

What Time Will Alexander Shevchenko Play Against Frances Tiafoe?
Shevchenko and Tiafoe are on the Day 3 Schedule at Us Open 2024 on Wednesday 28 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?
Alexander Shevchenko from Kazakhstan will be facing Frances Tiafoe from the USA for the first time. Shevchenko is 23 years old, born on November 29, 2000, while Tiafoe is 26 years old, born on January 20, 1998. Shevchenko’s ATP ranking is currently 61, with his highest ranking being 20 on June 19, 2023. He was born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, while Tiafoe was born in Hyattsville, MD, USA. In the 2024 season, Shevchenko has a win-loss record of 16-22 on hard courts and a career win-loss record of 32-42 on hard courts. He has not won any career titles on hard courts, but has reached the second round of the US Open once in 2024. Shevchenko has not come back from a two-set deficit in his career and has a career tiebreak win-loss record of 18-11 in 2024. His career prize money is $1,635,412, with $722,286 earned in 2024. His coaches are Timur Maulenov, David Witt, and Jordi Arconada.
Shevchenko’s career highlights include breaking into the top 300 in March 2022, the top 200 in June 2022, and the top 100 in April 2023. He achieved his career-high ranking of 45 in February 2024 after defeating No. 7 Rune in Rotterdam. He saved two match points to earn his first top 10 win over No. 9 Fritz and reached his first ATP Tour quarterfinal in Basel. He also advanced to his first semifinal and final in Metz in 2023. Shevchenko has reached ATP Tour quarterfinals at Montpellier, Rotterdam, and Geneva in 2024. He earned his first ATP Tour win in 2023 at Barcelona and his first Grand Slam win at Roland Garros. Additionally, he has reached the final of one Challenger tournament and won titles at Bratislava in 2022 and Tenerife-1 in 2023. He has a 53-42 record in Challenger events (3-1 in finals) and a 97-57 record on the ITF Tour with titles at Monastir in 2020, Tbilisi and Velenje in 2021, and Antalya in
2022.
Frances Tiafoe aims to reach the third round for the fifth consecutive edition. He has previously reached the fourth round in 2020 and 2021, the semifinals in 2022, and the quarterfinals in 2023. Tiafoe lost to his compatriot Shelton in the quarterfinals. In 2022, he became the first American Grand Slam men’s semifinalist since Isner at 2018 Wimbledon and the first American US Open men’s semifinalist since Roddick in 2006. He dropped only one set en route to his first Grand Slam semifinal, defeating No. 16 Schwartzman, No. 3 Nadal, and No. 11 Rublev before falling to No. 4 Alcaraz in a five-set match. Tiafoe has an 8-0 record in tiebreaks and has a career record of 17-1 against players ranked outside the top 50 in hard court Grand Slam events, with his only loss being to No. 75 Machac in the 2024 Australian Open.
Tiafoe’s career highlights include achieving a career-high ranking of No. 10 in June 2023 after winning his third title in Stuttgart on grass. He joined Fritz in the top 10 during the 2023 season, marking the first time since May 2012 that two Americans (No. 9 Fish and No. 10 Isner) were ranked in the top 10. He had a 5-0 singles record in helping Team USA win the inaugural United Cup in January 2023. Tiafoe also led Team World to the 2022 Laver Cup title, teaming up with Sock to defeat Federer and Nadal in the final match. He earned his 200th career win and reached his first ATP Masters 1000 final at Cincinnati in 2024. Tiafoe won his first ATP Tour title at the age of 20 in 2018 at Delray Beach and his second ATP Tour title in 2023 at Houston. His parents emigrated from Sierra Leone in 1996, and his father held a position as the Head of Maintenance at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in Maryland, where Frances and his twin brother Franklin received their training.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Shevchenko will win.
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