Taylor Fritz and Francisco Cerundolo will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on Court Suzanne-LENGLEN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.74
Francisco Cerundolo -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Francisco Cerundolo
There is no head to head record between Taylor Fritz and Francisco Cerundolo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Taylor Fritz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-8 | 13-5 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-23 | 23-10 | 15-7 | 6-4 | 10-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 8, the American reached the 3rd round after defeating Michael Mmoh 6-2 6-1 6-1 and Arthur Rinderknech 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Rinderknech, Fritz recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-3 6-4). During the match, Fritz scored 111 points vs Rinderknech’s 102. The American was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fritz recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Taylor Fritz was very efficient on serve to win 77% (36/47) of his 1st serve and 68% (36/53) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Taylor broke Rinderknech 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Fritz has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Fritz has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (329-204). 11-5 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Fritz has a compiled 53-39 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Australia where he beat Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(6) and in Delray Beach where he beat Miomir Kecmanovic in the final 6-0 5-7 6-2.
Fritz has a compiled 31-11 win-loss record in 2023, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Francisco Cerundolo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-12 | 8-4 | 19-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-31 | 5-10 | 21-13 | 9-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 10-10 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 7-8 | 25-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 3-2 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 23 (career-high), Cerundolo reached the 3rd round after beating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-1 2-6 7-65 6-1 and Yannick Hanfmann 6-3 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Hanfmann (6-3 6-3 6-4). During the match Cerundolo scored 122 points vs Hanfmann’s 103. Cerundolo was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.
About the serving games, Cerundolo made 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 71% of his first serves in, winning 70% (54/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. Cerundolo broke Hanfmann 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cerundolo has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Francisco’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Lyon.
The Argentine has an aggregate 22-14 win-loss record in 2023, 15-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fritz | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 63 |
| Pts | 198-145 | 238-206 |
| Total Points | 343 | 444 |
| Winners | 68 | 101 |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% |
Both Fritz and Cerundolo played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Taylor Fritz conceded 1 set, while Francisco Cerundolo conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Fritz and Cerundolo have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Fritz played 4 games less than Cerundolo. Taylor scored 68 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Cerundolo made 101 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fritz | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 5 |
| 1st in | 81/156 | 154/216 |
| %1st in | 52% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 68/81 | 101/154 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 48/75 | 29/62 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 47% |
Fritz managed to score 22 aces (11 per match). Cerundolo made 10 aces (5 per match). Fritz won 84% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Cerundolo won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fritz | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 15 |
| Converted | 11/30 | 15/28 |
| % Converted | 37% | 54% |
| Conceded | 4 | 23 |
| Saved | 1 | 16 |
| % Saved | 25% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
Fritz broke his opponents 11 times with a 37% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fritz | ||||
| R1 Mmoh |
R2 Rinderknech |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 6-1 | 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 37 | 59 | |
| pts | 87-43 | 111-102 | 198-145 | |
| Total points | 130 | 213 | 343 | |
| Winners | 32 | 36 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 32% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 8 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/56 | 47/100 | 81/156 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 47% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 32/34 | 36/47 | 68/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 77% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 36/53 | 48/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 68% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 4/14 | 11/30 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 29% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 25% | 13% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Cerundolo | ||||
| R1 Munar Clar |
R2 Hanfmann |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-6 7-65 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 28 | 63 | |
| pts | 116-103 | 122-103 | 238-206 | |
| Total points | 219 | 225 | 444 | |
| Winners | 47 | 54 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 77/108 | 77/108 | 154/216 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 47/77 | 54/77 | 101/154 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 70% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 13/31 | 29/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 42% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 9/12 | 6/16 | 15/28 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 38% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 12 | 23 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 10/12 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 83% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
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