Taylor Fritz and Arthur Fils will face off in the 1^st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COLOSSEUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.41
Arthur Fils -> 2.91

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Arthur Fils

There is no head to head record between Taylor Fritz and Arthur Fils since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Taylor Fritz

Ranked no. 7, Fritz will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he lost 6-2 7-5 to Alcaraz in the round robin on the 22^nd of September.

The American has an aggregate 45-18 win-loss record in 2024, 18-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about his overall career, Fritz has an overall 397-235 record. He has a positive 231-119 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2022. See his history.

Arthur Fils

Ranked no. 24, will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Davis Cup, Group B, Valencia where he overcame 6-7(5) 7-5 6-4 to Lehecka in the Rubber 2 on the 14^th of September.

The French player has an overall 31-23 win-loss record in 2024, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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His best result of the current season was winning the title the Bordeaux Challenger where he overcame Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-2 6-3 and in Hamburg where he beat Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 3-6 7-6(1).

In terms of his career, Fils has an overall 151-103 record. He has a positive 18-15 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tomas MachacMachac (2-1) – H2H and prediction
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• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (4-3) – H2H and prediction
• Jack DraperDraper – (0-0) – H2H and prediction