Taylor Fritz and Cristian Garin will square off in the semifinal of the BMW Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 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 Taylor Fritz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.46
Cristian Garin -> 2.73

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin

This will be the 3^rd time that Taylor Fritz and Cristian Garin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Fritz and Garin (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Fritz won 6-1 7-6(4) in the 3^rd round in Madrid back in 2023.

Highlights Taylor Fritz vs Cristian Garin – Madrid 01-May-2023

Taylor Fritz

Ranked no. 15, the American reached the semifinal after defeating Alejandro Moro Canas 6-3 6-1 and Jack Draper 4-6 6-3 7-6¹.

In the quarter against Draper, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-6¹). During the match, Fritz scored 101 points vs Draper’s 87. Fritz was pretty aggressive to blast 60 winners.

Regarding the service games, Fritz recorded 18 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Taylor Fritz was very efficient on serve to win 80% (60/75) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Taylor was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Draper once.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Taylor has dropped 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

Fritz has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (349-213). 2-1 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Fritz has an overall 46-36 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Delray Beach where he overcame Tommy Paul in the final 6-2 6-3.

Fritz has a composed 14-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Munich

Cristian Garin

Ranked no. 106, Christian got to the semifinal after defeating Dominik Koepfer 7-6³ 6-3, Alex Michelsen 6-7⁷ 6-2 6-1 and Alexander Zverev 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Garin had a good straight sets win against Zverev (6-4 6-4). During the match Garin scored 75 points vs Zverev’s 66. The Chilean was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Garin bagged 2 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Cristian Garin conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Garin put 55% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 76% (22/29) on the 2nd serve. Garin broke Zverev twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chilean has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Garin’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Estoril.

The Chilean has a composed 11-9 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Munich

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fritz	Garin
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	5	7
Tot Games	48	70
Pts	166-128	258-211
Total Points	294	469
Winners	82	91
%Winners	49%	35%

Fritz played 2 matches while Garin competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Taylor Fritz dropped 1 set, while Cristian Garin surrendered 1 set. Fritz has played 2 set(s) less than Garin (5 vs 7). Therefore, Fritz played 22 games less than Garin. Fritz scored 82 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Chilean blasted 91 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fritz	Garin
Aces	27	10
Avg per match	13.5	3.3
1st in	100/136	129/210
%1st in	74%	61%
1st pts	82/100	91/129
%1st pts	82%	71%
2nd pts	23/36	53/81
%2nd pts	64%	65%

Fritz struck 27 aces (13.5 per match). Garin made 10 aces (3.3 per match). Fritz won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Garin won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Fritz	Garin
Won	5	12
Converted	5/11	12/34
% Converted	45%	35%
Conceded	7	15
Saved	6	11
% Saved	86%	73%
Times Broken	1	4

Fritz broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Taylor surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Garin broke his opponents 12 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Chilean conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Fritz
	R2 Moro	1/4 Draper	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	4-6 6-3 7-61
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	16	32	48
pts	65-41	101-87	166-128
Total points	106	188	294
Winners	22	60	82
%Winners	34%	59%	49%
SERVE
Aces	9	18	27
Double Faults	0	0	0
1st in	25/40	75/96	100/136
% 1st in	63%	78%	74%
1st pts	22/25	60/75	82/100
% 1st pts	88%	80%	82%
2nd pts	10/15	13/21	23/36
% 2nd pts	67%	62%	64%
Breaks
Won	4	1	5
Converted	4/10	1/1	5/11
Converted %	40%	100%	45%
Conceded	0	7	7
Saved	0/0	6/7	6
Saved %	–	86%	43%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Garin
	R1 Koepfer	R2 Michelsen	1/4 Zverev	Total
Score	7-63 6-3	6-77 6-2 6-1	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	22	28	20	70
pts	75-58	108-87	75-66	258-211
Total points	133	195	141	469
Winners	35	33	23	91
%Winners	47%	31%	31%	35%
SERVE
Aces	5	3	2	10
Double Faults	2	2	0	4
1st in	44/64	49/81	36/65	129/210
% 1st in	69%	60%	55%	61%
1st pts	35/44	33/49	23/36	91/129
% 1st pts	80%	67%	64%	71%
2nd pts	13/20	18/32	22/29	53/81
% 2nd pts	65%	56%	76%	65%
Breaks
Won	2	8	2	12
Converted	2/9	8/19	2/6	12/34
Converted %	22%	42%	33%	35%
Conceded	5	8	2	15
Saved	4/5	5/8	2/2	11
Saved %	80%	63%	100%	122%
Times Broken	1	3	0	4

Tennis Scores in Munich

• Taylor FritzFritz – Jack DraperDraper (4-6 6-3 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Cristian GarinGarin – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Holger RuneRune – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Alexander Erler/Lucas MiedlerErler/Lucas Miedler – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (5-7 6-2 10-4) – See score progression
• Cristian GarinGarin – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Jack DraperDraper (4-6 6-3 7-6(1)) – See score progression
• Holger RuneRune – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Christian GarinGarin – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-1) – H2H and prediction