Frances Tiafoe and Max Purcell will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:00 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 Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.46
Max Purcell -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Max Purcell
There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Max Purcell since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-15 | 5-5 | 11-7 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-27 | 21-13 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 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 |
Ranked no. 16, the American will start his run in Acapulco after he played his last match in Delray Beach where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Paul in the semifinal on the 17th of February.
The American has a composed 5-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Delray Beach.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 346-237 record. He has a positive 162-112 record on hard.
Previously in Acapulco
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 62, Purcell will start his run in Acapulco after he played his last match in Los Cabos where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Borges in the 2nd round on the 21st of February.
Purcell has an aggregate 4-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 266-193 record. He has a positive 198-132 record on hard.
Previously in Acapulco
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Acapulco
- Ben SheltonShelton – Daniel EvansEvans (2-6 7-5 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jack DraperDraper – Tommy PaulPaul (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Miomir KecmanovicMiomir – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanDiego (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Christopher EubanksEubanks (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Taro DanielDaniel (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
