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

Sebastian Korda

26 - 16win/loss

Hard
12-6
I Hard
2-2
Clay
5-5
Grass
7-3
Rank
22
High
15
LWLLWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-19 17-9 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

Washington
Korda's Record

Frances Tiafoe

Frances Tiafoe

19 - 18win/loss

Hard
10-8
I Hard
1-1
Clay
5-6
Grass
3-3
Rank
18
High
10
LLWLWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-27 21-13 5-6 4-5 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.

Washington
Tiafoe's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Korda
F.Tiafoe
4h:38
4h:38
Time on court​
6h:29
6h:29
1h:11
1h:11
Last match​
1h:38
1h:38
3
3
Match played
3
3
65
65
Games Played​
86
86
8
8
Set played​​
8
8
213
213
Total points​
289
289
71
71
Avg point​
96.3
96.3
88
88
Winners
123
123
29.3
29.3
Avg Winners​
41
41
41%
41%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
29
29
Aces
39
39
9.7
9.7
Avg Aces
!
13
13
3
3
Double Faults
9
9
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3
3
88/111
88/111
1st won total​
123/147
123/147
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
84%
84%
54/85
54/85
2nd won total​
59/111
59/111
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
9/14
9/14
BP won
9/26
9/26
3/4.7
3/4.7
Avg BP won
3/8.7
3/8.7
!
64%
64%
Won
35%
35%
7
7
Conceded
14
14
2.3
2.3
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
1
1
Broken
5
5
!
0.3
0.3
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
6
6
Saved
9
9

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

Tennis Scores in Washington

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