Frances Tiafoe and Jordan Thompson will play each other in the quarter of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.64
Jordan Thompson -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Jordan Thompson
This will be the 3rd time that Frances Tiafoe and Jordan Thompson square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Tiafoe and Thompson (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Thompson won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in S hertogenbosch back in 2019.
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 7-9 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21, Tiafoe got to the quarter after beating James Duckworth 6-2 6-74 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The American defeated Duckworth (6-2 6-74 7-5). During the match, Tiafoe scored 100 points vs Duckworth’s 89. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tiafoe made 15 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Frances Tiafoe was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (42/50) of his 1st serve and 66% (25/38) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Francis broke Duckworth 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Tiafoe has positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (329-230). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tiafoe has a composed 86-52 match record in the last years on clay.
Tiafoe’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Delray Beach.
Francis has a compiled 8-7 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Jordan Thompson
15 - 9win/loss
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LWWWLLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-24 | 23-13 | 3-5 | 5-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-28 | 22-15 | 0-3 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-26 | 18-14 | 2-6 | 8-1 | 12-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-25 | 10-11 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 9-5 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 33, Jordan reached the quarter after defeating Yibing Wu 6-4 6-4 and Aleksandar Kovacevic 4-6 7-61 7-67.
In the 2nd round against Kovacevic, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-61 7-67). During the match Thompson scored 121 points vs Kovacevic’s 120. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Talking about serving, Thompson struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jordan Thompson was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (60/84) of his 1st serve and 51% (25/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Australian broke Kovacevic twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Los Cabos where he beat Casper Ruud in the final 6-3 7-6(4).
Thompson has an overall 15-8 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 56 |
| Pts | 100-89 | 193-183 |
| Total Points | 189 | 376 |
| Winners | 42 | 97 |
| %Winners | 42% | 50% |
Tiafoe played 1 match while Thompson competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Frances Tiafoe dropped 1 set, while Jordan Thompson surrendered 1 set. Tiafoe has played 2 set(s) less than Thompson (3 vs 5). Therefore, Tiafoe played 23 games less than Thompson. Tiafoe scored 42 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian made 97 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 50/88 | 133/209 |
| %1st in | 57% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 42/50 | 97/133 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 25/38 | 38/76 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 50% |
Tiafoe scored 15 aces . Thompson struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Tiafoe won 84% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Thompson won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/14 |
| % Converted | 60% | 29% |
| Conceded | 0 | 19 |
| Saved | 0 | 16 |
| % Saved | 0% | 84% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Tiafoe broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Francis very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Australian broke his opponents 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 84% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | |||
| R2 Duckworth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-74 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 100-89 | 100-89 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/88 | 50/88 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 42/50 | 42/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/38 | 25/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Thompson | ||||
| R1 Wu |
R2 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 4-6 7-61 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 36 | 56 | |
| pts | 72-63 | 121-120 | 193-183 | |
| Total points | 135 | 241 | 376 | |
| Winners | 37 | 60 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 49/76 | 84/133 | 133/209 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 60/84 | 97/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 25/49 | 38/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 51% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/6 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 33% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 13 | 19 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 10/13 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 77% | 177% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLWLLW Tennis Scores in Houston
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