Frances Tiafoe tops Brandon Nakashima 6-4 7-6(3) in the semifinal in Houston on Saturday in what was an all-American contest. Tiafoe will face Jenson Brooksby in the final. Tiafoe won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Houston
Tiafoe's Record

Frances added to his prize money $ 24,870 after winning this match. He has already won $ 60,350 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tiafoe will add $ 43,105 to his earnings to get in total $ 103,455 in total.

Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Brandon Nakashima US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tiafoe
Nakashima
6-4 7-63
1h:41
77
77
Total points
64
64
25
25
Winners
33
33
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
6
6
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
60%
60%
1st in
65%
65%
69%
69%
1st won
62%
62%
25/36
25/36
1st won
33/53
33/53
54%
54%
2nd won
32%
32%
13/24
13/24
2nd won
9/28
9/28
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
4/5
4/5
50%
50%
Won
80%
80%
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After this contest, the head to head between Tiafoe and Nakashima is 6-1 for Frances.

Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Jenson Brooksby – stats

Tiafoe will play Brooksby in the final.

This will be the 3rd time that Frances Tiafoe and Jenson Brooksby square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Brooksby (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Tiafoe 6-4
TiafoeNakashima
6
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
TiafoeNakashima
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
TiafoeNakashima
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
TiafoeNakashima
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TiafoeNakashima
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
TiafoeNakashima
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
TiafoeNakashima
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
TiafoeNakashima
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
TiafoeNakashima
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
TiafoeNakashima
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
TiafoeNakashima
0
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40

Tiafoe won the set after he broke Nakashima in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Brandon tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Anyhow, Tiafoe didn’t blink to win the set 6-4.

Tiafoe converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Brandon was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).

They played 65 points. Frances conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Brandon (36-29). Tiafoe lost 5 points on serve (18-5). On the other side, Brandon conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).

2nd Set -
Tiafoe 7-6
TiafoeNakashima
7
6
N
0
1
T
1
1
T
2
1
N
3
1
N
4
1
T
4
2
T
5
2
N
5
3
N
6
3
T
7
3
TiafoeNakashima
6
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
TiafoeNakashima
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
TiafoeNakashima
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
TiafoeNakashima
4
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
TiafoeNakashima
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
TiafoeNakashima
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
TiafoeNakashima
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
TiafoeNakashima
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
TiafoeNakashima
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
TiafoeNakashima
1
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TiafoeNakashima
0
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40

Tiafoe had a strong start of this set after breaking Brandon Nakashima in the 2nd

game (2-0). Anyhow, Frances refused to bow to come back to break Nakashima 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 3.

Tiafoe failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 0.

Tiebreak

Tiafoe won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Nakashima won a minibreak in the 6th (2-4) point.

Frances won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3

Frances converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 15-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Nakashima converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 0-40).

They played 76 points. Frances was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Brandon (41-35). Frances lost 17 points on serve (19-17). on the other side of the court, Brandon conceded 22 points on serve (18-22).

1st
Tiafoe
Nakashima
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Tiafoe
Nakashima
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1

Tennis Scores in Houston

  • Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 7-63)
  • Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Tommy PaulPaul (7-65 3-6 7-66)

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