Benjamin Todd Shelton[3] (born October 9, 2002) is an American professional tennis player.

The next week, he played in the Cincinnati Masters, reaching the third round, highlighted by a win over world No.

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.

"[2] 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.

[8] He won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-American Championships in the fall without dropping a set.

[8] Shelton was slated to return to Florida for his junior year in 2022–23 and said he wanted to complete his finance degree.

[16][17] He announced that he would be represented by agent Alessandro Sant Albano, who is a part of Roger Federer's TEAM8 management firm.

[2] He also received a wildcard to appear in the main draw for his Grand Slam debut at the US Open on August 14.

[18] He lost in the first round, in five sets, to Nuno Borges while also recording the second fastest serve of the US Open tournament at 149 miles per hour (240 km/h) in this match.

After winning his third straight title at the Champaign–Urbana Challenger, he debuted in the top 100 of the rankings ending the year at world No.

97 on November 21, 2022 and became the youngest player in ATP Challenger Tour history to win three titles in three weeks.

[21][22] On his debut at the 2023 Australian Open, Shelton reached the fourth round, with wins against Zhang Zhizhen, Nicolás Jarry, and Alexei Popyrin.

His struggles continued at the Mexican Open, where he once again fell in the first round, this time to the fourth-seeded Holger Rune, in a match that stretched to three sets.

At the 2023 US Open Shelton made it to his first Grand Slam semifinal,[28] where he lost in straight sets to second seed and eventual champion Novak Djokovic.

[30] He reached his maiden final and won his maiden title at the 2023 Japan Open Tennis Championships defeating qualifier Taro Daniel, Jordan Thompson, fifth seed Tommy Paul, qualifier Marcos Giron and Aslan Karatsev.

[31] He became the sixth first-time ATP champion in the season and as a result reached the top 15 in the singles rankings on October 23, 2023.

Next he defeated fourth seed Tomás Martín Etcheverry to reach his first clay court final.

He won his second career title and first on clay becoming the youngest champion since Andy Roddick in 2002, defeating third seed Frances Tiafoe in the first African-American men’s singles tennis final in the Open Era.

[40] At the 2024 Cincinnati Open he reached the round of 16 for the second time at the tournament, saving a match point against Tomás Martín Etcheverry.

On day one, Shelton partnered Taylor Fritz to defeat Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz of Team Europe.

On the third day, Shelton defeated Daniil Medvedev, before losing to the doubles team of Alcaraz and Ruud.

Shelton's played a total of 5 matches, more than any other Laver Cup participant, and earned 6 points, more than anyone on Team World.

In his final match of the tournament, Shelton lost to defending champion Jannik Sinner in the semifinals in three sets.