Felix Auger Aliassime and Frances Tiafoe will square off in the 3rd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felix Auger Aliassime who should win in 3 sets.
Felix Auger Aliassime -> 1.44
Frances Tiafoe -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Felix Auger Aliassime vs. Frances Tiafoe
This will be the 2nd time that Felix Auger Aliassime and Frances Tiafoe square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Auger-Aliassime (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Auger-Aliassime won 4-6 6-2 7-6(6) 6-4 in the 4th round in at the U.S. Open back in 2021.
Highlights Felix Auger Aliassime vs Frances Tiafoe – U.S. Open 05-September-2021
Felix Auger Aliassime
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 41-28 | 18-9 | 21-14 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2017 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2016 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2015 | 8-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9 (career-high), Auger-Aliassime got to the 3rd round after beating Carlos Taberner 6-1 3-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Felix defeated Taberner (6-1 3-6 6-4). During the match, Auger-Aliassime scored 97 points vs Taberner’s 89. The Canadian was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Auger-Aliassime bagged 7 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Felix Auger Aliassime lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Auger-Aliassime put 64% of his first serves in, winning 75% (44/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (11/33) on the 2nd serve. Auger-Aliassime broke Taberner 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Auger-Aliassime has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (241-140). 2-2 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Auger-Aliassime has an overall97-50 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in in Rotterdam where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-4 6-2.
Felix has an aggregate 17-8 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Frances Tiafoe
| 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 |
Ranked no. 29, Tiafoe got to the 3rd round after beating Hugo Dellien 7-63 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Dellien (7-63 6-1). During the match Tiafoe scored 71 points vs Dellien’s 53. Francis was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Tiafoe bagged 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Frances Tiafoe was very efficient on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tiafoe broke Dellien 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Tiafoe has an overall 7-6 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Auger-Aliassime | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 20 |
| Pts | 97-89 | 71-53 |
| Total Points | 186 | 124 |
| Winners | 44 | 28 |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% |
Both Auger-Aliassime and Tiafoe played 1 match. At the moment, Felix Auger Aliassime dropped 1 set while Frances Tiafoe hasn’t conceded a set so far. Auger-Aliassime has played 1 set more than Tiafoe (3 vs 2). Therefore, Auger-Aliassime played 6 games more than Tiafoe. Felix scored 44 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Francis scored 28 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Auger-Aliassime | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 59/92 | 36/70 |
| %1st in | 64% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 28/36 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 11/33 | 20/34 |
| %2nd pts | 33% | 59% |
Auger-Aliassime scored 7 aces . Tiafoe managed to score 3 aces . Auger-Aliassime won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 33% 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 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Auger-Aliassime | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 38% |
| Conceded | 10 | 2 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 70% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Felix broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Canadian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Tiafoe broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Auger-Aliassime | |||
| R2 Taberner | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 97-89 | 97-89 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 59/92 | 59/92 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 44/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/33 | 11/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Tiafoe | |||
| R2 Dellien | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-53 | 71-53 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/70 | 36/70 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 28/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 20/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Federico CoriaCoria (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-1 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Hugo DellienDellien (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Casper RuudRuud (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lloyd HarrisHarris (1-1) – H2H and prediction