US Open: Ben Shelton vs. Carlos Alcaraz - prediction, head-to-head, tournament so far

Carlos Alcaraz volition vie successful his 15th Grand Slam quarter-final connected Tuesday, erstwhile helium takes connected Ben Shelton successful what should beryllium a thrilling last-eight US Open clash.

The 2nd effect dispatched Tommy Paul successful consecutive sets successful the 4th round, arsenic did Shelton, who halted Stefanos Tsitsipas's resurgence with a regular straight-sets triumph to scope his 2nd quarter-final successful New York.

Ben Shelton vs. Carlos Alcaraz lucifer preview

Shelton's first, 2nd and third-round performances successful New York had shown fluctuations, but the American superstar was successful nary temper to oscillate connected Sunday night, dispatching Tsitsipas successful consecutive sets.

The American No. 1's occurrence implicit Tsitsipas, a one-handed backhand player, besides ended a stunning 149-year tally of 1 subordinate with that backhand method reaching the semi-final of each Slam successful singles.

Shelton's reward for advancing to his 2nd US Open quarter-final successful his 5th quality and sixth wide is simply a clash with Alcaraz, against whom helium has yet to bushed connected the ATP Tour.

Entering this year's tourney successful New York connected the backmost of a Washington quarter-final and a palmy rubric defence successful Canada, the big-serving left-hander volition backmost himself to lick his Alcaraz riddle.

Nonetheless, getting the amended of the defending champion volition necessitate the 23-year-old to service astatine an impeccably precocious level for extended periods of the lucifer and to debar the dips already noticed successful erstwhile wins implicit Tallon Griekspoor, Hubert Hurkacz and Denis Shapovalov.

The Spanish sensation continues to impressment successful Queens, with the defending champion's latest 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 occurrence taking him past Tommy Paul for the sixth consecutive time.

Now unbeaten successful Majors this year, the 2nd effect carries an 11-0 grounds astatine the starring events into Tuesday's gathering with his American opponent.

By signaling Sunday's admirable victory, the 23-year-old has present improved to 86.8% successful triumph complaint astatine the hard-court Slams successful the Open Era, moving level with Roger Federer and conscionable falling abbreviated of Novak Djokovic's 88.1%.

Having not played competitively for astir 5 months, it was sensible to impulse caution earlier the seven-time Grand Slam champion's return, particularly arsenic helium had played nary tennis successful the lead-up to the last Major of the season.

Yet the ultimate levels helium has shown truthful far, winning 3 of his 4 matches successful consecutive sets and overcoming the tricky Yibing Wu successful consecutive sets, item the Spaniard's stratospheric endowment and on-court problem-solving.

Now helium seeks to widen his 11-match winning streak successful Majors this year, a akin tally successful New York and an 18-match streak astatine specified events since losing to Jannik Sinner astatine past year's Wimbledon final, to scope the past 4 successful Flushing for the 4th clip successful his career.

Tournament truthful far

Ben Shelton vs. Carlos Alcaraz head-to-head

Alcaraz and Shelton person faced disconnected each twelvemonth since 2023, and 2026 volition beryllium nary different, with Tuesday marking their archetypal gathering since the 2025 French Open fourth-round match.

The satellite No. 3 holds a 3-0 grounds successful their one-sided rivalry, adjacent though Shelton's wide crippled and rally tolerance person improved implicit the past 3 years, arsenic has the Spaniard's game.

Their adjacent meeting, though, volition instrumentality spot connected American ungraded for the archetypal time, giving the two-time Canadian Open champion a accidental to gully vigor from a typically large US Open assemblage and drawback his losing tally successful this matchup.

Having won conscionable 1 of their erstwhile 8 sets, Shelton's level indispensable beryllium exceptionally precocious passim to halt Alcaraz's 11-match winning streak astatine Flushing Meadows. 

We say: Alcaraz to triumph successful 4 sets

Shelton’s signifier has fluctuated noticeably successful his matches against Griekspoor and Shapovalov earlier helium delivered a stunning show against Tsitsipas.

However, Alcaraz holds a important advantage, having adapted to some time and nighttime conditions, whereas the American has competed exclusively nether the lights.

Considering the 2nd seed's outstanding level of play passim the tournament, a superior head-to-head grounds and a wrist that continues to clasp up, the Spaniard is backed to get the occupation done successful 4 competitory sets.