Taylor Fritz and Dusan Lajovic will play each other in the 3rd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.21
Dusan Lajovic -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Dusan Lajovic
This will be the 2nd time that Taylor Fritz and Dusan Lajovic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lajovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Lajovic won 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in Lyon back in 2018.
Taylor Fritz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 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. 9, Taylor reached the 3rd round after defeating Jiri Lehecka 7-614 6-2 and Lorenzo Sonego 6-4 7-61.
In the 2nd round, Taylor had a good straight sets win against Sonego (6-4 7-61). During the match, Fritz scored 74 points vs Sonego’s 62. Fritz was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fritz recorded 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Taylor Fritz was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Sonego 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Fritz has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (342-211). 28-7 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fritz has an aggregate 206-107 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Australia where he overcame Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(6) and in Delray Beach where he overcame Miomir Kecmanovic in the final 6-0 5-7 6-2 and in Atlanta where he beat Aleksandar Vukic in the final 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4.
Taylor has an overall 44-18 win-loss record in 2023, 28-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Dusan Lajovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 17-23 | 3-7 | 13-11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 9-9 | 18-13 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-30 | 4-11 | 24-15 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-28 | 8-10 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 66, Lajovic got to the 3rd round after defeating Rinky Hijikata 6-3 6-3, Jason Murray Kubler 6-4 6-4, Francisco Cerundolo 6-3 6-4 and Jannik Sinner 6-4 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Dusan had a good straight sets win against Sinner (6-4 7-64). During the match Lajovic scored 84 points vs Sinner’s 77. Lajovic was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Lajovic struck 4 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dusan Lajovic was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (44/58) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dusan broke Sinner once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Banja Luka where he overcame Andrey Rublev in the final 6-3 4-6 6-4.
Lajovic has an overall 24-18 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fritz | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 80 |
| Pts | 168-135 | 289-233 |
| Total Points | 303 | 522 |
| Winners | 54 | 135 |
| %Winners | 32% | 47% |
Fritz played 2 matches while Lajovic competed in 4 matches. Lajovic started his run from the qualifications while Fritz had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Fritz has played 4 set(s) less than Lajovic (4 vs 8). Therefore, Fritz played 36 games less than Lajovic. The American scored 54 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Serbian made 135 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fritz | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 70/145 | 169/241 |
| %1st in | 48% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 54/70 | 135/169 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 42/75 | 41/72 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 57% |
Fritz scored 10 aces (5 per match). Lajovic managed to score 15 aces (3.8 per match). Fritz won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fritz | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/17 | 9/32 |
| % Converted | 35% | 28% |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 57% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Fritz broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Lajovic broke his opponents 9 times with a 28% conversion rate. Lajovic conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fritz | ||||
| R1 Lehecka |
R2 Sonego |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-614 6-2 | 6-4 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 23 | 44 | |
| pts | 94-73 | 74-62 | 168-135 | |
| Total points | 167 | 136 | 303 | |
| Winners | 28 | 26 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 35% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 37/78 | 33/67 | 70/145 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 49% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 26/33 | 54/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 79% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/41 | 18/34 | 42/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 53% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/7 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 43% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 1/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 33% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Lajovic | ||||||
| Q1 Hijikata |
Q3 Murray Kubler |
R1 Cerundolo |
R2 Sinner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 80 | |
| pts | 65-41 | 79-64 | 61-51 | 84-77 | 289-233 | |
| Total points | 106 | 143 | 112 | 161 | 522 | |
| Winners | 27 | 26 | 38 | 44 | 135 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 33% | 62% | 52% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 30/42 | 33/56 | 48/62 | 58/81 | 169/241 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 59% | 77% | 72% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 26/33 | 38/48 | 44/58 | 135/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 79% | 79% | 76% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 16/23 | 4/14 | 12/23 | 41/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 70% | 29% | 52% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/12 | 3/6 | 1/4 | 9/32 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 17% | 50% | 25% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 5/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWLLLWL Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Ben SheltonShelton (7-63 7-62) – See score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Borna CoricCoric (5-7 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Maximo Gonzalez/Andres MolteniGonzalez/Andres Molteni – Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury (7-64 5-7 10-7) – See score progression
- Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek – Robin Haase/Karen KhachanovHaase/Karen Khachanov (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Holger RuneRune (6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Andrey RublevRublev (7-610 5-7 7-63) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Nicolas JarryJarry (w/o) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Ben SheltonShelton (7-6(3) 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Borna CoricCoric (5-7 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Holger RuneRune (6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (1-18) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-9) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Tommy PaulPaul (1-2) – H2H and prediction
