Taylor Harry Fritz and Tommy Paul will play each other in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Harry Fritz who should win in 3 sets.
Taylor Harry Fritz -> 1.65
Tommy Paul -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Tommy Paul
This will be the 4th time that Taylor Harry Fritz and Tommy Paul play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Paul (see full H2H stats), but Fritz has a winning record of 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Fritz won 6-1 3-0 ret. in the quarter in the Champaign Challenger back in 2017.
Taylor Harry Fritz
Ranked no. 28, Taylor got to the 2nd round after beating Emil Ruusuvuori 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Fritz had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (6-1 6-4). During the match, Fritz scored 60 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 44. Taylor was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fritz recorded 11 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Taylor Harry Fritz lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Fritz put 59% of his first serves in, winning 83% (29/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Ruusuvuori 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Fritz has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (245-169). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fritz has an overall33-27 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Fritz’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Doha, Cagliari, Los Cabos, Atlanta and Indian Wells.
Fritz has an aggregate 27-19 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in St. Petersburg
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
Tommy Paul
Ranked no. 54, Paul got to the 2nd round after defeating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Paul had a good straight sets win against Martinez Portero (6-3 6-2). During the match Paul scored 65 points vs Martinez Portero’s 47. Tommy was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Paul blasted 8 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tommy Paul lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 60% of his first serves in, winning 82% (27/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Paul broke Martinez Portero 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Paul’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Parma.
The American has a composed 25-21 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in St. Petersburg
Tommy has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fritz | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 |
| Pts | 60-44 | 65-47 |
| Total Points | 104 | 112 |
| Winners | 29 | 27 |
| %Winners | 48% | 42% |
Both Fritz and Paul played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Fritz and Paul have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (17). Fritz scored 29 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Tommy struck 27 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fritz | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 8 |
| 1st in | 35/59 | 33/55 |
| %1st in | 59% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 27/33 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 10/22 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 45% |
Fritz recorded 11 aces . Paul fired 8 aces . Fritz won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fritz | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 67% | 40% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 83% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Taylor lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Paul conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fritz | |||
| R1 Ruusuvuori | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-44 | 60-44 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/59 | 35/59 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 29/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 10/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Paul | |||
| R1 Martinez Portero | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 65-47 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/55 | 33/55 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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- Andrey RublevRublev – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Pablo AndujarAndujar (2-6 6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- John MillmanMillman – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Tommy PaulPaul (1-2) – H2H and prediction