John Isner and Frances Tiafoe will face off in the quarter of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM 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 John Isner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, John Isner is the pick to win this match.
John Isner -> 1.82
Frances Tiafoe -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head John Isner vs. Frances Tiafoe
This will be the 3rd time that John Isner and Frances Tiafoe face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Isner (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Isner won 7-6(4) 7-5 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati back in 2017.
John Isner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9-14 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 9-9 | 7-4 | 3-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-13 | 18-7 | 5-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-10 | 9-8 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 30-18 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 27, Isner reached the quarter after beating Steve Johnson 6-71 7-64 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Johnson, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-71 7-64 6-3). During the match, Isner scored 119 points vs Johnson’s 106. John was pretty aggressive to blast 70 winners.
Talking about the service games, Isner submerged his opponent with 38 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. John Isner conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Isner put 76% of his first serves in, winning 88% (70/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Isner broke Johnson once after converting 8% of his break points (1/13).
Isner has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (299-186). 1-0 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Isner has an overall 51-33 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
John’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Dallas.
The American has a compiled 7-8 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 7-9 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 30, the American got to the quarter after beating Marcos Giron 6-4 6-4 and Pablo Cuevas 5-7 7-5 7-64.
In the 2nd round against Cuevas, Tiafoe recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 7-64). During the match Tiafoe and Cuevas scored the same amount of points (108). However, the world no. 27 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Tiafoe was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about serving, Tiafoe blasted 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 63% of his first serves in, winning 80% (51/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Tiafoe broke Cuevas 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tiafoe has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The American has a composed 6-5 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Isner | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 57 |
| Pts | 119-106 | 176-170 |
| Total Points | 225 | 346 |
| Winners | 70 | 77 |
| %Winners | 59% | 44% |
Isner played 1 match while Tiafoe competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. John Isner surrendered 1 set, while Frances Tiafoe dropped 1 set. Isner has played 2 set(s) less than Tiafoe (3 vs 5). Therefore, Isner played 22 games less than Tiafoe. John scored 70 winners (59% of the total points). On the other side, Tiafoe recorded 77 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Isner | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 38 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 38 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 80/105 | 101/173 |
| %1st in | 76% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 70/80 | 77/101 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 38/72 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 53% |
Isner bagged 38 aces . Tiafoe scored 15 aces (7.5 per match). Isner won 88% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Tiafoe won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Isner | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 6 |
| Converted | 1/13 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 8% | 43% |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The American broke his opponent once with a 8% conversion rate. Isner quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. Tiafoe broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Francis conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Isner | |||
| R2 Johnson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 119-106 | 119-106 | |
| Total points | 225 | 225 | |
| Winners | 70 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 59% | 59% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 38 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 80/105 | 80/105 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 70/80 | 70/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 11/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/13 | 1/13 | |
| Converted % | 8% | 8% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Tiafoe | ||||
| R1 Giron |
R2 Cuevas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 5-7 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 37 | 57 | |
| pts | 68-62 | 108-108 | 176-170 | |
| Total points | 130 | 216 | 346 | |
| Winners | 26 | 51 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 11 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/71 | 64/102 | 101/173 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 63% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 51/64 | 77/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 80% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/38 | 38/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/8 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 40% | 107% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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