Felix Auger-Aliassime and Taylor Fritz will square off in the Round Robin of the the Nitto ATP Finals for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felix Auger-Aliassime who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felix Auger-Aliassime is the pick to win this match.
Felix Auger-Aliassime -> 1.77
Taylor Fritz -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Taylor Fritz
This will be the 2nd time that Felix Auger-Aliassime and Taylor Fritz fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Fritz won 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 in the R in Atp cup back in January 2022.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs Felix Auger-Aliassime – Atp cup 02-January-2022
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 20-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 23-19 | 13-13 | 1-3 | 9-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 60-27 | 14-9 | 11-7 | 31-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
2021 | 38-24 | 19-10 | 4-6 | 5-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
2020 | 23-19 | 8-8 | 1-3 | 14-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6 (career-high), Felix got to the Round Robin after defeating Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-4.
In the previous match, Felix had a good straight sets win against Nadal (6-3 6-4). During the match, Auger-Aliassime scored 70 points vs Nadal’s 59. Felix was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Auger-Aliassime struck 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Felix Auger-Aliassime conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Auger-Aliassime put 71% of his first serves in, winning 81% (39/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Nadal twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Auger-Aliassime has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (281-158). 28-6 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Auger-Aliassime has an aggregate65-32 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Rotterdam where he overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-4 6-2 and in Florence where he beat Jeff Wolf in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Antwerp where he overcame Sebastian Korda in the final 6-3 6-4 and in Basel where he overcame Holger Rune in the final 6-3 7-5.
Auger-Aliassime has an aggregate 57-26 win-loss record in 2022, 28-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nitto ATP Finals
The Canadian has never competed in this tournament before.
Taylor Fritz
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 33-12 | 11-5 | 13-6 | 1-0 | 8-1 | 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. 9, Taylor reached the Round Robin after defeating Rafael Nadal 7-63 6-1.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Indian Wells where he overcame Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 7-6(5) and in Eastbourne where he overcame Maxime Cressy in the final 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(4) and in Tokyo where he defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(2).
Fritz has a composed 44-20 win-loss record in 2022, 7-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Auger-Aliassime | Fritz |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 19 | 20 |
Pts | 70-59 | 70-57 |
Total Points | 129 | 127 |
Winners | 39 | 32 |
%Winners | 56% | 46% |
Both Auger-Aliassime and Fritz played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Auger-Aliassime and Fritz have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Auger-Aliassime played 1 game less than Fritz. Felix scored 39 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, Fritz blasted 32 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Auger-Aliassime | Fritz |
---|---|---|
Aces | 15 | 8 |
Avg per match | 15 | 8 |
1st in | 48/68 | 40/58 |
%1st in | 71% | 69% |
1st pts | 39/48 | 32/40 |
%1st pts | 81% | 80% |
2nd pts | 8/20 | 14/18 |
%2nd pts | 40% | 78% |
Auger-Aliassime made 15 aces . Fritz managed to score 8 aces . Auger-Aliassime won 81% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Fritz won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 78% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Auger-Aliassime | Fritz |
---|---|---|
Won | 2 | 2 |
Converted | 2/4 | 2/9 |
% Converted | 50% | 22% |
Conceded | 5 | 0 |
Saved | 5 | 0 |
% Saved | 100% | 0% |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Canadian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Auger-Aliassime quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. The American broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
Auger-Aliassime | ||||
Round Robin Nadal |
Round Robin Ruud |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-64 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 23 | 42 | |
pts | 70-59 | – | 70-59 | |
Total points | 129 | 0 | 129 | |
Winners | 39 | 39 | ||
%Winners | 56% | 0% | 56% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 15 | 0 | 15 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | ||
1st in | 48/68 | / | 48/68 | |
% 1st in | 71% | 0% | 71% | |
1st pts | 39/48 | / | 39/48 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 0% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 8/20 | / | 8/20 | |
% 2nd pts | 40% | 0% | 40% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 2 | 2 | ||
Converted | 2/4 | / | 2/4 | |
Converted % | 50% | 0% | 50% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | ||
Saved | 5/5 | 0/ | 5 | |
Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Fritz | ||||
Round Robin Ruud |
Round Robin Nadal |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 4-6 7-66 | 7-63 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 32 | 20 | 52 | |
pts | – | 70-57 | 70-57 | |
Total points | 0 | 127 | 127 | |
Winners | 32 | 32 | ||
%Winners | 0% | 46% | 46% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | ||
1st in | / | 40/58 | 40/58 | |
% 1st in | 0% | 69% | 69% | |
1st pts | / | 32/40 | 32/40 | |
% 1st pts | 0% | 80% | 80% | |
2nd pts | / | 14/18 | 14/18 | |
% 2nd pts | 0% | 78% | 78% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 2 | 2 | ||
Converted | / | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
Converted % | 0% | 22% | 22% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | ||
Saved | 0/ | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-3 6-711 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thanasi Kokkinakis/Nick KyrgiosKokkinakis/Nick Kyrgios – Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek (3-6 6-4 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Casper RuudRuud – Taylor FritzFritz (6-3 4-6 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Rafael NadalNadal (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marcelo Arevalo/Jean-Julien RojerArevalo/Jean-Julien Rojer – Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos (6-1 6-73 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Wesley Koolhof/Neal SkupskiKoolhof/Neal Skupski – Thanasi Kokkinakis/Nick KyrgiosKokkinakis/Nick Kyrgios (6-73 6-4 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrey RublevRublev – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-77 6-3 7-67) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikola Mektic/Mate PavicMektic/Mate Pavic – Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek (6-4 3-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury – Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos (6-3 6-78 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Taylor FritzFritz – Rafael NadalNadal (7-63 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri Heliovaara – Marcelo Arevalo/Jean-Julien RojerArevalo/Jean-Julien Rojer (7-5 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Rafael NadalNadal – Casper RuudRuud (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (4-7) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Andrey RublevRublev (6-5) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-1) – H2H and prediction