Taylor Fritz beats Marcos Giron 7-6(8) 6-2 in the semifinal in Delray Beach on Saturday in what was an all-American match. Fritz will fight against Tommy Paul in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. Taylor won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Taylor added to his prize money $ 24,190 after winning this match. He has already won $ 58,700 after this win. If he wins the next match, Taylor will add $ 41,935 to his earnings to get in total $ 100,635 in total.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs. Marcos Giron Delray Beach Open – Delray Beach
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Fritz scored 83 points vs. Giron’s 74.
Fritz
Taylor blasted 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Taylor won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 27% (4/15) of the procured opportunities.
Giron
On the other side, Giron was exceptional in converting all his break points (2/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Fritz and Giron is 7-1 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Taylor Fritz vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Fritz will come up against Paul in the final.
This will be the 8th time that Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul square off. The head to head is 4-3 for Paul (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Paul won 7-67 7-5 in the 2nd round in Winnetka Challenger back in 2017.
Live score progression and stats
Fritz conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Marcos Giron in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for Fritz to win the set because Giron found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game.
Fritz wasted a good opportunity to break Giron in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Taylor converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Marcos was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40).
They contested 102 points. It’s worth to point out that, Taylor won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Giron (50-52). Taylor conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). In addition, on the other side, Giron conceded 28 points on serve (42-28).
Fritz played at a much higher level than Giron and consequently he won 6-2. Giron broke Taylor 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Taylor broke his opponent in the 6th (4-2) game, but that didn’t stop his to win the set (6-2).
Fritz converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, Giron was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-4 0-40).
They contested 55 points. Fritz conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Marcos (32-23). Taylor surrendered 9 points on serve (12-9). on the other side of the court, Giron conceded 20 points on serve (14-20).
Tennis Scores in Delray Beach
- Tommy PaulPaul – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Marcos GironGiron (7-68 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Tommy PaulPaul (2-2) – H2H details and stats