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Frances Tiafoe #39 def. Grigor Dimitrov #21

7-5 7-6(6) 6-7(1) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2019*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Frances Tiafoe
Score	7-5 7-6(6) 6-7(1) 7-5
Loser	Grigor Dimitrov
Duration	3h 39m

Stat	Frances Tiafoe	Grigor Dimitrov
Aces	10	21
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	65	65
First serve points won %	67	74
Second serve points won %	49	50
Break points saved %	83	62
Break points converted %	38	17
Service points won %	61	65
Return points won %	35	39
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Frances Tiafoe	Grigor Dimitrov
Country	USA	BUL
Birth date	Jan 20, 1998	May 16, 1991
Age	21	27
Height	188	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	39	21
Ranking points (entering)	1,080	1,790
Elo (entering)	1,883	1,976
Career W-L	254–211	476–310
Career earnings	$17,770,097	$31,866,006

Pre-match H2H

Frances Tiafoe 0 – 1 Grigor Dimitrov

Path

Frances Tiafoe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2019	R32	Andreas Seppi	6-7(3) 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Kevin Anderson	4-6 6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	7-6(7) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Frances Tiafoe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2019	QF	Rafael Nadal	3-6 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Grigor Dimitrov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2019	R32	Thomas Fabbiano	7-6(5) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Pablo Cuevas	6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Janko Tipsarevic	4-6 6-3 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data