Alexander Zverev and Taylor Fritz will square off in the semifinal of the the Nitto ATP Finals for the 12th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on Center Court. 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 Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.43
Taylor Fritz -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Taylor Fritz
This will be the 12th time that Alexander Zverev and Taylor Fritz square off. The head to head is 6-5 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Fritz won 6-4 7-5 in the R in Laver cup back in September 2024.
Alexander Zverev
69 - 21win/loss
2
2
LWWWWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69-21 | 29-10 | 23-6 | 11-3 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 12-7 | 3-1 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 2 (career-high), Zverev reached the semifinal after defeating Casper Ruud 7-6(3) 6-3, Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(5) 6-4 and Andrey Rublev 6-4 6-4.
In the previous match, The German had a good straight sets win against Alcaraz (7-65 6-4). During the match, Zverev scored 83 points vs Alcaraz’s 74. The German was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zverev fired 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexander Zverev was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (40/55) 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. Zverev broke Alcaraz once after converting 13% of his break points (1/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexander hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Zverev has an impressive record in the last 10 years having won 71% of his matches (483-201). 11-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zverev has an aggregate 95-42 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Australia where he beat Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4 and in Rome where he overcame Nicolas Jarry in the final 6-4 7-5 and in Paris where he defeated Ugo Humbert in the final 6-2 6-2.
The German has a composed 69-20 win-loss record in 2024, 11-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nitto ATP Finals
Taylor Fritz
52 - 22win/loss
4
4
WLWWLWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53-23 | 22-10 | 15-7 | 6-4 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-24 | 35-11 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-21 | 24-8 | 5-3 | 9-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-22 | 20-13 | 4-5 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 11-9 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5 (career-high), Fritz reached the semifinal after beating Alex De Minaur 5-7 6-4 6-3 and Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-3.
In the previous match against De Minaur, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-3). During the match Fritz scored 91 points vs De Minaur’s 81. Fritz was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Fritz bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Taylor Fritz lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Fritz put 64% of his first serves in, winning 84% (52/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Fritz broke De Minaur 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Fritz has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the year 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 overall 51-22 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nitto ATP Finals
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 | Zverev | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 50 |
| Pts | 204-169 | 159-131 |
| Total Points | 373 | 290 |
| Winners | 109 | 86 |
| %Winners | 53% | 54% |
Zverev played 3 matches while Fritz competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Taylor Fritz lost 1 set while Alexander Zverev hasn’t lost a set so far. Zverev has played 1 set more than Fritz (6 vs 5). Therefore, Zverev played 15 games more than Fritz. Alexander scored 109 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 86 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zverev | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 29 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 9.7 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 137/181 | 102/155 |
| %1st in | 76% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 109/137 | 86/102 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 31/44 | 26/53 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 49% |
Zverev blasted 29 aces (9.7 per match). Fritz managed to score 15 aces (7.5 per match). Zverev won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Fritz won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zverev | Fritz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 36% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Alexander broke his opponents 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Zverev was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zverev | |||||
| Round Robin Alcaraz |
Round Robin Ruud |
Round Robin Rublev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 7-63 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 22 | 20 | 65 | |
| pts | 83-74 | 66-51 | 55-44 | 204-169 | |
| Total points | 157 | 117 | 99 | 373 | |
| Winners | 40 | 41 | 28 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 62% | 51% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 11 | 9 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/70 | 47/61 | 35/50 | 137/181 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 77% | 70% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 40/55 | 41/47 | 28/35 | 109/137 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 87% | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 9/14 | 12/15 | 31/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 64% | 80% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/8 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 13% | 100% | 100% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | – | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fritz | |||||
| Round Robin De Minaur |
Round Robin Sinner |
Round Robin Medvedev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 20 | 19 | 70 | |
| pts | 91-81 | – | 68-50 | 159-131 | |
| Total points | 172 | 0 | 118 | 290 | |
| Winners | 52 | 34 | 86 | ||
| %Winners | 57% | 0% | 50% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 9 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 62/97 | / | 40/58 | 102/155 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 0% | 69% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 52/62 | / | 34/40 | 86/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 0% | 85% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | / | 10/18 | 26/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 0% | 56% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Converted | 3/6 | / | 2/4 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 0% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Saved | 4/6 | 0/ | 3/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 100% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
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