Frances Tiafoe and Feliciano Lopez will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.102
Feliciano Lopez -> 6.9

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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Feliciano Lopez

This will be the 2^nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Feliciano Lopez clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lopez (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Lopez won 6-4 7-6(5) in the 1^st round in Antwerp back in 2018.

Frances Tiafoe

Ranked no. 15, Francis got to the 2^nd round after defeating Yoshihito Nishioka 7-6⁶ 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Francis had a good straight sets win against Nishioka (7-6⁶ 6-4). During the match, Tiafoe scored 79 points vs Nishioka’s 66. Francis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tiafoe blasted 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Frances Tiafoe was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (35/46) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tiafoe broke Nishioka twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Tiafoe has good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (310-214). 8-1 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Tiafoe has an overall 145-100 match record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Australia where he beat Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-2 0-0 ret..

Francis has an overall 9-2 win-loss record in 2023, 8-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Acapulco

Feliciano Lopez

Ranked no. 824, the Spaniard got to the 2^nd round after beating Christopher Eubanks 7-6³ 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Lopez had a good straight sets win against Eubanks (7-6³ 6-4). During the match Lopez scored 78 points vs Eubanks’s 67. Feliciano was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Lopez fired 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Feliciano Lopez was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (34/42) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Eubanks twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

The Spaniard has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Acapulco

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tiafoe	Lopez
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
Pts	79-66	78-67
Total Points	145	145
Winners	35	34
%Winners	44%	44%

Both Tiafoe and Lopez played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tiafoe and Lopez have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (23). Francis scored 35 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard bagged 34 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tiafoe	Lopez
Aces	9	11
Avg per match	9	11
1st in	46/67	42/72
%1st in	69%	58%
1st pts	35/46	34/42
%1st pts	76%	81%
2nd pts	15/21	16/30
%2nd pts	71%	53%

Tiafoe made 9 aces . Lopez recorded 11 aces . Tiafoe won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Lopez won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tiafoe	Lopez
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/8
% Converted	50%	25%
Conceded	2	8
Saved	1	7
% Saved	50%	88%
Times Broken	1	1

Tiafoe broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Francis lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Feliciano broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Feliciano conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.

Tiafoe
	R1 Nishioka	Total
Score	7-66 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	79-66	79-66
Total points	145	145
Winners	35	35
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	46/67	46/67
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	35/46	35/46
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	15/21	15/21
% 2nd pts	71%	71%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Lopez
	R1 Eubanks	Total
Score	7-63 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	78-67	78-67
Total points	145	145
Winners	34	34
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	42/72	42/72
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	34/42	34/42
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	16/30	16/30
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/8	2/8
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	7/8	7
Saved %	88%	88%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-0 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-7⁴ 6-0 7-5) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (6-4 4-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Michael MmohMmoh – Marcos GironGiron (7-6³ 6-1) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Emilio GomezGomez (6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Holger RuneRune – Ben SheltonShelton (6-7⁷ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Feliciano LopezLopez – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – John IsnerIsner (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-0 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Oscar OtteOtte (3-6 7-6(3) 2-1 ret. (Otte ret.)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Feliciano LopezLopez – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taro DanielDaniel – Casper RuudRuud (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Michael MmohMmoh – Tommy PaulPaul (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (2-5) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Oscar OtteOtte (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (2-0) – H2H and prediction