Taylor Harry Fritz and Aljaz Bedene will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sardegna Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Harry Fritz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Harry Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Harry Fritz -> 1.76
Aljaz Bedene -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Aljaz Bedene
This will be the 2nd time that Taylor Harry Fritz and Aljaz Bedene face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bedene (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bedene won 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2020.
Taylor Harry Fritz
Ranked no. 30, the American reached the quarter after defeating Andrej Martin 6-2 7-64.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Martin (6-2 7-64). During the match Fritz scored 75 points vs Martin’s 65. Fritz was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fritz made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Taylor Harry Fritz lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Fritz put 55% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Martin 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Fritz has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (253-161). 1-0 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fritz has a 40-28 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Taylor’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Doha.
Fritz has a 10-5 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cagliari
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Aljaz Bedene
Ranked no. 58, the Slovenian got to the quarter after beating Giulio Zeppieri 1-6 7-5 7-63 and Egor Gerasimov 6-4 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The Slovenian had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (6-4 7-65). During the match Bedene scored 76 points vs Gerasimov’s 75. Aljaz was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Bedene fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Aljaz Bedene lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bedene put 61% of his first serves in, winning 72% (31/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Aljaz broke Gerasimov 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovenian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
Bedene has a 8-5 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fritz | Bedene |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 55 |
| Pts | 75-65 | 174-173 |
| Total Points | 140 | 347 |
| Winners | 28 | 58 |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% |
Fritz played 1 match while Bedene competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Aljaz Bedene lost 1 set while Taylor Harry Fritz hasn’t lost a set so far. Fritz has played 3 set(s) less than Bedene (2 vs 5). Therefore, Fritz played 34 games less than Bedene. Fritz scored 28 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovenian fired 58 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fritz | Bedene |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 41/75 | 82/166 |
| %1st in | 55% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 58/82 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 44/84 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 52% |
Fritz bagged 2 aces . Bedene managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Fritz won 68% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Bedene won 71% of the points behind 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 | Fritz | Bedene |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/15 |
| % Converted | 63% | 40% |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 63% | 30% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
Taylor broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Taylor conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovenian broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Bedene conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 30% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fritz | |||
| R2 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 75-65 | 75-65 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/75 | 41/75 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 15/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Bedene | ||||
| R1 Zeppieri |
R2 Gerasimov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-5 7-63 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 23 | 55 | |
| pts | 98-98 | 76-75 | 174-173 | |
| Total points | 196 | 151 | 347 | |
| Winners | 27 | 31 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 41% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 39/95 | 43/71 | 82/166 | |
| % 1st in | 41% | 61% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 31/43 | 58/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 72% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/56 | 13/28 | 44/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 46% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/8 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 38% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 33% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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