Who Will Win: Comesana Vs Fritz? Prediction For ATP Us Open 2024

What Time Will Francisco Comesana Play Against Taylor Fritz?

Comesana and Fritz are on the Day 5 Schedule at Us Open 2024 on Friday 30 August 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Francisco Comesana from Argentina will be facing Taylor Fritz from the USA in their first-ever meeting. Comesana, born on October 6th, 2000, is currently 23 years old, while Fritz, born on October 28th, 1997, is 26 years old. Comesana is ranked at No. 108 in the ATP ranking as of May 20th, 2024, with his highest ranking being No. 87 on February 27th, 2023. Fritz, on the other hand, holds a ranking of No. 12, with his highest ranking being No. 5 on May 27th, 2023.

Comesana hails from Mar del Plata, Argentina, while Fritz was born in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, USA. In terms of their performance on hard courts in 2024, Comesana has a win-loss record of 4-6, with a 2-1 record in set scores. His career win-loss record on hard courts is 271-183, with a set score of 187-123. Comesana has not won any career titles on hard courts. At the US Open in 2024, he holds a 2-0 record in the third round. He has not come back from a 2-set deficit in his career. In terms of tiebreaks won, Comesana has a career record of 4-3 in 2024, and 142-111 overall. He has earned a career prize money of $541,448, with $323,581 earned in 2024.

Comesana’s coach is Sebastian Gutierrez, while Fritz is coached by Michael Russell and Paul Annacone. Comesana recently defeated Ugo Humbert in the second round and is now aiming to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. He is one of two remaining Argentines in the draw, with Etcheverry being the other one. Comesana has won all four of his tour-level matches in Grand Slam events, including a victory over No. 6 Rublev at Wimbledon in his first-ever main draw appearance.

Comesana is the third Argentine man in the Open Era to reach the third round of a Grand Slam in his first two main draw appearances. He has a 2-0 record against top 20 players, with a recent win over No. 17 Humbert in the second round of the tournament.

In terms of Fritz’s career highlights, he broke into the top 200 in June 2023, and then into the top 100 in April 2024 after winning his fifth Challenger title at Oeiras-3. He achieved a career-high ranking of No. 87 in May 2024. At the 2024 Wimbledon, Fritz defeated Rublev in the first round, marking the biggest win of his career. He also became the youngest Argentine in the third round of Wimbledon since del Potro accomplished it in 2011. Fritz made his ATP Tour debut as a wildcard at the 2024 Cordoba

tournament and earned his first tour-level wins at the 2024 Wimbledon. In 2023, he had a successful Challenger season with a 45-21 record, winning titles in Vicenza and Liberec, and reaching the finals in Skopje and Santa Cruz.

Moving on to Fritz, he has previously reached the third round of various Grand Slam tournaments, including in 2018, 2020, 2023, and his current run in 2024. Additionally, he reached the third round in 2018 and 2020 as well. In 2022, he suffered a loss in the first round to Brandon Holt, who was ranked No. 303 at the time. Fritz has also had previous appearances in the US Open boys’ singles tournament, losing in the third round in 2014 to Rublev and in the first round in 2013 to Zverev. In the present season, he has a 7-0 record against Argentine opponents, including a win over Ugo Carabelli in the first round of the current tournament.

Fritz aims to become the only active American male player to record 50 Grand Slam match wins, with his current record standing at 49-32. He had a successful year, reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and Wimbledon, as well as the fourth round of the Roland Garros. By making it to the fourth round of the ongoing tournament, Fritz joins a list of American men in the Open Era who have reached the fourth round at all four Grand Slams. This list includes Andre Agassi, Brian Gottfried, Pete Sampras, Marty Riessen, Jim Courier, Arthur Ashe, and John McEnroe.

In terms of Fritz’s career highlights, he won his fifth ATP Tour title at the 2023 Delray Beach tournament, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 5 on February 27th. He defeated Nadal in the 2022 Nitto ATP Finals to reach the semifinals, and also beat him in the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells final to become the first American men’s champion at that event since Agassi in 2001. Fritz reached his first Grand Slam fourth round at the 2022 Australian Open and his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2022 Wimbledon after having a 0-7 record in Grand Slam third-round matches. He made his debut in an ATP Tour final at the 2016 Memphis tournament when he was just 18 years old, becoming the youngest American finalist since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990. Fritz has also represented Team USA in various team competitions, helping in winning the United Cup in 2023 and capturing bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics in men’s doubles with his partner Paul.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Comesana will win.
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