Frances Tiafoe and Borna Coric will clash against each other in the 2nd round of Wimbledon for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 18. 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 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.47
Borna Coric -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Borna Coric

This will be the 3rd time that Frances Tiafoe and Borna Coric face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Tiafoe and Coric (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Tiafoe won 6-3 7-6(7) 2-6 6-3 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in January 2024.

Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs Borna Coric – Australian Open 14-January-2024

Frances Tiafoe

Frances Tiafoe

14 - 15win/loss

Hard
6-6
I Hard
1-1
Clay
5-6
Grass
2-2
Rank
29
High
10
WLLWLWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-15 6-6 5-6 1-1 2-2 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. 29, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Matteo Arnaldi 6-75 2-6 6-1 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, The American had a tough win against Arnaldi to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-75 2-6 6-1 6-3 6-3). During the match, Tiafoe scored 145 points vs Arnaldi’s 129. The American was very aggressive to blast 66 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tiafoe struck 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 61% of his first serves in, winning 80% (66/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (25/54) on the 2nd serve. Francis broke Arnaldi 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).

Tiafoe has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (335-238). 2-2 on grass in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tiafoe has a compiled 30-21 record in the last years on grass.

The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Houston.

Tiafoe has a compiled 14-15 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Wimbledon
Tiafoe's Record

Borna Coric

Borna Coric

13 - 14win/loss

Hard
2-4
I Hard
7-3
Clay
3-7
Grass
1-0
Rank
89
High
12
WLLWLLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 13-14 2-4 3-7 7-3 1-0 0-0
2023 22-19 10-10 9-5 3-1 0-3 0-0
2022 27-17 10-5 10-9 7-3 0-0 0-0
2021 6-3 3-2 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-0
2020 16-12 6-5 4-4 6-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 89, Coric got to the 2nd round after beating Felipe Meligeni Alves 6-3 7-62 6-3.

In the 1st round, Borna had a good straight sets win against Meligeni Alves (6-3 7-62 6-3). During the match Coric scored 108 points vs Meligeni Alves’s 83. Borna was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about serving, Coric blasted 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Borna Coric was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (50/62) of his 1st serve and 63% (26/41) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Croatian broke Meligeni Alves twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Coric’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Neuve Challenger and Montpellier.

The Croatian has an overall 13-14 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2015. See his history.

Wimbledon
Coric's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Tiafoe
B.Coric
3h:09
3h:09
Time on court​
2h:12
2h:12
!
3h:09
3h:09
Last match​
!
2h:12
2h:12
1
1
Match played
1
1
46
46
Games Played​
31
31
5
5
Set played​​
3
3
145
145
Total points​
108
108
145
145
Avg point​
108
108
66
66
Winners
50
50
66
66
Avg Winners​
50
50
46%
46%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
13
13
!
12
12
Avg Aces
!
13
13
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
3
3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
66/83
66/83
1st won total​
50/62
50/62
!
80%
80%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
25/54
25/54
2nd won total​
26/41
26/41
46%
46%
2nd won %
!
63%
63%
-- Break Points --
7/11
7/11
BP won
2/4
2/4
7/11
7/11
Avg BP won
2/4
2/4
!
64%
64%
Won
50%
50%
8
8
Conceded
6
6
8
8
Avg Conceded
6
6
4
4
Broken
0
0
4
4
Avg Broken
!
0
0
4
4
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tiafoe Coric
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 5 3
Tot Games 46 31
Pts 145-129 108-83
Total Points 274 191
Winners 66 50
%Winners 46% 46%

Both Tiafoe and Coric played 1 match. At the moment, Frances Tiafoe surrendered 2 sets while Borna Coric hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tiafoe has played 2 sets more than Coric (5 vs 3). Therefore, Tiafoe played 15 games more than Coric. Tiafoe scored 66 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Borna bagged 50 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tiafoe Coric
Aces 12 13
Avg per match 12 13
1st in 83/137 62/103
%1st in 61% 60%
1st pts 66/83 50/62
%1st pts 80% 81%
2nd pts 25/54 26/41
%2nd pts 46% 63%

Tiafoe scored 12 aces . Coric made 13 aces . Tiafoe won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Coric won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Tiafoe Coric
Won 7 2
Converted 7/11 2/4
% Converted 64% 50%
Conceded 8 6
Saved 4 6
% Saved 50% 100%
Times Broken 4 0

Francis broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Francis conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Coric broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Borna was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.

Tiafoe
R1
Arnaldi
Total
Score 6-75 2-6 6-1 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 46 46
pts 145-129 145-129
Total points 274 274
Winners 66 66
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 12 12
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 83/137 83/137
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 66/83 66/83
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 25/54 25/54
% 2nd pts 46% 46%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/11 7/11
Converted % 64% 64%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 4/8 4
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 4 4
Coric
R1
Meligeni
Total
Score 6-3 7-62 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 108-83 108-83
Total points 191 191
Winners 50 50
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 13 13
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 62/103 62/103
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 50/62 50/62
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 26/41 26/41
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/4 2/4
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 6/6 6
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores – Wimbledon

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