Frances Tiafoe and Alexander Zverev will play each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 8:15 pm on Court Philippe-CHATRIER. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.35
Frances Tiafoe -> 3.22
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexander Zverev
This will be the 8th time that Frances Tiafoe and Alexander Zverev square off. The head to head is 6-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Zverev won 7-5 6-4 in the final in Vienna back in 2021.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Frances Tiafoe – Vienna 31-October-2021
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-27 | 21-13 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 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. 12, Francis got to the 3rd round after beating Filip Krajinovic 6-3 6-4 6-2 and Aslan Karatsev 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Karatsev, Tiafoe recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5 6-2). During the match, Tiafoe scored 116 points vs Karatsev’s 97. Tiafoe was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tiafoe blasted 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Frances Tiafoe was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (50/59) of his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Francis broke Karatsev 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoIprm6BMC8
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francis has dropped 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Tiafoe has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (324-220). 8-3 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tiafoe has a compiled 104-58 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Australia where he defeated Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-2 0-0 ret. and in Houston where he defeated Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the final 7-6(1) 7-6(6).
Francis has a composed 23-8 win-loss record in 2023, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Alexander Zverev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 68-20 | 29-10 | 23-6 | 10-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 12-7 | 3-1 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 27, Zverev reached the 3rd round after beating Lloyd Harris 7-66 7-60 6-1 and Alex Molcan 6-4 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Zverev had a good straight sets win against Molcan (6-4 6-2 6-1). During the match Zverev scored 98 points vs Molcan’s 64. Zverev was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Zverev managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Zverev was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (37/48) of his 1st serve and 66% (21/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexander broke Molcan 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Alexander’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Dubai and Geneva.
Zverev has an overall 18-14 win-loss record in 2023, 10-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 58 |
| Pts | 224-179 | 220-165 |
| Total Points | 403 | 385 |
| Winners | 96 | 95 |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% |
Both Tiafoe and Zverev played 2 matches. At the moment, Frances Tiafoe dropped 1 set while Alexander Zverev hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Tiafoe has played 1 set more than Zverev (7 vs 6). Therefore, Tiafoe played 7 games more than Zverev. Tiafoe scored 96 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The German fired 95 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 12.5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 115/206 | 128/197 |
| %1st in | 56% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 96/115 | 95/128 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 46/91 | 42/69 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 61% |
Tiafoe made 25 aces (12.5 per match). Zverev recorded 16 aces (8 per match). Tiafoe won 83% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Zverev won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 9 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 9/21 |
| % Converted | 48% | 43% |
| Conceded | 14 | 16 |
| Saved | 11 | 15 |
| % Saved | 79% | 94% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Tiafoe broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Zverev broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve once and he saved 94% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | ||||
| R1 Krajinovic |
R2 Karatsev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 6-2 | 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 38 | 65 | |
| pts | 108-82 | 116-97 | 224-179 | |
| Total points | 190 | 213 | 403 | |
| Winners | 46 | 50 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 10 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 56/103 | 59/103 | 115/206 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 57% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 46/56 | 50/59 | 96/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 85% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/47 | 23/44 | 46/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/14 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 43% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 5/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 63% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Zverev | ||||
| R1 Lloyd |
R2 Molcan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 7-60 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 25 | 58 | |
| pts | 122-101 | 98-64 | 220-165 | |
| Total points | 223 | 162 | 385 | |
| Winners | 58 | 37 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 80/117 | 48/80 | 128/197 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 60% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 58/80 | 37/48 | 95/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 77% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 21/32 | 42/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 66% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/16 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 38% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 8/8 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 100% | 94% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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