Dusan Lajovic and Frances Tiafoe will play each other in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 8:30 pm on Grandstand. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.59
Dusan Lajovic -> 2.42

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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Frances Tiafoe

This will be the 3rd time that Dusan Lajovic and Frances Tiafoe fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Tiafoe won 6-3 7-6(6) in the 1st round in Antwerp back in 2020.

Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs Dusan Lajovic – Antwerp 19-October-2020

Dusan Lajovic

Ranked no. 26, the Serbian reached the 3rd round after defeating Ernesto Escobedo 6-2 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Lajovic had a good straight sets win against Escobedo (6-2 6-3). During the match Lajovic scored 60 points vs Escobedo’s 40. The Serbian was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lajovic managed to score 6 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Dusan Lajovic was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Serbian broke Escobedo 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Lajovic has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (304-260). 5-5 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajovic has a 84-78 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Lajovic has a 6-7 win-loss record in 2021, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2014 and 2019. See his history.

Miami
Lajovic's Record

Frances Tiafoe

Ranked no. 58, the American got to the 3rd round after beating Stefano Travaglia 5-7 6-4 6-2 and Daniel Evans 6-75 6-3 6-3.

In the 2nd round against Evans, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-3). During the match Tiafoe scored 107 points vs Evans’s 92. Francis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about serving, Tiafoe blasted 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 67% of his first serves in, winning 78% (50/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Evans 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Francis has a 8-6 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Miami
Tiafoe's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Lajovic Tiafoe
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 6
Tot Games 17 61
Pts 60-40 203-183
Total Points 100 386
Winners 21 90
%Winners 35% 44%

Lajovic played 1 match while Tiafoe competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Frances Tiafoe surrendered 2 sets while Dusan Lajovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Lajovic has played 4 set(s) less than Tiafoe (2 vs 6). Therefore, Lajovic played 44 games less than Tiafoe. Dusan scored 21 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Tiafoe struck 90 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Lajovic Tiafoe
Aces 6 15
Avg per match 6 7.5
1st in 27/42 121/196
%1st in 64% 62%
1st pts 21/27 90/121
%1st pts 78% 74%
2nd pts 12/15 39/75
%2nd pts 80% 52%

Lajovic struck 6 aces . Tiafoe bagged 15 aces (7.5 per match). Lajovic won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Tiafoe won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Lajovic Tiafoe
Won 4 8
Converted 4/6 8/16
% Converted 67% 50%
Conceded 2 11
Saved 2 8
% Saved 100% 73%
Times Broken 0 3

Lajovic broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Serbian pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajovic
R2
Escobedo		 Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 60-40 60-40
Total points 100 100
Winners 21 21
%Winners 35% 35%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 27/42 27/42
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 21/27 21/27
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 12/15 12/15
% 2nd pts 80% 80%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 4/6
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Tiafoe
R1
Travaglia		 R2
Evans		 Total
Score 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-75 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 30 31 61
pts 96-91 107-92 203-183
Total points 187 199 386
Winners 40 50 90
%Winners 42% 47% 44%
SERVE
Aces 5 10 15
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 57/100 64/96 121/196
% 1st in 57% 67% 62%
1st pts 40/57 50/64 90/121
% 1st pts 70% 78% 74%
2nd pts 24/43 15/32 39/75
% 2nd pts 56% 47% 52%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/8 4/8 8/16
Converted % 50% 50% 50%
Conceded 7 4 11
Saved 5/7 3/4 8
Saved % 71% 75% 146%
Times Broken 2 1 3

Tennis Scores in Miami

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