Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz will face off in the quarter of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.27
Taylor Fritz -> 3.78
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Taylor Fritz
There is no head to head record between Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Carlos Alcaraz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-4 | 13-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 65-12 | 26-6 | 25-3 | 2-3 | 12-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-13 | 21-4 | 27-4 | 6-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-19 | 15-8 | 22-7 | 10-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 39-7 | 10-0 | 29-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 the Spaniard got to the quarter after defeating Facundo Bagnis 6-0 6-2, Dusan Lajovic 6-0 7-65 and Tommy Paul 6-4 6-4.
In the 4th round, Alcaraz had a good straight sets win against Paul (6-4 6-4). During the match, Alcaraz scored 69 points vs Paul’s 55. Alcaraz was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alcaraz fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Carlos Alcaraz was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Carlos broke Paul twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Carlos hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Alcaraz has a fantastic match record in the last 6 years having won 78% of his matches (185-52). 9-0 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Alcaraz has a compiled58-14 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Buenos Aires where he defeated Cameron Norrie in the final 6-3 7-5 and in Indian Wells where he overcame Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-3 6-2.
The Spaniard has an overall 17-1 win-loss record in 2023, 9-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Taylor Fritz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-7 | 11-5 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 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. 10, Taylor got to the quarter after beating Emilio Nava 6-4 6-1, Denis Shapovalov 6-4 6-4 and Holger Rune 6-3 6-4.
In the 4th round, Taylor had a good straight sets win against Rune (6-3 6-4). During the match Fritz scored 70 points vs Rune’s 55. Fritz was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Fritz fired 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Taylor Fritz was quite effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Fritz broke Rune 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Fritz hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Australia where he beat Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(6) and in Delray Beach where he overcame Miomir Kecmanovic in the final 6-0 5-7 6-2.
Taylor has an overall 20-5 win-loss record in 2023, 18-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2021 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alcaraz | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 56 |
| Pts | 199-139 | 194-145 |
| Total Points | 338 | 339 |
| Winners | 79 | 79 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Alcaraz and Fritz played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Alcaraz and Fritz have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Alcaraz played 3 games less than Fritz. The Spaniard scored 79 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Taylor made 79 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alcaraz | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 104/161 | 97/175 |
| %1st in | 65% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 79/104 | 79/97 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 32/57 | 45/78 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 58% |
Alcaraz blasted 9 aces (3 per match). Fritz struck 21 aces (7 per match). Alcaraz won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Fritz won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alcaraz | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 9 |
| Converted | 12/22 | 9/12 |
| % Converted | 55% | 75% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Alcaraz broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Fritz broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. Taylor conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Alcaraz | |||||
| R2 Bagnis |
R3 Lajovic |
R4 Paul |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-0 7-65 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 19 | 20 | 53 | |
| pts | 58-30 | 72-54 | 69-55 | 199-139 | |
| Total points | 88 | 126 | 124 | 338 | |
| Winners | 17 | 35 | 27 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 49% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 21/40 | 49/65 | 34/56 | 104/161 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 75% | 61% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 35/49 | 27/34 | 79/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 71% | 79% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 7/16 | 15/22 | 32/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 44% | 68% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 4/5 | 2/6 | 12/22 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 80% | 33% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 100% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fritz | |||||
| R2 Nava |
R3 Shapovalov |
R4 Rune |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 19 | 56 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 66-56 | 70-55 | 194-145 | |
| Total points | 92 | 122 | 125 | 339 | |
| Winners | 22 | 28 | 29 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 26/48 | 34/60 | 37/67 | 97/175 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 57% | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 28/34 | 29/37 | 79/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 82% | 78% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 15/26 | 16/30 | 45/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 58% | 53% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 67% | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 83% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLLWWL Tennis Scores in Miami
- Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-VasselinGonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Wesley Koolhof/Neal SkupskiKoolhof/Neal Skupski (4-6 7-65 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
