Taylor Fritz and David Goffin will play each other in the quarter of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.25
David Goffin -> 3.94

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. David Goffin

This will be the 3^rd time that Taylor Fritz and David Goffin square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Fritz and Goffin (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Fritz won 6-1 5-7 7-6(9) in the 2^nd round in Doha back in 2021.

Taylor Fritz

Ranked no. 7, the American got to the quarter after defeating Unknown Player bye, Terence Atmane 7-6(4) 7-6(5), Yosuke Watanuki 6-3 6-4 and Holger Rune 6-1 6-2.

In the 4^th round, Fritz had a good straight sets win against Rune (6-1 6-2). During the match, Fritz scored 57 points vs Rune’s 31. Taylor was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Fritz struck 9 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Taylor Fritz conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Fritz put 73% of his first serves in, winning 86% (30/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Taylor was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Rune 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Fritz hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Fritz has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (383-226). 21-9 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fritz has a composed 226-115 match record in the last years on hard.

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

The American has an aggregate 48-19 win-loss record in 2024, 21-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

David Goffin

Ranked no. 66, Goffin reached the quarter after defeating James Duckworth 6-4 6-2, Lorenzo Musetti 1-6 7-6(6) 6-2, Marcos Giron 1-6 6-3 7-5 and Alexander Zverev 6-4 7-5.

In the 4^th round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Zverev (6-4 7-5). During the match Goffin scored 80 points vs Zverev’s 72. David was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Goffin managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. David Goffin lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Goffin put 65% of his first serves in, winning 65% (34/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. Goffin broke Zverev 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Ilkley Challenger where he beat Harold Mayot in the final 6-4 6-2.

Goffin has a compiled 44-24 win-loss record in 2024, 24-10 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fritz	Goffin
Match played	3	4
Tot Set	6	10
Tot Games	60	96
Pts	199-165	344-323
Total Points	364	667
Winners	98	162
%Winners	49%	47%

Fritz played 3 matches while Goffin competed in 4 matches. At the moment, David Goffin surrendered 2 sets while Taylor Fritz hasn’t lost a set so far. Fritz has played 4 set(s) less than Goffin (6 vs 10). Therefore, Fritz played 36 games less than Goffin. Taylor scored 98 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian blasted 162 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fritz	Goffin
Aces	25	19
Avg per match	8.3	4.8
1st in	126/190	238/361
%1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	98/126	162/238
%1st pts	78%	68%
2nd pts	33/64	57/123
%2nd pts	52%	46%

Fritz bagged 25 aces (8.3 per match). Goffin recorded 19 aces (4.8 per match). Fritz won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Goffin won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Fritz	Goffin
Won	8	15
Converted	8/14	15/37
% Converted	57%	41%
Conceded	8	34
Saved	6	24
% Saved	75%	71%
Times Broken	2	10

Fritz broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Fritz lost his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponents 15 times with a 41% conversion rate. Goffin conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Fritz
	R2 Atmane	R3 Watanuki	R4 Rune	Total
Score	7-64 7-65	6-3 6-4	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	26	19	15	60
pts	80-83	62-51	57-31	199-165
Total points	163	113	88	364
Winners	38	30	30	98
%Winners	48%	48%	53%	49%
SERVE
Aces	6	10	9	25
Double Faults	0	0	0	0
1st in	52/82	39/60	35/48	126/190
% 1st in	63%	65%	73%	66%
1st pts	38/52	30/39	30/35	98/126
% 1st pts	73%	77%	86%	78%
2nd pts	17/30	10/21	6/13	33/64
% 2nd pts	57%	48%	46%	52%
Breaks
Won	1	3	4	8
Converted	1/6	3/4	4/4	8/14
Converted %	17%	75%	100%	57%
Conceded	3	4	1	8
Saved	2/3	3/4	1/1	6
Saved %	67%	75%	100%	81%
Times Broken	1	1	0	2

Goffin
	R1 Duckworth	R2 Musetti	R3 Giron	R4 Zverev	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	1-6 7-66 6-2	1-6 6-3 7-5	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	3	2	10
Tot Games	18	28	28	22	96
pts	74-56	95-102	95-93	80-72	344-323
Total points	130	197	188	152	667
Winners	31	51	46	34	162
%Winners	42%	54%	48%	43%	47%
SERVE
Aces	6	6	4	3	19
Double Faults	2	4	1	2	9
1st in	44/76	77/108	65/97	52/80	238/361
% 1st in	58%	71%	67%	65%	66%
1st pts	31/44	51/77	46/65	34/52	162/238
% 1st pts	70%	66%	71%	65%	68%
2nd pts	17/32	11/31	14/32	15/28	57/123
% 2nd pts	53%	35%	44%	54%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	4	3	4	15
Converted	4/7	4/10	3/9	4/11	15/37
Converted %	57%	40%	33%	36%	41%
Conceded	4	15	8	7	34
Saved	3/4	11/15	5/8	5/7	24
Saved %	75%	73%	63%	71%	94%
Times Broken	1	4	3	2	10

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Tomas MachacMachac – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (7-6⁵ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adam Pavlasek/Jean-Julien RojerPavlasek/Jean-Julien Rojer – Jamie Murray/John PeersMurray/John Peers (7-6² 4-6 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-VasselinGonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Ariel Behar/Robert GallowayBehar/Robert Galloway (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Wesley Koolhof/Nikola MekticKoolhof/Nikola Mektic – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – David GoffinGoffin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Tomas MachacMachac (1-0) – H2H and prediction