Frances Tiafoe and Steve Johnson will play each other in the 2nd round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Stadium Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Steve Johnson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steve Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Steve Johnson -> 0
Frances Tiafoe -> 0
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Steve Johnson
This will be the 3rd time that Frances Tiafoe and Steve Johnson square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Johnson (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Johnson won 6-7(5) 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in 2021.
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-24 | 21-13 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 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 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 7-9 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 15, the American will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Sonego in the 3rd round on the 27th of March.
Francis has an aggregate 15-5 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where he beat Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-2 0-0 ret..
Talking about his overall career, Francis has an overall 316-217 record. He has a positive 96-55 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
Steve Johnson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-20 | 15-11 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-28 | 20-18 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-17 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-11 | 18-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 152, Johnson reached the 2nd round after defeating Facundo Bagnis 7-65 1-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Steve defeated Bagnis (7-65 1-6 6-1). During the match Johnson scored 84 points vs Bagnis’s 80. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Johnson scored 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Steve Johnson lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Johnson put 59% of his first serves in, winning 78% (39/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. Johnson broke Bagnis twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
The American has an aggregate 4-8 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2017 and 2018. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LLLWW Tennis Scores in Houston
- Cristian GarinGarin – Hugo DellienDellien (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Jack SockSock (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Emilio GomezGomez (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (7-67 6-0) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Julian Cash/Henry PattenCash/Henry Patten – Hugo Dellien/Emilio GomezDellien/Emilio Gomez (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Facundo BagnisBagnis (7-65 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Andre Goransson/Ben McLachlanGoransson/Ben McLachlan – Guido Andreozzi/Guillermo DuranAndreozzi/Guillermo Duran (4-6 6-3 10-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- John IsnerIsner – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Jeff WolfWolf (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Tommy PaulPaul (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-2) – H2H and prediction
