Alexander Zverev aces Frances Tiafoe 3-6 7-6(3) 6-1 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Paris on Saturday. Zverev will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Grigor Dimitrov in the 4th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 41 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Zverev added to his prize money € 98,000 after conquering this match. He has already won € 240,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zverev will add € 160,000 to his earnings to get in total € 400,000 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Frances Tiafoe French Open – Paris
Zverev’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
7-65
3h:41
At the end of the match, Zverev scored 149 points vs. Frances’s 127.
Zverev
Alexander fired 13 aces and he committed 10 double faults. Zverev won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.
Tiafoe
On the other side, Frances was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (5/10). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Tiafoe is 7-1 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats
Zverev will compete against Dimitrov in the 4th round.
This will be the 5th time that Alexander Zverev and Grigor Dimitrov face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Zverev won 6-4 3-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
Frances won the set after he broke Alexander in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The German was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Tiafoe was on the money in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. Frances was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the German (29-23). The American dropped 7 points on serve (17-7). On the other side, Zverev conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
Zverev conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Frances Tiafoe in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Alexander to win the set as Frances found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Alexander maintained his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 3.
Tiebreak
The German won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Tiafoe won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 3rd (2-1) point.
Alexander won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Zverev converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Frances was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (1-2 40-A).
They played 81 points. Alexander was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Frances (45-36). The German conceded 12 points on serve (26-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 19 points on serve (24-19).
Zverev had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Frances Tiafoe in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the German managed to stage a good comeback to break the American 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Tiafoe was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Alexander was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Frances converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 46 points. Alexander conquered the set after winning 16 more points than Tiafoe (31-15). Zverev conceded 12 points on serve (19-12). On the losing side, the American conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).
Zverev conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 8th (3-5) game, The German broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-5.
Tiebreak
Zverev won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the American won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Zverev converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Frances was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 40-A).
They contested 97 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zverev won just 3 points more than the American (50-47). Zverev surrendered 17 points on serve (30-17). On the losing side, the American conceded 20 points on serve (30-20).
Tennis Scores at the French Open
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-6 7-63 6-1 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Taylor FritzFritz (3-6 6-3 6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-4 6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 6-3 6-77 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (3-6 7-68 2-6 6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (4-6 6-4 6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-1 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-1 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (3-6 6-3 7-63 4-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-64 7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-4 6-1 3-6 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Fabio FogniniFognini (5-7 6-3 7-5 1-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Andrey RublevRublev (5-7 0-6 6-3 7-65 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-2 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (8-1) – H2H details and stats
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Casper RuudRuud (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (4-0) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H details and stats
