Frances Tiafoe and Sebastian Korda will play each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on Grand Stand. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Korda who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Korda is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Korda -> 1.74
Frances Tiafoe -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Sebastian Korda
This will be the 4th time that Frances Tiafoe and Sebastian Korda square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Tiafoe won 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4 in the semifinal in Estoril back in April 2022.
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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. 25, Tiafoe got to the 2nd round after beating Matteo Berrettini 7-63 4-6 7-65.
In the 1st round, Francis defeated Berrettini (7-63 4-6 7-65). During the match, Tiafoe scored 120 points vs Berrettini’s 112. Tiafoe was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tiafoe struck 16 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Frances Tiafoe was quite efficient on serve to win 83% (48/58) of his 1st serve and 66% (31/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once.
Tiafoe has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (287-204). 10-8 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tiafoe has an overall128-96 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Francis’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Estoril.
Tiafoe has a compiled 21-17 win-loss record in 2022, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Sebastian Korda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-19 | 17-9 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-16 | 18-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 13-9 | 8-6 | 12-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 12-8 | 6-5 | 13-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 52, Korda got to the 2nd round after defeating Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Khachanov (6-3 6-4). During the match Korda scored 68 points vs Khachanov’s 57. Korda was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Korda struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sebastian Korda lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Korda put 69% of his first serves in, winning 74% (35/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Sebastian broke Khachanov 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Korda’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Estoril.
Korda has an aggregate 21-15 win-loss record in 2022, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 19 |
| Pts | 120-112 | 68-57 |
| Total Points | 232 | 125 |
| Winners | 48 | 35 |
| %Winners | 40% | 51% |
Both Tiafoe and Korda played 1 match. At the moment, Frances Tiafoe conceded 1 set while Sebastian Korda hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tiafoe has played 1 set more than Korda (3 vs 2). Therefore, Tiafoe played 17 games more than Korda. Tiafoe scored 48 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Korda blasted 35 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 8 |
| 1st in | 58/105 | 47/68 |
| %1st in | 55% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 48/58 | 35/47 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 31/47 | 10/21 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 48% |
Tiafoe struck 16 aces . Korda struck 8 aces . Tiafoe won 83% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Korda won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 3 |
| Converted | 0/8 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 0% | 43% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Tiafoe hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Tiafoe surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Sebastian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | |||
| R1 Berrettini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 4-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 120-112 | 120-112 | |
| Total points | 232 | 232 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 58/105 | 58/105 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 48/58 | 48/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/47 | 31/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/8 | 0/8 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Korda | |||
| R1 Khachanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-57 | 68-57 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/68 | 47/68 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 35/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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