Frances Tiafoe and Viktor Troicki will square off in the 2nd round of the cinch Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.36
Viktor Troicki -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Viktor Troicki
This will be the 2nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Viktor Troicki clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Troicki (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Troicki won 7-5 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2015.
Frances Tiafoe
Ranked no. 65, Tiafoe got to the 2nd round after defeating Aljaz Bedene 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Bedene, Francis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Tiafoe scored 93 points vs Bedene’s 85. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tiafoe managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Frances Tiafoe was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (41/56) of his 1st serve and 62% (23/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Francis broke Bedene twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Tiafoe has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (241-172). 6-0 on grass in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Tiafoe has an aggregate15-11 match record in the last 8 years on grass.
Tiafoe’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Nottingham 1 Challenger.
Francis has an aggregate 17-12 win-loss record in 2021, 6-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in London
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See his history.
Viktor Troicki
Ranked no. 230, Troicki got to the 2nd round after defeating Lucas Pouille 6-4 6-75 6-4, Alejandro Tabilo 6-4 6-3 and Lorenzo Sonego 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Sonego (6-4 6-4). During the match Troicki scored 68 points vs Sonego’s 51. Troicki was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Troicki made 5 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Viktor Troicki was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Serbian broke Sonego twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Viktor has an aggregate 10-9 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Troicki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 72 |
| Pts | 93-85 | 235-207 |
| Total Points | 178 | 442 |
| Winners | 41 | 114 |
| %Winners | 44% | 49% |
Tiafoe played 1 match while Troicki competed in 3 matches. Troicki started his run from the qualifications while Tiafoe had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Frances Tiafoe dropped 1 set, while Viktor Troicki conceded 1 set. Tiafoe has played 4 set(s) less than Troicki (3 vs 7). Therefore, Tiafoe played 43 games less than Troicki. Tiafoe scored 41 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Serbian recorded 114 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Troicki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 9.7 |
| 1st in | 56/93 | 150/220 |
| %1st in | 60% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 41/56 | 114/150 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 40/70 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 57% |
Tiafoe recorded 11 aces . Troicki blasted 29 aces (9.7 per match). Tiafoe won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Troicki won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Troicki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 8 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 8/16 |
| % Converted | 29% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 83% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Tiafoe dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | |||
| R1 Bedene |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 93-85 | 93-85 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 56/93 | 56/93 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 41/56 | 41/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 23/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Troicki | |||||
| Q1 Pouille |
Q3 Tabilo |
R1 Sonego |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-75 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 19 | 20 | 72 | |
| pts | 102-101 | 65-55 | 68-51 | 235-207 | |
| Total points | 203 | 120 | 119 | 442 | |
| Winners | 53 | 30 | 31 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 46% | 46% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 15 | 9 | 5 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 69/100 | 43/67 | 38/53 | 150/220 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 64% | 72% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 53/69 | 30/43 | 31/38 | 114/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 70% | 82% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 14/24 | 11/15 | 40/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 58% | 73% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/4 | 2/6 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 100% | 250% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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