Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe will fight against each other in the semifinal of the U.S. Open for the 8^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.44
Frances Tiafoe -> 2.875

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Frances Tiafoe

This will be the 8^th time that Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe square off. The head to head is 6-1 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 5-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Fritz won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Acapulco back in 2023.

Highlights Taylor Fritz vs Frances Tiafoe – Acapulco 02-March-2023

Taylor Fritz

Ranked no. 12, Fritz got to the semifinal after defeating Camilo Ugo Carabelli 7-5 6-1 6-2, Matteo Berrettini 6-3 7-6(1) 6-1, Francisco Comesana 6-3 6-4 6-2, Casper Ruud 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 and Alexander Zverev 7-6(2) 3-6 6-4 7-6(3).

In the quarter, The American defeated Zverev (7-6² 3-6 6-4 7-6³). During the match, Fritz scored 139 points vs Zverev’s 134. Fritz was extremely aggressive to blast 66 winners.

Regarding the service games, Fritz fired 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Taylor Fritz was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (66/81) of his 1st serve and 53% (25/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Fritz broke Zverev twice after converting 15% of his break points (2/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has lost 2 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Fritz has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (378-223). 17-7 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fritz has an overall 222-113 match record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Delray Beach where he beat Tommy Paul in the final 6-2 6-3 and in Eastbourne where he beat Max Purcell in the final 6-4 6-3.

The American has a composed 43-16 win-loss record in 2024, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Frances Tiafoe

Ranked no. 20, the American reached the semifinal after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-3 4-6 7-5, Alexander Shevchenko 6-4 6-1 1-0 ret., Ben Shelton 4-6 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3, Alexei Popyrin 6-4 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3 and Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 4-1 ret..

In the quarter against Dimitrov, the American had a free pass after Dimitrov retired on a 6-3 6-7⁵ 6-3 4-1 . scoreline.

Francis’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Houston and Cincinnati.

The American has an aggregate 29-20 win-loss record in 2024, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fritz	Tiafoe
Match played	5	5
Tot Set	17	22
Tot Games	164	189
Pts	543-431	638-553
Total Points	974	1191
Winners	227	243
%Winners	42%	38%

Both Fritz and Tiafoe played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Taylor Fritz lost 2 sets, while Frances Tiafoe conceded 5 sets. Fritz has played 5 set(s) less than Tiafoe (17 vs 22). Therefore, Fritz played 25 games less than Tiafoe. Fritz scored 227 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 243 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fritz	Tiafoe
Aces	59	45
Avg per match	11.8	9
1st in	273/459	322/578
%1st in	59%	56%
1st pts	227/273	243/322
%1st pts	83%	75%
2nd pts	113/186	152/256
%2nd pts	61%	59%

Fritz bagged 59 aces (11.8 per match). Tiafoe blasted 45 aces (9 per match). Fritz won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Tiafoe won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Fritz	Tiafoe
Won	20	23
Converted	20/48	23/65
% Converted	42%	35%
Conceded	17	33
Saved	12	23
% Saved	71%	70%
Times Broken	5	10

The American broke his opponents 20 times with a 42% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 23 times with a 35% conversion rate. Tiafoe conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Fritz
	R1 Ugo	R2 Berrettini	R3 Comesana	R4 Ruud	1/4 Zverev	Total
Score	7-5 6-1 6-2	6-3 7-61 6-1	6-3 6-4 6-2	3-6 6-4 6-3 6-2	7-62 3-6 6-4 7-63
Tot Set	3	3	3	4	4	17
Tot Games	27	29	27	36	45	164
pts	93-62	101-61	96-71	114-103	139-134	543-431
Total points	155	162	167	217	273	974
Winners	33	36	39	53	66	227
%Winners	35%	36%	41%	46%	47%	42%
SERVE
Aces	10	7	6	24	12	59
Double Faults	2	1	4	7	5	19
1st in	41/76	40/71	48/80	63/104	81/128	273/459
% 1st in	54%	56%	60%	61%	63%	59%
1st pts	33/41	36/40	39/48	53/63	66/81	227/273
% 1st pts	80%	90%	81%	84%	81%	83%
2nd pts	20/35	27/31	19/32	22/41	25/47	113/186
% 2nd pts	57%	87%	59%	54%	53%	61%
Breaks
Won	7	3	4	4	2	20
Converted	7/11	3/6	4/8	4/10	2/13	20/48
Converted %	64%	50%	50%	40%	15%	42%
Conceded	4	0	3	6	4	17
Saved	2/4	0/0	3/3	5/6	2/4	12
Saved %	50%	–	100%	83%	50%	57%
Times Broken	2	0	0	1	2	5

Tiafoe
	R1 Kovacevic	R2 Shevchenko	R3 Shelton	R4 Popyrin	1/4 Dimitrov	Total
Score	6-4 6-3 4-6 7-5	6-4 6-1 1-0 ret.	4-6 7-5 6-75 6-4 6-3	6-4 7-63 2-6 6-3	6-3 6-75 6-3 4-1 ret.
Tot Set	4	3	5	4	4	20
Tot Games	41	18	54	40	36	189
pts	144-122	71-49	173-158	120-117	130-107	638-553
Total points	266	120	331	237	237	1191
Winners	61	27	69	47	39	243
%Winners	42%	38%	40%	39%	30%	38%
SERVE
Aces	18	5	5	14	3	45
Double Faults	5	1	5	1	5	17
1st in	76/131	41/64	91/159	61/117	53/107	322/578
% 1st in	58%	64%	57%	52%	50%	56%
1st pts	61/76	27/41	69/91	47/61	39/53	243/322
% 1st pts	80%	66%	76%	77%	74%	75%
2nd pts	29/55	14/23	41/68	32/56	36/54	152/256
% 2nd pts	53%	61%	60%	57%	67%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	5	5	3	6	23
Converted	4/14	5/11	5/21	3/5	6/14	23/65
Converted %	29%	45%	24%	60%	43%	35%
Conceded	8	5	7	9	4	33
Saved	6/8	4/5	4/7	6/9	3/4	23
Saved %	75%	80%	57%	67%	75%	71%
Times Broken	2	1	3	3	1	10

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

• Jack DraperDraper – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-2 1-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic – Neal Skupski/Michael VenusSkupski/Michael Venus (7-6¹ 6-1) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-3 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz – Maximo Gonzalez/Andres MolteniGonzalez/Andres Molteni (6-7¹¹ 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-6² 3-6 6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Wesley Koolhof/Nikola MekticKoolhof/Nikola Mektic (6-1 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Max Purcell/Jordan ThompsonPurcell/Jordan Thompson – Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jannik SinnerSinner – Jack DraperDraper (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-1) – H2H and prediction