Taylor Fritz and Nick Kyrgios will fight against each other in the quarter of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on COLOSSEUM. 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 -> 1.72
Taylor Fritz -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Nick Kyrgios
This will be the 2nd time that Taylor Fritz and Nick Kyrgios clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Fritz won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in August 2022.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs Nick Kyrgios – Cincinnati 17-August-2022
Taylor Fritz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-19 | 18-9 | 15-7 | 2-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-24 | 35-11 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-21 | 24-8 | 5-3 | 9-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-22 | 20-13 | 4-5 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 11-9 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 11 (career-high), Taylor got to the quarter after defeating James Duckworth 6-2 6-72 6-1 and Hiroki Moriya 6-1 3-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Taylor defeated Moriya (6-1 3-6 6-4). During the match, Fritz scored 91 points vs Moriya’s 77. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fritz recorded 14 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Taylor Fritz lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Fritz put 59% of his first serves in, winning 72% (34/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Taylor broke Moriya 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 2 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Fritz has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (291-189). 22-8 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fritz has an overall176-100 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Indian Wells where he beat Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 7-6(5) and in Eastbourne where he defeated Maxime Cressy in the final 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(4).
Taylor has a compiled 39-17 win-loss record in 2022, 22-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
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. 20, Kyrgios got to the quarter after defeating Chun Hsin Tseng 6-3 6-1 and Kamil Majchrzak 3-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Majchrzak, Nick recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Kyrgios scored 81 points vs Majchrzak’s 63. Nick was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Kyrgios submerged his opponent with 22 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Nick Kyrgios was quite efficient on serve to win 84% (36/43) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nick broke Majchrzak 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nick has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Washington where he beat Yoshihito Nishioka in the final 6-4 6-3.
The Australian has a compiled 37-10 win-loss record in 2022, 23-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fritz | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 41 |
| Pts | 186-148 | 144-99 |
| Total Points | 334 | 243 |
| Winners | 84 | 61 |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% |
Both Fritz and Kyrgios played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Taylor Fritz surrendered 2 sets, while Nick Kyrgios surrendered 1 set. Fritz has played 1 set more than Kyrgios (6 vs 5). Therefore, Fritz played 13 games more than Kyrgios. Taylor scored 84 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Kyrgios struck 61 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fritz | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 38 | 31 |
| Avg per match | 19 | 15.5 |
| 1st in | 104/161 | 72/101 |
| %1st in | 65% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 84/104 | 61/72 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 25/57 | 19/29 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 66% |
Fritz fired 38 aces (19 per match). Kyrgios bagged 31 aces (15.5 per match). Fritz won 81% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Kyrgios won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fritz | Kyrgios |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 8/16 |
| % Converted | 53% | 50% |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Fritz broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Fritz conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Nick broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fritz | ||||
| R1 Duckworth |
R2 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-72 6-1 | 6-1 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 26 | 54 | |
| pts | 95-71 | 91-77 | 186-148 | |
| Total points | 166 | 168 | 334 | |
| Winners | 50 | 34 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 37% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 24 | 14 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 57/82 | 47/79 | 104/161 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 59% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 50/57 | 34/47 | 84/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 72% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/25 | 16/32 | 25/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 50% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/11 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 45% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Kyrgios | ||||
| R1 Hsin |
R2 Majchrzak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 3-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 25 | 41 | |
| pts | 63-36 | 81-63 | 144-99 | |
| Total points | 99 | 144 | 243 | |
| Winners | 25 | 36 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 22 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/40 | 43/61 | 72/101 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 70% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 36/43 | 61/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 84% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 11/18 | 19/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 61% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Sander Gille/Joran VliegenGille/Joran Vliegen – Matthew Ebden/Max PurcellEbden/Max Purcell (6-3 5-7 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mackenzie McDonald/Marcelo MeloMcDonald/Marcelo Melo – Daniel Evans/John PeersEvans/John Peers (6-2 6-75 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
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