Taylor Harry Fritz and Nick Kyrgios will face off in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 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 Nick Kyrgios who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nick Kyrgios is the pick to win this match.
Nick Kyrgios -> 1.63
Taylor Harry Fritz -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Harry Fritz vs. Nick Kyrgios
There is no head to head record between Taylor Harry Fritz and Nick Kyrgios since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Taylor Harry Fritz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|
Ranked no. 13, Fritz reached the 2nd round after beating Sebastian Baez 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, Fritz had a good straight sets win against Baez (6-1 6-1). During the match, Fritz scored 57 points vs Baez’s 28. Fritz was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fritz bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Taylor Harry Fritz was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Fritz broke Baez 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Fritz has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (285-185). 18-6 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Fritz has an overall172-98 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Indian Wells where he overcame Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 7-6(5) and in in Eastbourne where he defeated Maxime Cressy in the final 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(4).
Fritz has a composed 33-13 win-loss record in 2022, 18-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Nick Kyrgios
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-10 | 23-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 12-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 23-15 | 18-9 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 28, Nick got to the 2nd round after defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kyrgios had a good straight sets win against Davidovich Fokina (7-5 6-4). During the match Kyrgios scored 81 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s 66. Kyrgios was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Kyrgios struck 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nick Kyrgios was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (37/51) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Davidovich Fokina 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Washington where he defeated Yoshihito Nishioka in the final 6-4 6-3.
The Australian has a composed 31-8 win-loss record in 2022, 17-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fritz | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 22 |
| Pts | 57-28 | 81-66 |
| Total Points | 85 | 147 |
| Winners | 20 | 37 |
| %Winners | 35% | 46% |
Both Fritz and Kyrgios played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Fritz and Kyrgios have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Fritz played 8 games less than Kyrgios. Taylor scored 20 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Kyrgios made 37 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fritz | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 10 |
| 1st in | 25/39 | 51/73 |
| %1st in | 64% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 37/51 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 12/22 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 55% |
Fritz made 4 aces . Kyrgios scored 10 aces . Fritz won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Kyrgios won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fritz | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 45% | 75% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Fritz broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Taylor extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Nick broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Nick conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fritz | |||
| R1 Baez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 57-28 | 57-28 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/39 | 25/39 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 20/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyrgios | |||
| R1 Davidovich Fokina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 81-66 | 81-66 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/73 | 51/73 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 37/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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