Jannik Sinner and Frances Tiafoe will face off in the semifinal of the Erste Bank Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.3
Frances Tiafoe -> 3.82
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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Frances Tiafoe
This will be the 3rd time that Jannik Sinner and Frances Tiafoe fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Sinner won 3-4(4) 4-2 4-2 4-2 in the R in Next gen atp finals back in 2019.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs Frances Tiafoe – Next gen atp finals 05-November-2019
Jannik Sinner
Ranked no. 11 (career-high), Jannik got to the semifinal after defeating Reilly Opelka 6-4 6-2, Dennis Novak 6-4 6-2 and Casper Ruud 7-5 6-1.
In the quarter, Sinner had a good straight sets win against Ruud (7-5 6-1). During the match, Sinner scored 71 points vs Ruud’s 55. Sinner was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sinner blasted 10 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Jannik Sinner lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sinner put 68% of his first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Jannik broke Ruud 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jannik started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Sinner has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 67% of his matches (158-78). 13-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sinner has a compiled56-15 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Melbourne where he defeated Stefano Travaglia in the final 7-6(4) 6-4 and in in Washington where he overcame Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 7-5 4-6 7-5 and in in Sofia where he defeated Gael Monfils in the final 6-3 6-4 and in in Antwerp where he beat Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 6-2 6-2.
The Italian has a compiled 45-18 win-loss record in 2021, 13-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Vienna
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2020. See his history.
Frances Tiafoe
Ranked no. 49, the American got to the semifinal after beating Alex Molcan 6-4 3-6 6-1, Lucas Miedler 6-75 6-4 6-3, Dusan Lajovic 6-4 6-4, Stefanos Tsitsipas 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-4 7-66.
In the quarter, Tiafoe had a good straight sets win against Schwartzman (6-4 7-66). During the match Tiafoe scored 83 points vs Schwartzman’s 74. Francis was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Tiafoe struck 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. Tiafoe broke Schwartzman 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francis started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Nottingham 1 Challenger where he beat Denis Kudla in the final 6-1 6-3.
Francis has an aggregate 37-24 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Vienna
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sinner | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 129 |
| Pts | 185-139 | 424-377 |
| Total Points | 324 | 801 |
| Winners | 87 | 177 |
| %Winners | 47% | 42% |
Sinner played 3 matches while Tiafoe competed in 5 matches. Tiafoe started his run from the qualifications while Sinner had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Frances Tiafoe lost 3 sets while Jannik Sinner hasn’t lost a set so far. Sinner has played 7 set(s) less than Tiafoe (6 vs 13). Therefore, Sinner played 74 games less than Tiafoe. Jannik scored 87 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 177 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sinner | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 31 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 6.2 |
| 1st in | 108/163 | 241/392 |
| %1st in | 66% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 87/108 | 177/241 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 29/55 | 88/151 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 58% |
Sinner managed to score 13 aces (4.3 per match). Tiafoe struck 31 aces (6.2 per match). Sinner won 81% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Tiafoe won 73% of the points behind 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 | Sinner | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 18 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 18/40 |
| % Converted | 52% | 45% |
| Conceded | 11 | 25 |
| Saved | 10 | 15 |
| % Saved | 91% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 10 |
Sinner broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded. Tiafoe broke his opponents 18 times with a 45% conversion rate. Francis conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sinner | |||||
| R1 Opelka |
R2 Novak |
1/4 Ruud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 19 | 55 | |
| pts | 56-36 | 58-48 | 71-55 | 185-139 | |
| Total points | 92 | 106 | 126 | 324 | |
| Winners | 27 | 28 | 32 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | 45% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/42 | 37/59 | 42/62 | 108/163 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 63% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 27/29 | 28/37 | 32/42 | 87/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 76% | 76% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 12/22 | 8/20 | 29/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 55% | 40% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/5 | 5/12 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 60% | 42% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/6 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 80% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tiafoe | |||||||
| Q1 Molcan |
Q3 Miedler |
R1 Lajovic |
R2 Tsitsipas |
1/4 Schwartzman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | 6-75 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 32 | 20 | 28 | 23 | 129 | |
| pts | 83-75 | 104-91 | 71-58 | 83-79 | 83-74 | 424-377 | |
| Total points | 158 | 195 | 129 | 162 | 157 | 801 | |
| Winners | 32 | 50 | 30 | 36 | 29 | 177 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 48% | 42% | 43% | 35% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 7 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 43/81 | 64/96 | 38/55 | 51/82 | 45/78 | 241/392 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 67% | 69% | 62% | 58% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 50/64 | 30/38 | 36/51 | 29/45 | 177/241 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 78% | 79% | 71% | 64% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 21/32 | 9/17 | 22/31 | 15/33 | 88/151 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 66% | 53% | 71% | 45% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/8 | 3/11 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 18/40 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 38% | 27% | 60% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 25 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 3/5 | 5/9 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 75% | 60% | 56% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLWLLW Tennis Scores in Vienna
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Casper RuudRuud (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-1 6-72 7-65) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Casper RuudRuud (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
