Frances Tiafoe and Aslan Karatsev will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 8:30 pm on COLOSSEUM. 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 Frances Tiafoe who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.42
Aslan Karatsev -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Aslan Karatsev
This will be the 3rd time that Frances Tiafoe and Aslan Karatsev fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Tiafoe won 7-6(5) 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Washington back in August 2023.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs Aslan Karatsev – Washington 01-August-2023
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-11 | 6-6 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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. 14, the American will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 2-6 6-2 6-3 to Sonego in the 2nd round on the 8th of October.
Francis has a composed 38-18 win-loss record in 2023, 21-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Australia where he beat Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-2 0-0 ret. and in Houston where he beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the final 7-6(1) 7-6(6) and in Stuttgart where he defeated Jan-Lennard Struff in the final 4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(8).
Talking about his overall career, Tiafoe has an overall 339-230 record. He has a positive 158-108 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2022. See his history.
Aslan Karatsev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-22 | 13-10 | 14-5 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-31 | 8-9 | 5-9 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-20 | 23-9 | 9-6 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 36-11 | 7-4 | 17-2 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 50, the Russian will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 7-6(4) 3-6 6-2 to Halys in the 1st round on the 5th of October.
Aslan has a composed 28-20 win-loss record in 2023, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Russian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Pune, Madrid and Zhuhai.
In terms of his career, Aslan has an overall 400-277 record. He has a positive 152-85 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Marcos GironGiron (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-6) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jack DraperDraper (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-3) – H2H and prediction
