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_(52883150181).jpg) Shelton at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters | |
| Country (sports) |  United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |
| Born | October 9, 2002 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1] |
| Turned pro | 2022 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | Florida |
| Coach | Bryan Shelton Dean Goldfine (traveling coach)[2] |
| Prize money | US $5,497,682 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 77–56[a] |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 13 (August 19, 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 14 (January 27, 2025)[1] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2025) |
| French Open | 3R (2024) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2024) |
| US Open | SF (2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 27–31[a] |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 68 (May 20, 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 102 (January 6, 2025)[1] |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2024) |
| French Open | 2R (2023) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2024) |
| US Open | 2R (2022) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| US Open | SF (2023) |
| Last updated on: January 6, 2025. | |
Benjamin Todd Shelton[3] (born October 9, 2002) is an American professional tennis player. Shelton has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 13 by the ATP, achieved on 19 August 2024. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 68 achieved on 20 May 2024. Shelton has won two singles titles on the ATP Tour, and reached two major semifinals at the 2023 US Open and at the 2025 Australian Open.
Shelton won the 2016 USTA junior national championship in doubles. He played college tennis for the Florida Gators. As a true freshman in 2021, he clinched the Gators’ first team national championship with his victory at fifth singles; the following year, he won the men's singles title at the 2022 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships. That same year, he was named the ITA National Player of the Year.[4]
Shelton made his ATP Tour debut in July 2022 at the Atlanta Open, where he won his opening match. The next week, he played in the Cincinnati Masters, reaching the third round, highlighted by a win over world No. 5 Casper Ruud. In August 2022, Shelton announced he would turn professional. In January 2023, Shelton reached the quarterfinals of just his second major tournament, the 2023 Australian Open. Later that year, he improved to reach the semifinals of another major at the 2023 US Open, and won his first tour title in Tokyo. The 2024 season brought more steady success and he broke the top 15 in rankings.
- ^ a b c "Ben Shelton". ATP Tour. Archived from the original on February 1, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
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- ^ "Florida's Ben Shelton, Texas' Peyton Stearns win NCAA tennis singles titles". ESPN. May 28, 2022. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
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