Taylor Harry Fritz and Frances Tiafoe will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on John Cain Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Harry Fritz who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Harry Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Harry Fritz -> 1.44
Frances Tiafoe -> 2.875

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Frances Tiafoe

This will be the 4^th time that Taylor Harry Fritz and Frances Tiafoe clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Fritz (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Fritz won 7-6(6) 3-6 6-4 in the 1^st round in Paris back in 2019.

Taylor Harry Fritz

Ranked no. 22 (career-high), the American reached the 2^nd round after defeating Maximilian Marterer 7-6⁸ 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Taylor had a good straight sets win against Marterer (7-6⁸ 6-3 6-2). During the match, Fritz scored 103 points vs Marterer’s 72. Fritz was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Fritz managed to score 16 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Taylor Harry Fritz was quite efficient on serve to win 88% (44/50) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Fritz broke Marterer 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Fritz has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (255-173). 3-1 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fritz has an aggregate157-93 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

The American has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Frances Tiafoe

Ranked no. 34, Francis got to the 2^nd round after beating Marco Trungelliti 3-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Tiafoe had a tough win against Trungelliti to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (3-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3). During the match Tiafoe scored 141 points vs Trungelliti’s 134. Tiafoe was extremely aggressive to blast 69 winners.

Talking about serving, Tiafoe fired 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 61% of his first serves in, winning 78% (69/88) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (25/57) on the 2nd serve. Tiafoe broke Trungelliti 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Tiafoe has a compiled 1-2 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fritz	Tiafoe
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	5
Tot Games	30	45
Pts	103-72	141-134
Total Points	175	275
Winners	44	69
%Winners	43%	49%

Both Fritz and Tiafoe played 1 match. At the moment, Frances Tiafoe surrendered 2 sets while Taylor Harry Fritz hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Fritz has played 2 set(s) less than Tiafoe (3 vs 5). Therefore, Fritz played 15 games less than Tiafoe. The American scored 44 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 69 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fritz	Tiafoe
Aces	16	7
Avg per match	16	7
1st in	50/75	88/145
%1st in	67%	61%
1st pts	44/50	69/88
%1st pts	88%	78%
2nd pts	17/25	25/57
%2nd pts	68%	44%

Fritz recorded 16 aces . Tiafoe blasted 7 aces . Fritz won 88% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Tiafoe won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Fritz	Tiafoe
Won	5	4
Converted	5/8	4/12
% Converted	63%	33%
Conceded	3	6
Saved	2	3
% Saved	67%	50%
Times Broken	1	3

Fritz broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Francis broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Francis conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Fritz
	R1 Marterer	Total
Score	7-68 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	103-72	103-72
Total points	175	175
Winners	44	44
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	16	16
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	50/75	50/75
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	44/50	44/50
% 1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	17/25	17/25
% 2nd pts	68%	68%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Tiafoe
	R1 Trungelliti	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	45	45
pts	141-134	141-134
Total points	275	275
Winners	69	69
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	88/145	88/145
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	69/88	69/88
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	25/57	25/57
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	3/6	3
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	3	3

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