Alexander Zverev and Taylor Fritz will play each other in the quarter of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 3 sets.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.59
Taylor Fritz -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Taylor Fritz
This will be the 8th time that Alexander Zverev and Taylor Fritz face off. The head to head is 4-3 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Fritz won 6-1 6-4 in the R in Australia back in 2023.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs Alexander Zverev – Australia 02-January-2023
Alexander Zverev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-11 | 18-6 | 16-4 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 12-7 | 3-1 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, the German reached the quarter after beating Aleksandar Vukic 6-0 6-4, Luciano Darderi 7-63 6-2 and Nuno Borges 6-2 7-5.
In the 4th round, The German had a good straight sets win against Borges (6-2 7-5). During the match, Zverev scored 65 points vs Borges’s 47. The German was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zverev scored 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Zverev lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zverev put 70% of his first serves in, winning 82% (31/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Zverev broke Borges 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Zverev has a terrific record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (439-190). 7-3 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zverev has a composed 141-51 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Australia where he overcame Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4.
The German has an overall 25-9 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Taylor Fritz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-12 | 11-5 | 13-6 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-24 | 35-11 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-21 | 24-8 | 5-3 | 9-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-22 | 20-13 | 4-5 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 11-9 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 13, the American reached the quarter after beating Fabio Fognini 6-3 6-4, Sebastian Korda 6-3 6-4 and Grigor Dimitrov 6-2 6-711 6-1.
In the 4th round, Fritz defeated Dimitrov (6-2 6-711 6-1). During the match Fritz scored 113 points vs Dimitrov’s 87. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Fritz struck 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Taylor Fritz was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (50/66) 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. Fritz broke Dimitrov 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Taylor has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Delray Beach where he defeated Tommy Paul in the final 6-2 6-3.
Fritz has a compiled 22-8 win-loss record in 2024, 10-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019, 2021 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zverev | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 66 |
| Pts | 198-147 | 237-179 |
| Total Points | 345 | 416 |
| Winners | 96 | 106 |
| %Winners | 48% | 45% |
Both Zverev and Fritz played 3 matches. At the moment, Taylor Fritz conceded 1 set while Alexander Zverev hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zverev has played 1 set(s) less than Fritz (6 vs 7). Therefore, Zverev played 9 games less than Fritz. The German scored 96 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 106 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zverev | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 29 | 27 |
| Avg per match | 9.7 | 9 |
| 1st in | 117/167 | 131/216 |
| %1st in | 70% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 96/117 | 106/131 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 26/50 | 54/85 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 64% |
Zverev managed to score 29 aces (9.7 per match). Fritz managed to score 27 aces (9 per match). Zverev won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Fritz won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zverev | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 8/24 |
| % Converted | 53% | 33% |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 |
| Saved | 4 | 13 |
| % Saved | 80% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Alexander broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Zverev surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Taylor broke his opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. Taylor was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 13 break points.
| Zverev | |||||
| R2 Vukic | R3 Darderi | R4 Borges | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | 7-63 6-2 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 20 | 57 | |
| pts | 63-43 | 70-57 | 65-47 | 198-147 | |
| Total points | 106 | 127 | 112 | 345 | |
| Winners | 24 | 41 | 31 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 59% | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 12 | 9 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 49/67 | 38/54 | 117/167 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 73% | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 41/49 | 31/38 | 96/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 84% | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 8/18 | 8/16 | 26/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 44% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 80% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 50% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fritz | |||||
| R2 Fognini | R3 Korda | R4 Dimitrov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-711 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 28 | 66 | |
| pts | 63-50 | 61-42 | 113-87 | 237-179 | |
| Total points | 113 | 103 | 200 | 416 | |
| Winners | 29 | 27 | 50 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 44% | 44% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/62 | 30/50 | 66/104 | 131/216 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 60% | 63% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 27/30 | 50/66 | 106/131 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 90% | 76% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 13/20 | 25/38 | 54/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 65% | 66% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/5 | 4/16 | 8/24 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 25% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 11/11 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Andrey RublevRublev (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 7-61) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-65 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-67 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-72 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Holger RuneRune (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-2 4-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Ben SheltonShelton (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Francesco PassaroPassaro (4-6 7-68 7-64) – See score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (4-3) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Tommy PaulPaul (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Nicolas JarryJarry (2-3) – H2H and prediction