Matteo Berrettini and Frances Tiafoe will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Berrettini who should win in 2 sets.
Matteo Berrettini -> 1.444
Frances Tiafoe -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Berrettini vs. Frances Tiafoe
This will be the 2nd time that Matteo Berrettini and Frances Tiafoe face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Berrettini (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Berrettini won 6-3 7-6(1) in the 1st round in Rome back in 2018.
Matteo Berrettini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-17 | 10-9 | 4-3 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-13 | 7-6 | 15-1 | 8-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-12 | 9-10 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-12 | 15-9 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 9-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-12 | 14-5 | 13-4 | 3-2 | 11-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14, Matteo will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Carreno-Busta in the 1st round on the 9th of August.
The Italian has a composed 21-8 win-loss record in 2022, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in in Stuttgart where he defeated Andy Murray in the final 6-4 5-7 6-3 and in in London where he beat Filip Krajinovic in the final 7-5 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 269-132 record. He has a positive 114-56 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020 and 2021. See his history.
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. 24 (career-high), the American will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 5-7 6-1 6-4 to Fritz in the 2nd round on the 10th of August.
The American has a compiled 20-17 win-loss record in 2022, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tiafoe’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Estoril.
In terms of his career, Francis has an overall 286-204 record. He has a positive 127-96 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2017. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Maxime CressyCressy (6-2 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Andy MurrayMurray (9-12) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Fabio FogniniFognini (2-10) – H2H and prediction
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Daniel EvansEvans (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – David GoffinGoffin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – John IsnerIsner (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-1) – H2H and prediction