Frances Tiafoe tops Taylor Fritz 6-4 6-4 in the final in Halle on Sunday in what was an all-American match. The match lasted 1 hour and 7 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Tiafoe added € 223,205 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 483,145 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Taylor Fritz Terra Wortmann Open – Halle
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:07
At the end of the match, Tiafoe scored 58 points vs. Fritz’s 47.
Tiafoe
Tiafoe served exceptionally well to win 91% of the points (32/35) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (8/12) on his second serve. Tiafoe won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.
Fritz
On the other side, Taylor wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Fritz is 2-7 for Taylor.
This was the 5th career title for Tiafoe. He won the previous title in Stuttgart. (see list of titles and finals). Fritz remains with 12th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Tiafoe clinched in the 7th game (4-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Frances missed the opportunity to break Taylor in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Fritz lost the 7th game (4-3) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.
Frances converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Frances didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 62 points. Tiafoe won 8 more points than Taylor (35-27). Frances was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). On the losing side, Fritz conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).
Tiafoe had a strong start of this set after breaking Taylor Fritz in the 2nd game (2-0). Tiafoe extended his lead after breaking Taylor before conquering the set (6-4).
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Furthermore, on the other side, Tiafoe didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tiafoe won just 3 more points than Fritz (23-20). Frances was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). On the other side, Taylor conceded 3 points on serve (17-3).
