Jenson Brooksby surprises Tommy Paul 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(6) in the semifinal in Houston on Saturday in what was an all-American encounter. Brooksby will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Frances Tiafoe in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Houston
Brooksby's Record

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

Highlights Jenson Brooksby vs. Tommy Paul US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Brooksby
Paul
7-65 3-6 7-66
2h:42
106
106
Total points
114
114
46
46
Winners
42
42
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
6
6
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
68%
68%
1st in
56%
56%
62%
62%
1st won
68%
68%
46/74
46/74
1st won
42/62
42/62
51%
51%
2nd won
55%
55%
18/35
18/35
2nd won
27/49
27/49
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
5/11
5/11
44%
44%
Won
45%
45%
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Brooksby won this match even if he conquered less points than Tommy (106 vs. 114).

Brooksby

Brooksby won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Paul

On the other side, Tommy was not so effective in converting his break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Brooksby and Paul is 1-3 for Tommy.

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

Brooksby will compete against Tiafoe in the final.

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

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Brooksby 7-6
BrooksbyPaul
7
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
BrooksbyPaul
7
6
1
0
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
4
2
5
3
5
4
5
5
5
6
5
BrooksbyPaul
6
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
BrooksbyPaul
6
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
BrooksbyPaul
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BrooksbyPaul
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
BrooksbyPaul
5
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
BrooksbyPaul
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BrooksbyPaul
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
BrooksbyPaul
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
BrooksbyPaul
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
BrooksbyPaul
3
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
BrooksbyPaul
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BrooksbyPaul
1
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40

Brooksby didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Tommy Paul in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Brooksby to win the set since Paul managed to break back in the 9th (4-5) game.

Jenson converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Paul converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (2-4 30-40), the 9th (3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 94 points. It’s worth to point out that, Brooksby won this set even if he scored less points 6 than Paul (44-50

). Brooksby dropped 17 points on serve (26-17). on the other side of the court, Tommy conceded 18 points on serve (33-18).
2nd Set -
Paul 6-3
PaulBrooksby
6
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
PaulBrooksby
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
PaulBrooksby
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
PaulBrooksby
5
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
PaulBrooksby
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
PaulBrooksby
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
PaulBrooksby
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
PaulBrooksby
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
PaulBrooksby
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tommy clinched in the 6th game (4-2) before finally winning the set (6-3).

Paul was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Brooksby wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th

game (2-4 40-A).

They played 50 points. Tommy conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Jenson (27-23). Tommy lost 5 points on serve (18-5). In addition, on the other side, Brooksby conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).

3rd Set -
Brooksby 7-6
BrooksbyPaul
7
6
B
1
0
P
1
1
P
2
1
B
2
2
B
3
2
P
3
3
P
4
3
B
4
4
B
4
5
P
5
5
P
5
6
B
6
6
B
7
6
P
8
6
BrooksbyPaul
6
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BrooksbyPaul
5
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BrooksbyPaul
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
BrooksbyPaul
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
BrooksbyPaul
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
BrooksbyPaul
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BrooksbyPaul
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BrooksbyPaul
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
BrooksbyPaul
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BrooksbyPaul
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
BrooksbyPaul
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30

Brooksby had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Tommy Paul in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Brooksby to win the set because Tommy found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Jenson kept his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.

Tiebreak

Jenson won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (4-3), 10th (5-5) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Tommy won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4) and 9th (5-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Brooksby converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40). Brooksby saved 2 set points when he was 4-5 and 5-6 down. On the other side, Paul was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 7th (2-4 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40).

They played 76 points. This set was so close that, Jenson won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Brooksby surrendered 17 points on serve (17-17). On the losing side, Paul conceded 21 points on serve (21-21).

1st
Brooksby
Paul
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Brooksby
Paul
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Brooksby
Paul
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0

Tennis Scores in Houston

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

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