Taylor Harry Fritz and Steve Johnson will play each other in the quarter of the Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on GRANDSTAND CALIENTE. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Harry Fritz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Harry Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Harry Fritz -> 1.46
Steve Johnson -> 2.89
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Steve Johnson
This will be the 5th time that Taylor Harry Fritz and Steve Johnson play each other. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Fritz won 6-4 7-6(4) 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 in the 2nd round in at the Wimbledon back in July 2021.
Highlights Taylor Harry Fritz vs Steve Johnson – Wimbledon 01-July-2021
Taylor Harry Fritz
Ranked no. 37, Fritz got to the quarter after beating Illya Marchenko 6-1 6-79 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Fritz defeated Marchenko (6-1 6-79 7-5). During the match, Fritz scored 115 points vs Marchenko’s 93. Taylor was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fritz bagged 15 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Taylor Harry Fritz was very effective on serve to win 84% (43/51) of his 1st serve and 61% (25/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Taylor broke Marchenko 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Fritz has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (259-167). 10-5 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Fritz has an aggregate155-86 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Doha and Cagliari.
The American has a composed 16-11 win-loss record in 2021, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Los Cabos
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2019. See his history.
Steve Johnson
Ranked no. 83, the American got to the quarter after defeating Gerardo Lopez Villasenor 7-64 6-2 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-64 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Steve had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (7-64 6-3). During the match Johnson scored 72 points vs Uchiyama’s 64. Steve was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Johnson struck 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Steve Johnson was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Uchiyama twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Johnson started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Steve has an aggregate 5-8 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fritz | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 43 |
| Pts | 115-93 | 152-131 |
| Total Points | 208 | 283 |
| Winners | 43 | 57 |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% |
Fritz played 1 match while Johnson competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Taylor Harry Fritz surrendered 1 set while Steve Johnson hasn’t conceded a set so far. Fritz has played 1 set(s) less than Johnson (3 vs 4). Therefore, Fritz played 11 games less than Johnson. Fritz scored 43 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Johnson blasted 57 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fritz | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 13 |
| 1st in | 51/92 | 67/132 |
| %1st in | 55% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 43/51 | 57/67 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 25/41 | 38/65 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 58% |
Fritz fired 15 aces . Johnson recorded 26 aces (13 per match). Fritz won 84% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Johnson won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fritz | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 38% | 33% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 60% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Fritz broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Taylor dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Steve conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fritz | |||
| R2 Marchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-79 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 115-93 | 115-93 | |
| Total points | 208 | 208 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 51/92 | 51/92 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 43/51 | 43/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/41 | 25/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Johnson | ||||
| R1 Lopez Villasenor |
R2 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 43 | |
| pts | 80-67 | 72-64 | 152-131 | |
| Total points | 147 | 136 | 283 | |
| Winners | 30 | 27 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 11 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 35/66 | 32/66 | 67/132 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 48% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 27/32 | 57/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 84% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 22/34 | 38/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 65% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/7 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 29% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 142% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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