Denis Kudla vs Frances Tiafoe — Dallas CH Quarter-final

Dallas CH · CHALLENGER · Quarter-final
USA6
Denis Kudla
33 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWLLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 30 January 2017
hard
Frances Tiafoe
USA4
Frances Tiafoe
#17ATP
1918ELO
1861Hard ELO
$1.9MYTD
$18MCAREER
28 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWWWWLW
Kudla D.
7-6 7-6
Tiafoe F.
Kudla D.
77772
Tiafoe F.
65610

Denis Kudla defeated Frances Tiafoe 7-6 7-6 in the Dallas CH quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Frances Tiafoe came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Kudla D.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Tiafoe F.

Tiafoe F.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Kudla D.

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

Kudla D.Tiafoe F.
—
Serve
38
—
Return
37

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

Statistics

This season
Kudla D.Tiafoe F.
1st serve in·Even
59%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
71%
75%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
53%
Service points won·Even
63%
66%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Even
60%
64%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.6
8.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.7
2.3

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Kudla D.Tiafoe F.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
50
83
Break points saved·Slight edge
90
99
Break points won·Dominant
19
57
Deciding sets·Slight edge
81
92
Tiebreaks·Dominant
30
98

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

Freshness

Recent load
Kudla D.Tiafoe F.
Freshness·
—
82

Tiafoe F.: 10 days rest · 3 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Harrison R.[1]
Fritz T.[2]
6-36-3
Semi-finals
Fritz T.[2]
Kudla D.[6]
6-42-67-62
Harrison R.[1]
Ito T.
6-36-0
Quarter-finals
Fritz T.[2]
Ram R.[7]
6-36-2
Ito T.
Ymer E.
6-46-4
Harrison R.[1]
Trungelliti M.
6-46-1
Kudla D.[6]
Tiafoe F.[4]
7-657-61
R16
Tiafoe F.[4]
Wu D.
6-27-65
Kudla D.[6]
Krajicek A.
7-646-3
Ymer E.
Bangoura S.
6-37-5
Ito T.
Kukushkin M.[3]
4-67-637-66
Trungelliti M.
Sarmiento R.
7-666-1
Harrison R.[1]
Mcdonald M.
6-27-610
Ram R.[7]
Opelka R.
7-647-61
Fritz T.[2]
Giron M.
7-54-66-3
R32
Fritz T.[2]
Zhang Z.
6-46-3
Giron M.
Baker B.
7-656-4
Opelka R.
Caruso S.
6-16-3
Ram R.[7]
Coppejans K.
6-32-66-2
Tiafoe F.[4]
Harrison C.
6-26-1
Wu D.
Sandgren T.
7-656-3
Krajicek A.
Milojevic N.
6-16-3
Kudla D.[6]
Mcgee J.
6-34-66-1
Ymer E.
Smyczek T.[8]
7-666-3
Sarmiento R.
Becker B.[5]
7-57-5
Trungelliti M.
Wood C.
6-27-64
Mcdonald M.
Li Z.
6-46-3
Harrison R.[1]
Quigley E.
6-36-4
Bangoura S.
Molchanov D.
5-76-37-5
Ito T.
Gomez Gb42 A.
6-46-4
Kukushkin M.[3]
Novikov D.
6-46-2