

What Time Will Taylor Fritz Play Against Tomas Machac?
Fritz and Machac are on the Day 9 Schedule at United Cup 2025 on 04 January 2025. 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?
In the match between Taylor Fritz from the USA and Tomas Machac from the Czech Republic, Fritz currently leads their head-to-head with a score of 1-0. This match took place in the first round of the 2020 Roland Garros tournament in France on clay courts. Fritz came out on top with a final score of 7-5, 7-6(2), 1-6, 2-6, 6-3.
Taylor Fritz, 27 years old, is currently ranked as the World No. 4, which is his career-high ranking. In 2024, he achieved a record of 53 wins and 23 losses, earning two titles. Throughout his career, Fritz has amassed a total record of 286 wins and 191 losses, with seven titles to his name.
Fritz has had notable achievements in his career. In November 2024, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 4, becoming the first American man since James Blake in 2006 to play in the Nitto ATP Finals championship match and finish inside the top 5 in the year-end rankings. He also made history at the 2024 US Open by becoming the first American man to reach a Grand Slam final since 2009. He achieved this feat by defeating No. 8 Casper Ruud in the fourth round, No. 4 Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals, and No. 20 Frances Tiafoe in an all-American semi-final match.
Notably, Fritz defeated No. 2 Rafael Nadal on his way to the semifinals of the 2022 Nitto ATP Finals. He had previously beaten Nadal in the final of the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells, becoming the first American men’s champion at that event since Andre Agassi in 2001. In addition, Fritz made his first appearance in the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2022 Australian Open and his first quarterfinal at a Grand Slam at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. Before these achievements, Fritz had a record of 0-7 in Grand Slam third-round matches.
As an 18-year-old wildcard, Fritz reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2016 Memphis tournament, becoming the youngest American finalist since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990. He has also represented Team USA in various tournaments, helping them secure victories in the Laver Cup in 2022 and 2023 and winning the bronze medal in men’s doubles with Paul at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Additionally, Fritz has an impressive 7-3 record at the United Cup, including a 4-1 record in 2023 when he won the title with Team USA. Interestingly, Fritz has a perfect 8-0 record against Czech opponents on the tour level and aims to maintain this flawless record.
On the other hand, Tomas Machac is 24 years old and currently holds a ranking of World No. 25, which is his career-high. In 2024, he had a record of 33 wins and 23 losses, reaching the final in Geneva. Throughout his career, Machac has achieved a total record of 51 wins and 41 losses, with one final appearance.
Machac broke into the top 100 rankings in time for the 2022 year-end rankings and reached a career-high of No. 25 in October 2024. He had a notable win over No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz to reach the semifinals of the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai in 2024, where he eventually lost to No. 1 Jannik Sinner. Machac also made his mark by upsetting No. 6 Andrey Rublev en route to his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal at the 2024 Miami Open. He achieved his biggest career win by defeating No. 1 Novak Djokovic to reach his first ATP Tour final in Geneva in 2024.
Representing the Czech Republic, Machac had some victories on the big stage. He defeated Joao Sousa to reach the second round of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and had wins over Zhang in the first round of the men’s singles and in the mixed doubles final with Siniakova to win a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Machac also has a notable record in Challenger events, with a record of 110 wins and 54 losses, including back-to-back titles in Orleans and Mouilleron le Captif in October 2023.
Apart from his achievements in tennis, Machac has mentioned that his favorite sports team is the Chicago Bulls, and his hero is Michael Jordan, who played his last game as a Bull in 1998, two years before Machac was born.
This match between Fritz and Machac is their second encounter at the United Cup. Machac has a record of 2-1 in singles matches during the tournament. Overall, Machac has a record of 2 wins and 8 losses against players in the top 5, with both wins coming last year against No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of the Geneva Open and No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai. However, he has a relatively poor record of 4 wins and 13 losses against top 10 players.
In the mixed doubles event, Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz from the USA will face Karolina Muchova and Tomas Machac from the Czech Republic.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Fritz will win.
Matchstat.com has an Artificial Intelligence (Ai) prediction model that is trained on all professional ATP and WTA past matches.
To find out who our model thinks will win for Taylor Fritz vs Tomas Machac, have a look at the prediction here:
Matchstat.com Taylor Fritz vs Tomas Machac prediction.







