Frances Tiafoe overcomes Daniel Altmaier 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Rome on Sunday. Tiafoe will try to keep the momentum against Lorenzo Musetti in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 35 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2018, 2019 and 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Frances added to his prize money € 21,790 after winning this match. He has already won € 48,835 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tiafoe will add € 36,065 to his earnings to get in total € 84,900 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Tiafoe won this match even if he scored less points than Altmaier (100 vs. 102).
Tiafoe
Tiafoe won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Altmaier
On the other side, Daniel had a tough time converting his break points (only 18% – 2/11). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Altmaier is 2-0 for Frances.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats
Tiafoe will take on Musetti in the 3rd round.
This will be the 5th time that Frances Tiafoe and Lorenzo Musetti play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Tiafoe and Musetti (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Tiafoe won 6-2 0-0 ret. in the final in Australia back in January 2023.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Daniel snatched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
Tiafoe was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Daniel was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Tiafoe was on the money in converting all his break points in the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 77 points. The German conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Tiafoe (43-34). Altmaier lost 7 points on serve (22-7). On the other side, Tiafoe conceded 21 points on serve (27-21).
Frances won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 9th (4-5) game, The American broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Frances failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
Daniel couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Tiafoe converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 10th (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the German converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 6th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 83 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 3 points more than the German (43-40). The American dropped 14 points on serve (25-14). In addition, on the other side, Altmaier conceded 18 points on serve (26-18).
Tiafoe started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Daniel Altmaier in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was enough for Frances to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Frances was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). On the other side, Tiafoe didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. Frances was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Altmaier (23-19). Frances dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Daniel conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (3-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Taylor FritzFritz (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (4-6 6-1 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – David GoffinGoffin (5-7 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniel EvansEvans (7-65 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (4-6 7-68 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Guido PellaPella (6-0 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-2 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-4 4-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Tommy PaulPaul (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Arthur FilsFils (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Ben SheltonShelton (6-4 1-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Yibing WuWu (4-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Cameron NorrieNorrie (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Borna CoricCoric – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Laslo DjereDjere (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jeff WolfWolf – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H details and stats