Frances Tiafoe vs Taylor Fritz — Indian Wells Masters Round of 128

Indian Wells Masters · ATP · Round of 128
Frances Tiafoe
USA
Frances Tiafoe
#19ATP
1918ELO
1861Hard ELO
$1.9MYTD
$18MCAREER
28 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWWWWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 7 March 2016
hard
Taylor Fritz
USA
Taylor Fritz
#7ATP
1909ELO
1839Hard ELO
$1.6MYTD
$31MCAREER
28 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWWWW
Tiafoe F.
6-3 2-6 6-3
Fritz T.
Tiafoe F.
6262
Fritz T.
3631

Frances Tiafoe defeated Taylor Fritz 6-3 2-6 6-3 in the Indian Wells Masters round of 128 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Taylor Fritz came in ranked #7, leading the head-to-head 7–1. Frances Tiafoe narrowed the head-to-head to 7–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Frances Tiafoe closed it out in three sets, 6–3 2–6 6–3.

Head to head

1–7
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2026-06-21HalleFgrassFrances Tiafoe4-6 4-6
2024-08-26US OpenSFhardTaylor Fritz4-6 7-5 4-6 6-4 6-1
2023-02-27AcapulcoQFhardTaylor Fritz6-3 6-4
2022-10-03TokyoFhardTaylor Fritz7-6(3) 7-6(2)
2022-08-08Canada MastersR32hardTaylor Fritz5-7 6-1 6-4
2022-01-17Australian OpenR64hardTaylor Fritz6-4 6-3 7-6(5)
2019-10-28Paris MastersR64hardTaylor Fritz7-6(6) 3-6 6-4
2016-08-22Winston-SalemR64hardTaylor Fritz6-1 6-4
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Serve vs return

This season
Tiafoe F.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Fritz T.

Fritz T.serving93% hold

wins 73% of points on serve vs Tiafoe F.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Tiafoe F.Fritz T.
38
Serve
76
37
Return
32

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Tiafoe F.Fritz T.
1st serve in·Even
59%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
75%
79%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
55%
Service points won·Even
66%
70%
Return points won·Even
36%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
69%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.0
11.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.3
1.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Tiafoe F.Fritz T.
Clutch Rating·Even
83
87
Break points saved·Even
99
100
Break points won·Even
57
60
Deciding sets·Slight edge
92
98
Tiebreaks·Even
98
99

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Tiafoe F.Fritz T.
Freshness·Slight edge
76
67

Tiafoe F.: 8 days rest · 3 matches (14d) · Fritz T.: 4 days rest · 2 matches, 61 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
10°CDrizzle
Wind 9 km/hHumidity 73%

