Who Will Win: Musetti Vs Tiafoe? Prediction For ATP Cincinnati Open 2024

What Time Will Lorenzo Musetti Play Against Frances Tiafoe?

Musetti and Tiafoe are on the Day 3 Schedule at Cincinnati Open 2024 on Wednesday 14 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?

2R: Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) vs Frances Tiafoe (USA), the head-to-head series is tied at 2-2.

Previous Matches:

– 2021 Acapulco (Mexico) on Hard Court, R16: Lorenzo Musetti won against Frances Tiafoe with a score of 2-6 6-3 7-6(1).
– 2023 United Cup (Australia) on Hard Court, F: Frances Tiafoe won against Lorenzo Musetti (RET) with a score of 6-2.
– 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) on Clay Court, R32: Lorenzo Musetti won against Frances Tiafoe with a score of 5-7 6-4 6-3.
– 2023 Stuttgart (Germany) on Grass Court, QF: Frances Tiafoe won against Lorenzo Musetti with a score of 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-2.

Other Meetings:

– 2020 Forli CH (Italy) on Clay Court, R16: Lorenzo Musetti won against Frances Tiafoe with a score of 6-4 5-7 6-2.
– 2020 Parma CH (Italy) on Clay Court, R16: Frances Tiafoe won against Lorenzo Musetti with a score of 6-3 3-6 6-3.

Lorenzo Musetti:
– Age: 22
– World No. 18
– Career-High No. 15
– 2024 record: 32-20 (2 Finals)
– Cincinnati record: 2-2 (reached 2R in 2023 and 2024)
– Broke into Top 20 in January 2023 and achieved career-high No. 15 in June 2023.
– Earned personal-best 34 wins during the 2022 season.
– Won the 2022 Hamburg final against Alcaraz, becoming the youngest ATP Tour finalist since 2005 Bastad (Nadal defeated Berdych).
– Upset No. 4 Zverev in the QF of the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning the bronze medal in men’s singles.
– Achieved a 6-0 6-0 victory over Nardi in the 2R of the 2023 Monte-Carlo ATP Masters 1000 event.
– Upset No. 1 Djokovic in the 3R of the 2023 Monte-Carlo ATP Masters 1000 event, which was the biggest win of his career at that time.
– Won his second ATP title at the 2022 Naples, defeating Berrettini in the final on home soil.
– Reached the boys’ singles final at the 2018 US Open, won the boys’ singles title at the 2019 Australian Open, and defeated Wawrinka at the 2020 Rome to

become the first player born in 2002 to win an ATP Tour match.
– Has reached 5 consecutive semifinals, including Stuttgart SF, London/Queen’s Club Final, Wimbledon SF, Umag Final, and Paris Olympics bronze medal match.
– Holds a 6-1 record against American players since his loss to Tiafoe at the 2023 Stuttgart.

Frances Tiafoe:
– Age: 26
– World No. 27
– Career-High No. 10
– 2024 record: 20-18 (reached Houston Final)
– Cincinnati record: 7-7 (reached 3R in 2017)
– Achieved a career-high No. 10 ranking in June 2023.
– Won his 3rd ATP Tour title at Stuttgart on grass, saving 1 match point against Struff in the final to claim a tour-level title on all three surfaces.
– Ranked in the Top 10 alongside Fritz in 2023, making it the first time since 2012 that two Americans were in the Top 10.
– Reached the semifinals of the 2022 US Open, becoming the first American men’s semifinalist at that event since Roddick in 2006.
– Helped Team World win the 2022 Laver Cup, defeating Federer/Nadal in the Swiss’ final match and winning over Tsitsipas to secure the cup.
– Won his first ATP Tour title at the 2018 Delray Beach as a 20-year-old, becoming the youngest American champion since Roddick’s win at the 2002 Houston. He also won his second ATP Tour title at the 2023 Houston.
– His parents emigrated from Sierra Leone in 1996, and his father worked as the Head of Maintenance at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in Maryland, where Frances and his twin brother Franklin trained as kids.
– Tiafoe reached three consecutive quarterfinals on home soil, including Houston Final, Atlanta QF, and Washington SF, and also recorded his second ATP Masters 1000 win of the season against Davidovich Fokina in the 1R.
– Has a 1-4 record against players in the Top 20 this year, with his most recent victory being against No. 8 Rublev in Washington two weeks ago.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Musetti will win.
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