H2H, prediction of Frances Tiafoe vs Alexei Popyrin in ATP1000 Master in Monte-Carlo with odds, preview, pick | 9th April 2025

PREVIEW. ATP1000 Master in Monte-Carlo. Tiafoe and Popyrin will square off in the 2nd round of the ATP1000 Master in Monte-Carlo. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 9th of April

Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexei Popyrin

Frances Tiafoe and Alexei Popyrin will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the ATP1000 Master in Monte-Carlo for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 9. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.74
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexei Popyrin

This will be the 2nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Alexei Popyrin face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Tiafoe won 6-4 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3 in the 4th round in at the U.S. Open back in 2024.

Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs Alexei Popyrin – U.S. Open 01-September-2024

Frances Tiafoe

Frances Tiafoe
Frances Tiafoe

10 - 8win/loss

Hard
5-5
I Hard
1-1
Clay
4-2
Rank
17
High
10
LWWLLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-10 5-5 6-4 1-1 0-0 0-0
2024 33-27 21-13 5-6 4-5 3-3 0-0
2023 40-21 21-10 8-4 4-5 7-2 0-0
2022 35-25 19-11 8-6 5-5 3-3 0-0
2021 42-27 19-13 4-7 10-4 9-3 0-0

Ranked no. 17, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2 5-7 7-6(5).

In the 1st round, The American defeated Kecmanovic (6-2 5-7 7-65). During the match, Tiafoe scored 112 points vs Kecmanovic’s 109. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tiafoe fired 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 57% of his first serves in, winning 66% (41/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (26/47) on the 2nd serve. Tiafoe broke Kecmanovic 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Tiafoe has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (312-231). 4-1 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Tiafoe has a compiled 66-48 record in the last years on clay.

Francis’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Houston.

The American has an aggregate 10-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters

Tiafoe has never competed in this tournament before.

Tiafoe
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Tiafoe's Record

Alexei Popyrin

Alexei Popyrin
Alexei Popyrin

4 - 7win/loss

Hard
2-6
I Hard
0-1
Clay
2-0
Rank
26
High
23
LLLWWWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-10 2-6 3-3 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 30-22 17-8 4-8 4-3 5-3 0-0
2023 36-29 18-14 15-6 1-4 2-5 0-0
2022 24-31 7-16 7-4 3-5 7-6 0-0
2021 32-26 13-11 8-6 10-5 1-4 0-0

Ranked no. 27, Popyrin reached the 2nd round after beating Ugo Humbert 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4.

In the 1st round against Humbert, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-62 6-4). During the match Popyrin scored 112 points vs Humbert’s 111. Alexei was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about serving, Popyrin fired 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Alexei Popyrin lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Popyrin put 64% of his first serves in, winning 76% (52/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Popyrin broke Humbert once after converting 11% of his break points (1/9).

Popyrin has a compiled 3-7 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See his history.

Popyrin
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Popyrin's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Tiafoe
A.Popyrin
2h:31
2h:31
Time on court​
2h:50
2h:50
!
2h:31
2h:31
Last match​
!
2h:50
2h:50
1
1
Match played
1
1
33
33
Games Played​
32
32
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
112
112
Total points​
112
112
112
112
Avg point​
112
112
41
41
Winners
52
52
41
41
Avg Winners​
52
52
37%
37%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
3
3
7
7
Avg Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
6
6
3
3
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
41/62
41/62
1st won total​
52/68
52/68
66%
66%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
26/47
26/47
2nd won total​
19/39
19/39
55%
55%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
BP won
1/9
1/9
4/11
4/11
Avg BP won
1/9
1/9
36%
36%
Won
!
11%
11%
8
8
Conceded
6
6
8
8
Avg Conceded
6
6
3
3
Broken
1
1
3
3
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tiafoe Popyrin
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 33 32
Pts 112-109 112-111
Total Points 221 223
Winners 41 52
%Winners 37% 46%

Both Tiafoe and Popyrin played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Frances Tiafoe dropped 1 set, while Alexei Popyrin dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Tiafoe and Popyrin have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Tiafoe played 1 game more than Popyrin. Tiafoe scored 41 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Alexei struck 52 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tiafoe Popyrin
Aces 7 3
Avg per match 7 3
1st in 62/109 68/107
%1st in 57% 64%
1st pts 41/62 52/68
%1st pts 66% 76%
2nd pts 26/47 19/39
%2nd pts 55% 49%

Tiafoe managed to score 7 aces . Popyrin bagged 3 aces . Tiafoe won 66% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 76% 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 Tiafoe Popyrin
Won 4 1
Converted 4/11 1/9
% Converted 36% 11%
Conceded 8 6
Saved 5 5
% Saved 63% 83%
Times Broken 3 1

Tiafoe broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Francis lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Popyrin broke his opponent once with a 11% conversion rate. Alexei conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Tiafoe
R1
Kecmanovic
Total
Score 6-2 5-7 7-65
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 33 33
pts 112-109 112-109
Total points 221 221
Winners 41 41
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 62/109 62/109
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 41/62 41/62
% 1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 26/47 26/47
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/11 4/11
Converted % 36% 36%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 5/8 5
Saved % 63% 63%
Times Broken 3 3
Popyrin
R1
Humbert
Total
Score 3-6 7-62 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 112-111 112-111
Total points 223 223
Winners 52 52
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 68/107 68/107
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 52/68 52/68
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 19/39 19/39
% 2nd pts 49% 49%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/9 1/9
Converted % 11% 11%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 5/6 5
Saved % 83% 83%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Tiafoe
LWWLLWLWWW
Popyrin
LLLWWWLLWL
2025 2024 2023
12 - 10
5 - 10
5-5
Hard
2-6
1-1
I Hard
0-1
6-4
Clay
3-3

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