Frances Tiafoe and Denis Istomin will face off in the 3rd round of the the Newport Beach Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.28
Denis Istomin -> 3.50
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Denis Istomin
There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Denis Istomin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Frances Tiafoe
Ranked no. 50, Tiafoe got to the 3rd round after beating Alejandro Tabilo 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Tabilo (6-4 6-2). During the match Tiafoe scored 63 points vs Tabilo’s 41. Tiafoe was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Tiafoe blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Frances Tiafoe was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Tabilo 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Tiafoe has a negative record in the last 7 years having won 47% of his matches (331-293). 1-3 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tiafoe has a 172-139 record in the last 7 years on hard.
The American has a 1-3 win-loss record in 2020, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Newport Beach Challenger
The American didn’t compete in the Newport Beach Challenger in 2019.
Denis Istomin
Ranked no. 170, Denis got to the 3rd round after beating Sekou Bangoura 7-66 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Istomin had a good straight sets win against Bangoura (7-66 6-4). During the match Istomin scored 88 points vs Bangoura’s 80. Istomin was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Istomin blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Denis Istomin was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (41/57) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Istomin broke Bangoura twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Istomin has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (571-446). 3-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Istomin has a 248-246 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Uzbek has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Newport Beach Challenger
Denis didn’t compete in the Newport Beach Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Istomin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 23 |
| Pts | 63-41 | 88-80 |
| Total Points | 104 | 168 |
| Winners | 29 | 41 |
| %Winners | 46% | 47% |
Both Tiafoe and Istomin played 1 matche. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tiafoe and Istomin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tiafoe played 5 games less than Istomin. Francis scored 29 winners (46% on total points). On the other side, Istomin blasted 41 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Istomin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 34/44 | 57/75 |
| %1st in | 77% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 41/57 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 10/18 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 56% |
Tiafoe blasted 4 aces . Istomin blasted 2 aces . Tiafoe won 85% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Istomin won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Istomin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/9 |
| % Converted | 30% | 22% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Francis broke his opponent 3 times with 30% conversion rate. Francis was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Uzbek broke his opponent twice with 22% conversion rate. Denis conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | |||
| R2 Tabilo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 63-41 | 63-41 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/44 | 34/44 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
| Istomin | |||
| R2 Bangoura |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 88-80 | 88-80 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 57/75 | 57/75 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 41/57 | 41/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Newport Beach Challenger
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Donald YoungYoung (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis IstominIstomin – Sekou BangouraBangoura (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Jason JungJung (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-1 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Agustin VelottiVelotti (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Peter PolanskyPolansky (6-75 7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Michael RedlickiRedlicki – Marius CopilCopil (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Jc AragoneAragone – Andreas SeppiSeppi (6-2 7-62) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Emilio GomezGomez (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Brayden SchnurSchnur – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Denis IstominIstomin – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – See H2H details
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Jc AragoneAragone (0-1) – See H2H details
- Michael RedlickiRedlicki – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – See H2H details
- Brayden SchnurSchnur – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (0-1) – See H2H details
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-0) – See H2H details
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-0) – See H2H details
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – See H2H details
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Bradley KlahnKlahn (0-0) – See H2H details
