Ben Shelton

Tennis

Ben Shelton

American tennis player and Grand Slam semifinalist

9 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.

Ben Shelton Serve speed

Ben Shelton's recorded Serve speed is 150 mph. Performance date: 2025-03-10. Age at the time: 22. This was a competition result. The source at sports.yahoo.com gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.

2025 BNP Paribas Open third round vs Karen Khachanov · ATP singles competition; measured serve speed

Source quote and limits
“registered 150 miles per hour”

Ben Shelton blasts 150 mph serve in win over Karen Khachanov at BNP Paribas Open

Palm Springs Desert Sun reporters Larry Bohannan and Shad Powers describe the Monday match. The article and match photograph are dated March 10, 2025. This is a completed in-match serve. No speed conversion or radar estimate is used.

Serve speed history. Methods and conditions can differ between records.
DateCompetition / season and methodValueUnitSource
2026-01-28age 232026 Australian Open, Quarterfinals, vs Jannik SinnerTennis serve speed232km/hprod-scores-api.ausopen.com
Evidence

Official result; Competition; performance date 2026-01-28.

Australian Open official match statistics: Ben Shelton vs Jannik Sinner (2026-01-28)

Quarterfinals; fastest serve in this match

“"name":"Fastest serve","teamA":{"primary":232,"secondary":"144 mph","subscript":"kmh"”

The official AO match-centre JSON gives the match date and both player identities. In stats.key_stats, set All, Fastest serve, teamA.primary is 232 and subscript is kmh. teamA corresponds to teams[0], Ben Shelton. This is one measured serve, the match maximum; averages and set-level duplicate maxima are excluded. Human-readable match page: https://ausopen.com/match/2026-ben-shelton-vs-jannik-sinner-ms504. The response was saved on 2026-10-26; this API path has no season segment.

2026-01-26age 232026 Australian Open, 4th Round, vs Casper RuudTennis serve speed228km/hprod-scores-api.ausopen.com
Evidence

Official result; Competition; performance date 2026-01-26.

Australian Open official match statistics: Ben Shelton vs Casper Ruud (2026-01-26)

4th Round; fastest serve in this match

“"name":"Fastest serve","teamA":{"primary":228,"secondary":"142 mph","subscript":"kmh"”

The official AO match-centre JSON gives the match date and both player identities. In stats.key_stats, set All, Fastest serve, teamA.primary is 228 and subscript is kmh. teamA corresponds to teams[0], Ben Shelton. This is one measured serve, the match maximum; averages and set-level duplicate maxima are excluded. Human-readable match page: https://ausopen.com/match/2026-ben-shelton-vs-casper-ruud-ms407. The response was saved on 2026-10-26; this API path has no season segment.

2026-01-24age 232026 Australian Open, 3rd Round, vs Valentin VacherotTennis serve speed227km/hprod-scores-api.ausopen.com
Evidence

Official result; Competition; performance date 2026-01-24.

Australian Open official match statistics: Ben Shelton vs Valentin Vacherot (2026-01-24)

3rd Round; fastest serve in this match

“"name":"Fastest serve","teamA":{"primary":227,"secondary":"141 mph","subscript":"kmh"”

The official AO match-centre JSON gives the match date and both player identities. In stats.key_stats, set All, Fastest serve, teamA.primary is 227 and subscript is kmh. teamA corresponds to teams[0], Ben Shelton. This is one measured serve, the match maximum; averages and set-level duplicate maxima are excluded. Human-readable match page: https://ausopen.com/match/2026-ben-shelton-vs-valentin-vacherot-ms313. The response was saved on 2026-10-26; this API path has no season segment.

2026-01-22age 232026 Australian Open, 2nd Round, vs Dane SweenyTennis serve speed224km/hprod-scores-api.ausopen.com
Evidence

Official result; Competition; performance date 2026-01-22.

Australian Open official match statistics: Ben Shelton vs Dane Sweeny (2026-01-22)

2nd Round; fastest serve in this match

“"name":"Fastest serve","teamA":{"primary":224,"secondary":"139 mph","subscript":"kmh"”

The official AO match-centre JSON gives the match date and both player identities. In stats.key_stats, set All, Fastest serve, teamA.primary is 224 and subscript is kmh. teamA corresponds to teams[0], Ben Shelton. This is one measured serve, the match maximum; averages and set-level duplicate maxima are excluded. Human-readable match page: https://ausopen.com/match/2026-ben-shelton-vs-dane-sweeny-ms225. The response was saved on 2026-10-26; this API path has no season segment.

2026-01-20age 232026 Australian Open, 1st Round, vs Ugo HumbertTennis serve speed226km/hprod-scores-api.ausopen.com
Evidence

Official result; Competition; performance date 2026-01-20.

Australian Open official match statistics: Ben Shelton vs Ugo Humbert (2026-01-20)

1st Round; fastest serve in this match

“"name":"Fastest serve","teamA":{"primary":226,"secondary":"140 mph","subscript":"kmh"”

The official AO match-centre JSON gives the match date and both player identities. In stats.key_stats, set All, Fastest serve, teamA.primary is 226 and subscript is kmh. teamA corresponds to teams[0], Ben Shelton. This is one measured serve, the match maximum; averages and set-level duplicate maxima are excluded. Human-readable match page: https://ausopen.com/match/2026-ben-shelton-vs-ugo-humbert-ms149. The response was saved on 2026-10-26; this API path has no season segment.

2025-03-10age 222025 BNP Paribas Open third round vs Karen KhachanovTennis serve speed150mphsports.yahoo.commedium confidence
Evidence

News report; Competition; performance date 2025-03-10.

Ben Shelton blasts 150 mph serve in win over Karen Khachanov at BNP Paribas Open

ATP singles competition; measured serve speed

“registered 150 miles per hour”

Palm Springs Desert Sun reporters Larry Bohannan and Shad Powers describe the Monday match. The article and match photograph are dated March 10, 2025. This is a completed in-match serve. No speed conversion or radar estimate is used.

2025-03age 222025 BNP Paribas Open opening matchTennis serve speed150mphsports.yahoo.commedium confidence
Evidence

News report; Competition; performance date 2025-03.

Ben Shelton blasts 150 mph serve in win over Karen Khachanov at BNP Paribas Open

ATP singles competition; measured serve speed

“Shelton also had a 150 mph serve in his opening match this year.”

The March 10, 2025 Palm Springs Desert Sun report distinguishes the opening-match serve from the Monday Khachanov serve. The report does not give the opening-match day, so month precision is used. This is a completed in-match serve. No speed conversion or radar estimate is used.

2023-09-03age 202023 US Open fourth round vs Tommy PaulTennis serve speed149mphboardroom.tvmedium confidence
Evidence

News report; Competition; performance date 2023-09-03.

Ben Shelton: An American Phenom

ATP singles competition; measured serve speed

“reached 149 miles per hour”

The report dated September 6, 2023 says this was Sunday in his round-of-16 win over Tommy Paul, which dates the match to September 3. This is a completed in-match serve. No speed conversion or radar estimate is used.

2023-09age 202023 US Open third round vs Aslan KaratsevTennis serve speed147mphtennis.commedium confidence
Evidence

News report; Competition; performance date 2023-09.

Ben Shelton marvels at 147mph serve, fastest so far at 2023 US Open

ATP singles competition; measured serve speed

“he landed a lightning-fast 147mph serve”

The September 2, 2023 match report identifies his third-round win over Aslan Karatsev. Month precision is used because the article does not state the match day. This is a completed in-match serve. No speed conversion or radar estimate is used.

Photo: Peter Arnold, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.