropShotWinners0
21forehandWinners11
20groundstrokeWinners21
0lobWinners0
0overheadWinners0
0returnWinners0
3volleyWinners1
26winnersTotal42
Point by point
Tiafoe5
Shelton7
0150300401540
Tiafoe5
Shelton6
0150300401540
P3 · Ace
Tiafoe5
Shelton5
1501515301540154030
P1 · Ace
Tiafoe4
Shelton5
150151515301540
Tiafoe4
Shelton4
150300400
Tiafoe3
Shelton4
015030040
Tiafoe3
Shelton3
150300400
P3 · Ace
Tiafoe2
Shelton3
01503015301540
P1 · AceP2 · AceP4 · Ace
Tiafoe2
Shelton2
0150301530303040304040A40
Tiafoe1
Shelton2
01503015301540
P4 · Ace
Tiafoe1
Shelton1
150300301540154030
P3 · Double fault
Tiafoe0
Shelton1
1503003015401540304040A40404040A404040A
P4 · Double faultP6 · Ace
Tiafoe3
Shelton6
015030153030303040404040A4040A40404040A4040A404040A404040A40404040A
Tiafoe3
Shelton5
015030040
P1 · AceP3 · Ace
Tiafoe3
Shelton4
150300400
Tiafoe2
Shelton4
01503015301540
Tiafoe2
Shelton3
015030040
Tiafoe2
Shelton2
0151515153015403040404040A
Tiafoe2
Shelton1
15015151530154030404040A40
Tiafoe1
Shelton1
150151515301540
P4 · Ace
Tiafoe1
Shelton0
0151515301530304030
Tiafoe3
Shelton6
0150300401540
Tiafoe3
Shelton5
1501515153030303040
Tiafoe3
Shelton4
150151515301540
P4 · Ace
Tiafoe3
Shelton3
15030030154015
Tiafoe2
Shelton3
015030040
P2 · Ace
Tiafoe2
Shelton2
150300400
Tiafoe1
Shelton2
1503004004015
Tiafoe0
Shelton2
015030040
Tiafoe0
Shelton1
0150300401540
P3 · Ace
Tiafoe6
Shelton4
150300400
Tiafoe5
Shelton4
0150301530303030404040A40
Tiafoe4
Shelton4
0151515301530304030
Tiafoe3
Shelton4
150151515301540
P1 · Double faultP4 · Ace
Tiafoe3
Shelton3
0151515301530304030
Tiafoe2
Shelton3
1501515301530303040
Tiafoe2
Shelton2
1501515153030304030
Tiafoe1
Shelton2
0151515153030304030404040A
P3 · Ace
Tiafoe1
Shelton1
015151530154015
Tiafoe0
Shelton1
015151515301540
P1 · Ace
Head to head
1Tiafoe
4Shelton
5 meetingsHard 1–3Clay 0–1
- US OpenSemifinal · 11 SeptHardThis matchBen SheltonSets won: 3Set 1: 4Set 2: 6Set 3: 6Set 4: 7Frances TiafoeSets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 3Set 3: 3Set 4: 5
- WashingtonQuarterfinal · 25 Jul 2025HardBen SheltonSets won: 2Set 1: 7Set 2: 6Frances TiafoeSets won: 0Set 1: 62Set 2: 4
- US OpenRound of 32 · 30 Aug 2024HardFrances TiafoeSets won: 3Set 1: 4Set 2: 7Set 3: 65Set 4: 6Set 5: 6Ben SheltonSets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 5Set 3: 7Set 4: 4Set 5: 3
- HoustonFinal · 7 Apr 2024ClayBen SheltonSets won: 2Set 1: 7Set 2: 4Set 3: 6Frances TiafoeSets won: 1Set 1: 5Set 2: 6Set 3: 3
- US OpenQuarterfinal · 5 Sept 2023HardBen SheltonSets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 3Set 3: 7Set 4: 6Frances TiafoeSets won: 1Set 1: 2Set 2: 6Set 3: 67Set 4: 2
Form and path
Frances Tiafoe0–1
US OpenThis week
- WQuarterfinalFrances TiafoeSets won: 3Set 1: 5Set 2: 3Set 3: 7Set 4: 6Set 5: 7Alex MichelsenSets won: 2Set 1: 7Set 2: 6Set 3: 5Set 4: 3Set 5: 66
- WRound of 16Frances TiafoeSets won: 3Set 1: 7Set 2: 6Set 3: 7Daniil MedvedevSets won: 0Set 1: 61Set 2: 4Set 3: 66
- WRound of 32Frances TiafoeSets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 6Valentin VacherotSets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 2Set 3: 4
- WRound of 64Frances TiafoeSets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 7Set 3: 7Rei SakamotoSets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 62Set 3: 5
- WRound of 128Frances TiafoeSets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 4Set 3: 3Set 4: 6Set 5: 6Martin DammSets won: 2Set 1: 4Set 2: 6Set 3: 6Set 4: 3Set 5: 4
Match research
ProEverything 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.