Taylor Fritz prevails over Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in Rhone on Thursday. Fritz is going to play against Daniel Altmaier in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Fritz added to his prize money € 9,600 after winning this match. He has already won € 22,890 after this win. If he wins the next match, Taylor will add € 16,615 to his earnings to get in total € 39,505 in total.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert Grand Prix Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes – Lyon
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:34
At the end of the match, the American scored 74 points vs. the French player’s 53.
Fritz
Fritz served extremely well to win 83% of the points (29/35) behind his first serve, and he won 76% points (13/17) on his second serve. Fritz won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Herbert
On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Herbert is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Daniel Altmaier – stats
Fritz will play Altmaier in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Taylor Fritz and Daniel Altmaier face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Altmaier (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Altmaier won 7-5 3-6 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2025.
Live score progression and stats
Fritz was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Taylor reinforced his lead after breaking the French player in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.
The American converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Taylor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. Taylor was the one to win the set after conquering 17 points more than Herbert (34-17). Taylor was incredibly sharp on serve to drop not even a single point during his serving games (16-0). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 18 points on serve (17-18).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Fritz conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Fritz was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Fritz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 70 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 2 more points than the French player (36-34). Fritz lost 8 points on serve (22-8). On the other side, Pierre-Hugues conceded 14 points on serve (26-14).
Tennis Scores in Rhone
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Borna GojoGojo (6-3 6-4)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-2 7-5)
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Valentin VacherotVacherot (2-6 6-4 6-4)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-74 6-3)
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Felix BalshawBalshaw (6-4 6-4)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Moise KouameKouame (6-4 6-4)
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