Sebastian Korda and Frances Tiafoe will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Citi Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 9:30 pm on STADIUM. 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 Sebastian Korda who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Korda is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Korda -> 1.77
Frances Tiafoe -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Korda vs. Frances Tiafoe
This will be the 6th time that Sebastian Korda and Frances Tiafoe play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Korda won 7-6(2) 6-3 in the 2nd round in London back in 2023.
Highlights Sebastian Korda vs Frances Tiafoe – London 21-June-2023
Sebastian Korda
25 - 16win/loss
22
20
WWWLLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-16 | 11-6 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-16 | 18-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 13-9 | 8-6 | 12-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 12-8 | 6-5 | 13-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-10 | 6-4 | 6-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 7-1 |
Ranked no. 22, Sebastian reached the semifinal after beating Unknown Player bye, Cristian Garin 6-3 6-2, Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7(1) 7-5 3-2 ret. and Jordan Thompson 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, Sebastian had a good straight sets win against Thompson (6-4 6-2). During the match, Korda scored 58 points vs Thompson’s 41. Sebastian was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Korda struck 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Sebastian Korda was quite efficient on serve to win 87% (27/31) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Korda broke Thompson 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Korda has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (236-153). 11-6 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Korda has a composed93-62 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Korda’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Hertogenbosch.
Sebastian has an aggregate 25-16 win-loss record in 2024, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Frances Tiafoe
19 - 17win/loss
29
10
WWWLWLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-17 | 10-7 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 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. 29, the American got to the semifinal after defeating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-7(8) 6-3 6-3, Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3 and Andrey Rublev 6-4 7-6(3).
In the quarter, Francis had a good straight sets win against Rublev (6-4 7-63). During the match Tiafoe scored 78 points vs Rublev’s 67. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Tiafoe struck 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Frances Tiafoe was pretty effective on serve to win 87% (33/38) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Francis broke Rublev twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Houston.
The American has a compiled 19-17 win-loss record in 2024, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Korda | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 86 |
| Pts | 213-173 | 289-253 |
| Total Points | 386 | 542 |
| Winners | 88 | 123 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Both Korda and Tiafoe played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Sebastian Korda lost 1 set, while Frances Tiafoe conceded 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Korda and Tiafoe have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Korda played 21 games less than Tiafoe. Korda scored 88 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Tiafoe scored 123 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Korda | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 29 | 39 |
| Avg per match | 9.7 | 13 |
| 1st in | 111/196 | 147/258 |
| %1st in | 57% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 88/111 | 123/147 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 54/85 | 59/111 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 53% |
Korda struck 29 aces (9.7 per match). Tiafoe made 39 aces (13 per match). Korda won 79% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Tiafoe won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Korda | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/14 | 9/26 |
| % Converted | 64% | 35% |
| Conceded | 7 | 14 |
| Saved | 6 | 9 |
| % Saved | 86% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Sebastian broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Tiafoe broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Korda | |||||
| R2 Garin |
R3 Kokkinakis |
1/4 Thompson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-71 7-5 3-2 ret. | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 30 | 18 | 65 | |
| pts | 63-43 | 92-89 | 58-41 | 213-173 | |
| Total points | 106 | 181 | 99 | 386 | |
| Winners | 24 | 37 | 27 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 47% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 12 | 10 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/58 | 51/92 | 31/46 | 111/196 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 55% | 67% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 37/51 | 27/31 | 88/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 73% | 87% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 26/41 | 10/15 | 54/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 63% | 67% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/3 | 3/5 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 60% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 100% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tiafoe | |||||
| R2 Elahi Galan Riveros |
R3 Kovacevic |
1/4 Rublev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-78 6-3 6-3 | 7-63 4-6 6-3 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 32 | 23 | 86 | |
| pts | 104-94 | 107-92 | 78-67 | 289-253 | |
| Total points | 198 | 199 | 145 | 542 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | 33 | 123 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 14 | 16 | 9 | 39 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 55/100 | 54/94 | 38/64 | 147/258 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 57% | 59% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 45/55 | 45/54 | 33/38 | 123/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 83% | 87% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/45 | 22/40 | 14/26 | 59/111 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 55% | 54% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 2/11 | 2/5 | 9/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 18% | 40% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 4/6 | 0/1 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 67% | 0% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWLWLWWLL Tennis Scores in Washington
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Lloyd Glasspool/Santiago GonzalezGlasspool/Santiago Gonzalez (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-65 6-6 ret.) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-5 3-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Sadio Doumbia/Hugo NysDoumbia/Hugo Nys – Harri Heliovaara/Henry PattenHeliovaara/Henry Patten (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Sebastian KordaKorda (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
