Roberto Bautista Agut and Taylor Harry Fritz will play each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on Kia Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roberto Bautista Agut who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roberto Bautista Agut is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Bautista Agut -> 1.86
Taylor Harry Fritz -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Taylor Harry Fritz
This will be the 7th time that Roberto Bautista Agut and Taylor Harry Fritz clash against each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Bautista-Agut (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bautista-Agut won 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in Monte carlo back in 2021.
Roberto Bautista Agut
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-12 | 6-6 | 7-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 9-7 | 8-8 | 2-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-20 | 17-9 | 7-3 | 9-6 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 14-10 | 7-7 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-8 | 13-4 | 4-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 18, Roberto got to the 3rd round after beating Stefano Travaglia 7-62 6-4 5-7 6-1 and Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1 6-0 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Bautista-Agut had a good straight sets win against Kohlschreiber (6-1 6-0 6-3). During the match, Bautista-Agut scored 85 points vs Kohlschreiber’s 46. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bautista-Agut struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Roberto Bautista Agut was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Roberto broke Kohlschreiber 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bautista-Agut started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Bautista-Agut has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (344-197). 6-1 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Bautista-Agut has an aggregate 161-83 record in the last years on hard.
Bautista-Agut has an overall 6-1 win-loss record in 2022, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Taylor Harry Fritz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|
Ranked no. 22 (career-high), Taylor got to the 3rd round after defeating Maximilian Marterer 7-68 6-3 6-2 and Frances Tiafoe 6-4 6-3 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Tiafoe (6-4 6-3 7-65). During the match Fritz scored 127 points vs Tiafoe’s 109. Fritz was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about serving, Fritz buried his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Taylor Harry Fritz was very efficient on serve to win 72% (55/76) of his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Tiafoe 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
The American has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019, 2020 and 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bautista-Agut | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 62 |
| Pts | 223-159 | 230-181 |
| Total Points | 382 | 411 |
| Winners | 89 | 99 |
| %Winners | 40% | 43% |
Both Bautista-Agut and Fritz played 2 matches. At the moment, Roberto Bautista Agut conceded 1 set while Taylor Harry Fritz hasn’t lost a set so far. Bautista-Agut has played 1 set more than Fritz (7 vs 6). Therefore, Bautista-Agut played 2 games more than Fritz. The Spaniard scored 89 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 99 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bautista-Agut | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 37 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 18.5 |
| 1st in | 126/179 | 126/195 |
| %1st in | 70% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 89/126 | 99/126 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 37/53 | 40/69 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 58% |
Bautista-Agut struck 8 aces (4 per match). Fritz blasted 37 aces (18.5 per match). Bautista-Agut won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Fritz won 79% 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 | Bautista-Agut | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 9 |
| Converted | 14/33 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 42% | 41% |
| Conceded | 9 | 11 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 56% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Bautista-Agut broke his opponents 14 times with a 42% conversion rate. Roberto dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Fritz broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bautista-Agut | ||||
| R1 Travaglia |
R2 Kohlschreiber |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 5-7 6-1 | 6-1 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 42 | 22 | 64 | |
| pts | 138-113 | 85-46 | 223-159 | |
| Total points | 251 | 131 | 382 | |
| Winners | 61 | 28 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 33% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 92/119 | 34/60 | 126/179 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 57% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 61/92 | 28/34 | 89/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 82% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/27 | 18/26 | 37/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 69% | 70% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Converted | 7/17 | 7/16 | 14/33 | |
| Converted % | 41% | 44% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Fritz | ||||
| R1 Marterer |
R2 Tiafoe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 32 | 62 | |
| pts | 103-72 | 127-109 | 230-181 | |
| Total points | 175 | 236 | 411 | |
| Winners | 44 | 55 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 16 | 21 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 50/75 | 76/120 | 126/195 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 44/50 | 55/76 | 99/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 72% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 23/44 | 40/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 52% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/14 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 29% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 6/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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