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PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Tiafoe, Fucsovics, Hurkacz and Struff to play on CENTER COURT on Saturday – Boss Open

STUTTGART ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Frances Tiafoe, Marton Fucsovics, Hubert Hurkacz and Jan-Lennard Struff will play on Saturday

Mark Hall

17 June 2023

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Frances Tiafoe, Marton Fucsovics, Hubert Hurkacz and Jan-Lennard Struff are the semifinalists that are going to play on Saturday at the Boss Open on CENTER COURT.

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Frances Tiafoe vs. Marton Fucsovics

Head to head 2-1 for Fucsovics

Frances Tiafoe will square off with Marton Fucsovics in the semifinal for the 4^th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:30 am on CENTER COURT.

Frances Tiafoe: ranking and results

Ranked no. 12, Francis reached the semifinal after defeating Jiri Lehecka 7-6² 6-4 and Lorenzo Musetti 6-7⁶ 7-6⁴ 6-2.

Tiafoe has a 25-9 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS). 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 overcame Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the final 7-6(1) 7-6(6).

Last year in Stuttgart Tiafoe didn’t play in Stuttgart in 2022.

Marton Fucsovics: ranking and results

Ranked no. 86, the Hungarian got to the semifinal after beating Louis Wessels 6-3 6-1, Altug Celikbilek 6-4 6-4, Denis Shapovalov 3-6 6-3 6-4, Yibing Wu 6-4 4-6 6-4 and Taylor Fritz 6-4 7-5.

The Hungarian has a 23-14 win-loss record in 2023, 5-0 on grass (See FULL STATS). Marton’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Canberra Challenger.

Last year in Stuttgart Fucsovics reached the quarter last year in Stuttgart before retiring against Nick Kyrgios.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 4^th time that Frances Tiafoe and Marton Fucsovics fight against each other. Their current record is 2-1 for Fucsovics (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

Previously, the last time they played, Tiafoe won 6-2 6-3 6-2 in the 3^rd round in Us open back in 2020.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.55
Marton Fucsovics -> 2.46

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Hubert Hurkacz vs. Jan-Lennard Struff

Head to head 0-0

Hubert Hurkacz will face Jan-Lennard Struff in the semifinal for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT.

Hubert Hurkacz: ranking and results

Ranked no. 14, Hurkacz reached the semifinal after defeating Yosuke Watanuki 4-6 7-6⁵ 7-6⁵ and Christopher O Connell 6-4 6-4.

Hurkacz has a 21-12 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS). His best result of the current year was winning the title in Marseille where he overcame Benjamin Bonzi in the final 6-3 7-6(4).

Last year in Stuttgart The Pole capitulated in the 2^nd round 7-5 6-7(7) 6-3 to Marton Fucsovics.

Jan-Lennard Struff: ranking and results

Ranked no. 24 (career high), Struff got to the semifinal after defeating Zhizhen Zhang 6-1 6-4, Tommy Paul 7-6⁴ 7-6⁵ and Richard Gasquet 6-4 7-5.

Jan-Lennard has a 39-15 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS). Jan-Lennard’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Madrid.

Last year in Stuttgart Jan-Lennard capitulated in the 2^nd round 7-6(2) 7-6(4) to Lorenzo Sonego.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Hubert Hurkacz and Jan-Lennard Struff since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

The last time they played, Struff won 7-6(4) 6-4 6-1 in the Rubber 5 in Davis Cup, World Group, PO, GER POL 3 back in 2016.