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Steve Johnson #51 def. Taylor Fritz #72

7-5 6-7(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 14, 2018*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Steve Johnson
Score	7-5 6-7(4) 6-2
Loser	Taylor Fritz
Duration	2h 22m

Stat	Steve Johnson	Taylor Fritz
Aces	8	5
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	59	68
First serve points won %	77	67
Second serve points won %	56	50
Break points saved %	75	73
Break points converted %	27	25
Service points won %	68	61
Return points won %	39	32
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Steve Johnson	Taylor Fritz
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 24, 1989	Oct 28, 1997
Age	28	20
Height	188	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	51	72
Ranking points (entering)	975	744
Elo (entering)	1,856	1,841
Career W-L	196–201	332–209
Career earnings	$8,082,688	$30,919,565

Pre-match H2H

Steve Johnson 0 – 2 Taylor Fritz

Path

Steve Johnson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2018	QF	John Isner	7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2018	R16	Frances Tiafoe	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2018	R32	Ernesto Escobedo	3-6 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Steve Johnson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2018	F	Tennys Sandgren	7-6(2) 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Taylor Fritz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2018	QF	Jack Sock	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2018	R16	Ryan Harrison	3-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2018	R32	Tim Smyczek	6-7(3) 6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data