Frances Tiafoe and Mikael Ymer will clash against each other in the quarter of the Winston-Salem for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 3 sets.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.533
Mikael Ymer -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Mikael Ymer
This will be the 3rd time that Frances Tiafoe and Mikael Ymer square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Ymer won 6-4 5-7 6-1 in the 1st round in Auckland back in 2020.
Frances Tiafoe
Ranked no. 51, the American reached the quarter after beating Andy Murray 7-64 6-3 and Thiago Moura Monteiro 7-5 7-62.
In the 3rd round, Tiafoe had a good straight sets win against Moura Monteiro (7-5 7-62). During the match, Tiafoe scored 78 points vs Moura Monteiro’s 64. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tiafoe bagged 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Frances Tiafoe was very efficient on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tiafoe broke Moura Monteiro once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francis started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Tiafoe has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (251-180). 14-10 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tiafoe has an overall113-85 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in the Nottingham 1 Challenger where he beat Denis Kudla in the final 6-1 6-3.
The American has an overall 27-20 win-loss record in 2021, 14-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Mikael Ymer
Ranked no. 90, the Swede reached the quarter after beating Stefano Travaglia 6-2 1-6 6-2, Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3 6-1 and Max Purcell 7-5 6-2.
In the 3rd round, Mikael had a good straight sets win against Purcell (7-5 6-2). During the match Ymer scored 73 points vs Purcell’s 57. Ymer was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Ymer recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mikael Ymer lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Mikael broke Purcell 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swede started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Ymer has a composed 20-14 win-loss record in 2021, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Tiafoe | Ymer |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 3 |
Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
Tot Games | 47 | 59 |
Pts | 158-130 | 210-167 |
Total Points | 288 | 377 |
Winners | 65 | 87 |
%Winners | 41% | 41% |
Tiafoe played 2 matches while Ymer competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Mikael Ymer lost 1 set while Frances Tiafoe hasn’t conceded a set so far. Tiafoe has played 3 set(s) less than Ymer (4 vs 7). Therefore, Tiafoe played 12 games less than Ymer. Francis scored 65 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Ymer blasted 87 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Tiafoe | Ymer |
---|---|---|
Aces | 17 | 7 |
Avg per match | 8.5 | 2.3 |
1st in | 80/142 | 133/204 |
%1st in | 56% | 65% |
1st pts | 65/80 | 87/133 |
%1st pts | 81% | 65% |
2nd pts | 41/62 | 34/71 |
%2nd pts | 66% | 48% |
Tiafoe blasted 17 aces (8.5 per match). Ymer recorded 7 aces (2.3 per match). Tiafoe won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Ymer won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Tiafoe | Ymer |
---|---|---|
Won | 3 | 15 |
Converted | 3/11 | 15/25 |
% Converted | 27% | 60% |
Conceded | 6 | 15 |
Saved | 5 | 8 |
% Saved | 83% | 53% |
Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Tiafoe broke his opponents 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The American lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Swede broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. Ymer conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
Tiafoe | ||||
R2 Murray | R3 Moura Monteiro | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-64 6-3 | 7-5 7-62 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 25 | 47 | |
pts | 80-66 | 78-64 | 158-130 | |
Total points | 146 | 142 | 288 | |
Winners | 28 | 37 | 65 | |
%Winners | 35% | 47% | 41% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 3 | 14 | 17 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
1st in | 37/74 | 43/68 | 80/142 | |
% 1st in | 50% | 63% | 56% | |
1st pts | 28/37 | 37/43 | 65/80 | |
% 1st pts | 76% | 86% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 24/37 | 17/25 | 41/62 | |
% 2nd pts | 65% | 68% | 66% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Converted | 2/8 | 1/3 | 3/11 | |
Converted % | 25% | 33% | 27% | |
Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Saved | 3/4 | 2/2 | 5 | |
Saved % | 75% | 100% | 88% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ymer | |||||
R1 Travaglia | R2 Ramos-Vinolas | R3 Purcell | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 1-6 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 23 | 16 | 20 | 59 | |
pts | 79-70 | 58-40 | 73-57 | 210-167 | |
Total points | 149 | 98 | 130 | 377 | |
Winners | 26 | 30 | 31 | 87 | |
%Winners | 33% | 52% | 42% | 41% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
1st in | 48/79 | 40/54 | 45/71 | 133/204 | |
% 1st in | 61% | 74% | 63% | 65% | |
1st pts | 26/48 | 30/40 | 31/45 | 87/133 | |
% 1st pts | 54% | 75% | 69% | 65% | |
2nd pts | 16/31 | 6/14 | 12/26 | 34/71 | |
% 2nd pts | 52% | 43% | 46% | 48% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
Converted | 6/13 | 4/5 | 5/7 | 15/25 | |
Converted % | 46% | 80% | 71% | 60% | |
Conceded | 9 | 1 | 5 | 15 | |
Saved | 4/9 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 8 | |
Saved % | 44% | 100% | 60% | 102% | |
Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Tennis Scores in Salem Open
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-3 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-5 7-62) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Max PurcellPurcell (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikael YmerYmer – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H and prediction