He was a finalist at the 2020 USTA Boys 18s Singles Winter Nationals and won the 2019 USTA Boys 16s Doubles Clay Court tournament. 3 player in the USTA Boy's 18s division and No. When Shelton turned 16, he considered playing ITF Junior tournaments abroad, but his father urged him not to do so saying: "Why do you need to travel abroad when you're not the best ?" Shelton ultimately credits his father's advice not to play ITF Junior tournaments abroad as helping his tennis development because he was not constantly traveling and instead had a routine. At age 12, Shelton began playing tennis regularly and was coached by his father, Bryan, who is a college tennis coach. Despite both of his parents having connections to the game of tennis, they did not pressure him to play the sport. Junior career Īs a child, Shelton did not want to play tennis and, instead, played American football. He currently lives in Gainesville, Florida and graduated from Buchholz High School. Shelton was born in Atlanta, Georgia, as his father was the then-coach of Georgia Tech's women's tennis team. His mother, Lisa Witsken Shelton, was a highly-ranked junior tennis player, his uncle, Todd Witsken, was a professional tennis player and his sister, Emma, played college tennis at Florida. Shelton is the son of former professional tennis player and Florida Gators men's tennis coach, Bryan Shelton. In August 2022, Shelton announced he would be turning professional. The next week, he played in the Cincinnati Masters reaching the third round highlighted by a win over world No. He made his ATP debut in July 2022 at the Atlanta Open where he defeated Ramkumar Ramanathan. That same year, he was named the ITA National Player of the Year. 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. He played college tennis for the Florida Gators. Shelton won the 2016 USTA junior national championship in doubles. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No.
Shelton has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. Ben Shelton (born October 9, 2002) is an American professional tennis player.
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