Draw

Final
Djokovic N.[1]
Raonic M.[12]
6-26-0
Semi-finals
Raonic M.[12]
Goffin D.[15]
6-33-66-3
Djokovic N.[1]
Nadal R.[4]
7-656-2
Quarter-finals
Raonic M.[12]
Monfils G.[13]
7-56-3
Goffin D.[15]
Cilic M.[10]
7-646-2
Djokovic N.[1]
Tsonga J.[7]
7-627-62
Nadal R.[4]
Nishikori K.[5]
6-46-3
R16
Cilic M.[10]
Gasquet R.[8]
7-55-76-2
Raonic M.[12]
Berdych T.[6]
6-47-67
Nishikori K.[5]
Isner J.[9]
1-67-627-65
Nadal R.[4]
Zverev A.
6-786-07-5
Monfils G.[13]
Delbonis F.
6-36-4
Tsonga J.[7]
Thiem D.[11]
6-36-2
Goffin D.[15]
Wawrinka S.[3]
6-35-77-65
Djokovic N.[1]
Lopez F.[18]
6-36-3
R32
Raonic M.[12]
Tomic B.[17]
6-23-0
Wawrinka S.[3]
Kuznetsov A.
6-47-65
Goffin D.[15]
Pella G.
4-66-36-2
Cilic M.[10]
Mayer L.
6-46-3
Gasquet R.[8]
Dolgopolov A.[26]
2-66-26-1
Isner J.[9]
Mannarino A.
6-47-64
Zverev A.
Simon G.[16]
6-26-2
Nadal R.[4]
Verdasco F.
6-07-69
Thiem D.[11]
Sock J.[21]
7-56-756-1
Djokovic N.[1]
Kohlschreiber P.[27]
7-57-5
Monfils G.[13]
Ramos A.
6-16-3
Berdych T.[6]
Coric B.
6-17-63
Delbonis F.
Murray A.[2]
6-44-67-63
Tsonga J.[7]
Querrey S.[31]
6-36-4
Nishikori K.[5]
Johnson S.[30]
7-667-65
Lopez F.[18]
Bautista Agut R.[14]
7-656-7106-4
R64
Murray A.[2]
Granollers M.
6-47-63
Delbonis F.
Sousa J.[32]
7-666-4
Raonic M.[12]
Cervantes Huegun I.
6-16-3
Tomic B.[17]
Ram R.
6-47-5
Coric B.
Bellucci T.[29]
6-26-2
Berdych T.[6]
del Potro J.
7-646-2
Kuznetsov A.
Chardy J.[28]
6-46-2
Pella G.
Cuevas P.[22]
6-14-66-4
Cilic M.[10]
Harrison R.
6-46-3
Dolgopolov A.[26]
Haase R.
6-46-2
Gasquet R.[8]
Mahut N.
6-46-1
Nishikori K.[5]
Kukushkin M.
6-36-3
Johnson S.[30]
Millman J.
6-46-2
Mannarino A.
Paire B.[19]
6-16-3
Isner J.[9]
Seppi A.
7-616-4
Nadal R.[4]
Muller G.
6-22-66-4
Tsonga J.[7]
Millot V.
7-56-1
Querrey S.[31]
De Bakker T.
7-656-4
Sock J.[21]
Berrer M.
6-26-4
Lopez F.[18]
Garcia Lopez G.
6-26-2
Kohlschreiber P.[27]
Kudla D.
6-06-1
Djokovic N.[1]
Fratangelo B.
2-66-16-2
Verdasco F.
Klizan M.[25]
5-3
Thiem D.[11]
Kovalik J.
7-647-63
Bautista Agut R.[14]
Youzhny M.
W/O
Mayer L.
Troicki V.[20]
7-56-3
Ramos A.
Kyrgios N.[24]
7-647-5
Goffin D.[15]
Tiafoe F.
3-66-37-62
Zverev A.
Dimitrov G.[23]
6-43-67-5
Wawrinka S.[3]
Marchenko I.
6-36-2
Monfils G.[13]
Carreno Busta P.
7-57-61
Simon G.[16]
Pospisil V.
1-66-06-1
R128
Delbonis F.
Giraldo S.
6-37-65
Cervantes Huegun I.
Almagro N.
5-76-36-4
del Potro J.
Smyczek T.
6-46-0
Marchenko I.
Tursunov D.
7-57-66
Kuznetsov A.
Trungelliti M.
6-46-4
Pella G.
Edmund K.
6-736-47-5
Harrison R.
Lajovic D.
6-37-63
Mayer L.
Groth S.
6-46-3
Haase R.
Schwartzman D.
6-36-4
Kukushkin M.
Munoz de la Nava D.
7-616-2
Millman J.
Sarkissian A.
6-26-0
Seppi A.
Young D.
4-66-46-3
Pospisil V.
Donaldson J.
7-656-726-3
Zverev A.
Dodig I.
3-67-56-3
Verdasco F.
Polansky P.
7-646-3
Muller G.
Estrella V.
7-56-3
De Bakker T.
Vesely J.
6-44-66-2
Berrer M.
Monaco J.
7-655-76-4
Kovalik J.
Herbert P.
6-46-797-65
Youzhny M.
Bedene A.
7-52-66-3
Garcia Lopez G.
Gulbis E.
6-27-62
Fratangelo B.
Gabashvili T.
6-46-4
Ram R.
Rubin N.
7-637-62
Ramos A.
Chung H.
2-66-06-3
Millot V.
Mcdonald M.
6-16-3
Tiafoe F.
Fritz T.
6-32-66-3
Coric B.
Pouille L.
6-27-5
Kudla D.
Istomin D.
6-32-66-1
Carreno Busta P.
Donskoy E.
6-36-4
Granollers M.
Dzumhur D.
6-16-0
Mahut N.
Olivo R.
6-26-4
Mannarino A.
Rosol L.
4-66-36-4