Brandon Nakashima vs Ben Shelton Prediction: the 7th racket of the world has the best chance of success

Brandon Nakashima vs Ben Shelton: Prediction for the Match on August 2, 2025

As part of the round of 32 finals of the tournament in Toronto, the 32nd racket of the world Brandon Nakashima will fight Ben Shelton, now the 7th number of the world ranking. The guys had crossed paths 4 times before on the Tour, the score of the confrontation was 4:0 in favor of Shelton, and the bookmakers were paired on Ben's side, believing that the 7th racket of the world has the best chance of success in the upcoming game. Let's find out if the bookmakers are right in putting up such a line for a meeting.

Brandon Nakashima: form and statistics

For Brandon, the Toronto tournament was the second hardest after Wimbledon, where the American reached the 3rd round. In Washington, Nakashima won in two sets over compatriot Quinn and Briton Norrie, and lost in two sets against De Minaur. In Toronto, the American beat his compatriot Quinn in two games. The score against Quinn was 7:6, 6:4 in favor of Brandon, and the match lasted an hour and 53 minutes. During the game, Nakashima made 13 aces with zero double faults, won 80% of the points on the first serve and 64% on the second.

Ben Shelton: form and statistics

For Ben, the Toronto tournament was the second hardest after Wimbledon, where the American reached the 5th round. In Washington, Alex won in two sets over compatriot MacDonald, Canadian Diallo and Francis Tiafoe, and lost to Spaniard Davidovich Fokina. In Toronto, a two-set victory over Frenchman Mannarino, the score of the meeting against Mannarino was 6:2, 6:3 in favor of Ben, the match lasted an hour and 6 minutes. During the game, Shelton made 16 aces with 4 double faults, won 90% of the points on the first serve and 63% on the second.

Brandon Nakashima vs Ben Shelton: head to head statistics

Brandon Nakashima and Ben Shelton played each other four times, the score of the confrontation is 4:0 in Ben's favor. It's important to note that Brandon hasn't been able to win a single set against Ben yet. Shelton won hard court in Washington, Melbourne and Indian Wells.

Brandon Nakashima vs Ben Shelton match prediction 2 August 2025

Ben has a 100% result in matches against Brandon, without losing a single set, in 2025 Shelton has already beaten Nakashima twice, in Melbourne and Indian Wells. Shelton himself is in good athletic shape, has already played four hard court matches after the grass part of the season, and beat Quinn in Toronto without a chance for an opponent. We are paired on the side of the favorite, and we believe that Shelton will achieve a very confident victory over his compatriot tomorrow.

Our main prediction: is Correct Score 0:2 for a coefficient of 2.10 in the betway bookmaker.

Our betting tip on the match: is Total Under 22.5 for a coefficient 2.23 in the 1xbet bookmaker.

Our final betting tip on the match: is Handicap 2 (+2.5) for a coefficient of 1.90 in the bet365 bookmaker.