Frances Tiafoe and Juan Manuel Cerundolo will play each other in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:30 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.189
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 5

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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo

There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Juan Manuel Cerundolo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Frances Tiafoe

Frances Tiafoe

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Rank
30
High
10
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-23 13-13 11-7 1-1 1-2 0-0
2024 33-27 21-13 5-6 4-5 3-3 0-0
2023 40-21 21-10 8-4 4-5 7-2 0-0
2022 35-25 19-11 8-6 5-5 3-3 0-0
2021 42-27 19-13 4-7 10-4 9-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 31, Francis reached the 3rd round after beating Brandon Nakashima 3-6 7-65 6-4.

In the 2nd round against Nakashima, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-4).During the match, Tiafoe scored less points (10) than Nakashima. In fact, the world no. 31 won 82 points vs Nakashima’s. That means that Tiafoe was more focused during the important points. Francis was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tiafoe made 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 66% of his first serves in, winning 83% (49/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Francis broke Nakashima once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).

Tiafoe has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (269-191). 3-4 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tiafoe has a compiled121-92 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Francis has a composed 3-4 win-loss record in 2022, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Miami
Tiafoe's Record

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

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Rank
85
High
71
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 49-29 10-8 39-19 0-0 0-2 0-0
2024 46-28 0-3 46-25 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 41-32 4-2 37-28 0-0 0-2 0-0
2022 27-17 3-6 24-11 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 53-26 0-0 53-22 0-3 0-1 0-0
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Ranked no. 122, Manuel got to the 3rd round after beating Dusan Lajovic 6-3 7-5 and Kevin Anderson 7-67 3-6 6-3.

In the 2nd round, The Argentine defeated Anderson (7-67 3-6 6-3).During the match Manuel scored less points (3) than Anderson. In fact, the world no. 31 won 91 points vs Anderson’s. That means that Manuel was more focused during the important points. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Manuel scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Manuel put 76% of his first serves in, winning 68% (51/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. Juan broke Anderson twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Argentine has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Argentine has a composed 3-6 win-loss record in 2022, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Juan has never competed in this tournament before.

Miami
Manuel's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

F.Tiafoe
J.Manuel Cerundolo
2h:10
2h:10
Time on court​
!
3h:55
3h:55
!
2h:10
2h:10
Last match​
!
2h:18
2h:18
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
32
32
Games Played​
52
52
3
3
Set played​​
5
5
82
82
Total points​
164
164
82
82
Avg point​
82
82
49
49
Winners
80
80
49
49
Avg Winners​
40
40
60%
60%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
2
2
!
14
14
Avg Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0.5
0.5
49/59
49/59
1st won total​
80/116
80/116
!
83%
83%
1st won %
69%
69%
14/30
14/30
2nd won total​
24/40
24/40
47%
47%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
1/2
1/2
BP won
7/10
7/10
1/2
1/2
Avg BP won
3.5/5
3.5/5
50%
50%
Won
!
70%
70%
2
2
Conceded
14
14
2
2
Avg Conceded
7
7
1
1
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
1
1
Saved
10
10
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tiafoe Manuel
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 5
Tot Games 32 52
Pts 82-92 164-148
Total Points 174 312
Winners 49 80
%Winners 60% 49%

Tiafoe played 1 match while Manuel competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Frances Tiafoe lost 1 set, while Juan Manuel Cerundolo surrendered 1 set. Tiafoe has played 2 set(s) less than Manuel (3 vs 5). Therefore, Tiafoe played 20 games less than Manuel. Tiafoe scored 49 winners (60% of the total points). On the other side, Manuel scored 80 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tiafoe Manuel
Aces 14 2
Avg per match 14 1
1st in 59/89 116/156
%1st in 66% 74%
1st pts 49/59 80/116
%1st pts 83% 69%
2nd pts 14/30 24/40
%2nd pts 47% 60%

Tiafoe managed to score 14 aces . Manuel bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Tiafoe won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Manuel won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Tiafoe Manuel
Won 1 7
Converted 1/2 7/10
% Converted 50% 70%
Conceded 2 14
Saved 1 10
% Saved 50% 71%
Times Broken 1 4

Tiafoe broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Manuel broke his opponents 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Manuel conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Tiafoe
R2
Nakashima		 Total
Score 3-6 7-65 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 82-92 82-92
Total points 174 174
Winners 49 49
%Winners 60% 60%
SERVE
Aces 14 14
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 59/89 59/89
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 49/59 49/59
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 14/30 14/30
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/2 1/2
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Manuel
R1
Lajovic		 R2
Anderson		 Total
Score 6-3 7-5 7-67 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 21 31 52
pts 73-54 91-94 164-148
Total points 127 185 312
Winners 29 51 80
%Winners 40% 56% 49%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 2
Double Faults 1 0 1
1st in 41/57 75/99 116/156
% 1st in 72% 76% 74%
1st pts 29/41 51/75 80/116
% 1st pts 71% 68% 69%
2nd pts 10/16 14/24 24/40
% 2nd pts 63% 58% 60%
Breaks
Won 5 2 7
Converted 5/6 2/4 7/10
Converted % 83% 50% 70%
Conceded 8 6 14
Saved 6/8 4/6 10
Saved % 75% 67% 142%
Times Broken 2 2 4

Tennis Scores in Miami

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