Jannik Sinner and Frances Tiafoe will fight against each other in the quarter of the Erste Bank Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.36
Frances Tiafoe -> 3.15

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Frances Tiafoe

This will be the 4^th time that Jannik Sinner and Frances Tiafoe clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Tiafoe won 3-6 7-5 6-2 in the semifinal in Vienna back in 2021.

Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs Jannik Sinner – Vienna 30-October-2021

Jannik Sinner

Ranked no. 4 (career-high), Jannik got to the quarter after defeating Ben Shelton 7-6² 7-5 and Lorenzo Sonego 6-2 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Jannik had a good straight sets win against Sonego (6-2 6-4). During the match, Sinner scored 69 points vs Sonego’s 53. Sinner was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sinner scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Jannik Sinner was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (35/48) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Sonego 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Sinner has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 70% of his matches (262-112). 9-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sinner has an overall76-24 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Montpellier where he defeated Maxime Cressy in the final 7-6(3) 6-3 and in Toronto where he beat Alex De Minaur in the final 6-4 6-1 and in Beijing where he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-6(2) 7-6(2).

Jannik has a compiled 53-14 win-loss record in 2023, 9-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Vienna

Frances Tiafoe

Ranked no. 14, Tiafoe reached the quarter after beating Daniel Evans 1-4 ret. and Gael Monfils 5-7 6-1 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Monfils, Francis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-4). During the match Tiafoe scored 102 points vs Monfils’s 80. The American was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.

About the serving games, Tiafoe blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Frances Tiafoe was quite effective on serve to win 75% (46/61) of his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tiafoe broke Monfils 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Australia where he overcame 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) and in Stuttgart where he defeated Jan-Lennard Struff in the final 4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(8).

Tiafoe has a composed 40-19 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Vienna

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sinner	Tiafoe
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	43	34
Pts	149-122	117-104
Total Points	271	221
Winners	83	55
%Winners	56%	47%

Both Sinner and Tiafoe played 2 matches. At the moment, Frances Tiafoe conceded 2 sets while Jannik Sinner hasn’t lost a set so far. Sinner has played 1 set(s) less than Tiafoe (4 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Sinner played 9 games more than Tiafoe. Jannik scored 83 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 55 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sinner	Tiafoe
Aces	9	6
Avg per match	4.5	3
1st in	105/129	76/114
%1st in	81%	67%
1st pts	83/105	55/76
%1st pts	79%	72%
2nd pts	14/24	20/38
%2nd pts	58%	53%

Sinner fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Tiafoe managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Sinner won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Tiafoe won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sinner	Tiafoe
Won	4	3
Converted	4/12	3/7
% Converted	33%	43%
Conceded	6	10
Saved	6	8
% Saved	100%	80%
Times Broken	0	2

Jannik broke his opponents 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Italian pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points. Francis broke his opponents 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Tiafoe conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Sinner
	R1 Shelton	R2 Sonego	Total
Score	7-62 7-5	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	25	18	43
pts	80-69	69-53	149-122
Total points	149	122	271
Winners	48	35	83
%Winners	60%	51%	56%
SERVE
Aces	8	1	9
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	57/71	48/58	105/129
% 1st in	80%	83%	81%
1st pts	48/57	35/48	83/105
% 1st pts	84%	73%	79%
2nd pts	8/14	6/10	14/24
% 2nd pts	57%	60%	58%
Breaks
Won	1	3	4
Converted	1/5	3/7	4/12
Converted %	20%	43%	33%
Conceded	4	2	6
Saved	4/4	2/2	6
Saved %	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Tiafoe
	R1 Evans	R2 Monfils	Total
Score	1-4 ret.	5-7 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	1	3	4
Tot Games	5	29	34
pts	15-24	102-80	117-104
Total points	39	182	221
Winners	9	46	55
%Winners	60%	45%	47%
SERVE
Aces	3	3	6
Double Faults	0	3	3
1st in	15/22	61/92	76/114
% 1st in	68%	66%	67%
1st pts	9/15	46/61	55/76
% 1st pts	60%	75%	72%
2nd pts	1/7	19/31	20/38
% 2nd pts	14%	61%	53%
Breaks
Won	0	3	3
Converted	0/0	3/7	3/7
Converted %	0%	43%	43%
Conceded	4	6	10
Saved	3/4	5/6	8
Saved %	75%	83%	79%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Vienna

• Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Cameron Norrie/Tommy PaulNorrie/Tommy Paul (4-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marcelo Arevalo/Jean-Julien RojerArevalo/Jean-Julien Rojer – Sebastian Ofner/Philipp OswaldOfner/Philipp Oswald (7-6⁴ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (5-2) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Borna GojoGojo (0-0) – H2H and prediction