Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs Ben Shelton Prediction & Picks - ATP Monte Carlo Masters

Prediction published on 4/7/25, 3:53 AM  by Tyler Doty | Modified on 4/7/25 at 3:55 AM in ATP Monte Carlo Masters Picks

The 2025 tennis season is all about clay! In this Monte Carlo Masters 1000, fans will have the chance to witness a duel between Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and American and top 15 player Ben Shelton. 

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina has just completed a fine season on the hard surface. The 25-year-old Spaniard has won the first round in 6 of the 8 tournaments he has played this year. And he didn't stop at the second round, reaching the last eight of the Australian Open Grand Slam before stringing together two consecutive successes. First of all, he won the Delray Beach tournament to become a finalist, with a notable victory over world number 4 Taylor Fritz in just 2 sets. He went on to win again in Acapulco, losing to Tomas Machac in the final.

Ben Shelton, seeded number 11, made it 3 wins in a row at the BNP Paribas Open last month, before losing in the quarter-finals to top 10 Jack Draper. He was then stopped in the first round of the Miami Masters 1000 by Chak Lam Coleman Wong, ranked 170th in the world, but came close to victory in a tie-break. The young American should be looking to improve on his performance here last year when he was stopped in the first round by Grigor Dimitrov in a 3-set match.