Frances Tiafoe and Joao Sousa will face off in the 1st round of the Libema Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4 pm (est) on Centre Court.
Frances Tiafoe
Ranked no. 34, Tiafoe will start his run in Hertogenbosch with the intention to win his 2nd title after winning his last tournament in Delray Beach back in 2018.
Frances has a 12-12 win-loss record in 2019, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass
Last year in Hertogenbosch
The American lost in the 2nd round 6-3 6-4 to Steve Johnson.
Joao Sousa
Ranked no. 70, Joao will start his run in Hertogenbosch with the intention to win his 4th competition in singles after succeeding in winning his last tournament in Estoril back in 2018.
Joao has a 10-14 win-loss record in 2019, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass
Last year in ‘Hertogenbosch
Joao didn’t play in ‘s in 2018.
Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Joao Sousa
This will be the 3rd time that Frances Tiafoe and Joao Sousa face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Sousa (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sousa won 6-3 6-73 7-64 in the 1st round in Rome back in May 2019.
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 -> 1.40
Joao Sousa -> 2.75
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