# Taylor Fritz vs Daniel Merida — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/taylor-fritz-vs-daniel-merida?player1_id=9&player2_id=263
Tour: ATP

Taylor Fritz holds a 1–0 lead over Daniel Merida in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Taylor Fritz leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Taylor Fritz won the 2026 Cincinnati Open third round 6-3 6-4.

## Overall
- Taylor Fritz: 1 wins
- Daniel Merida: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Hard: Taylor Fritz 1 - 0 Daniel Merida

## By tournament category
- Masters 1000: Taylor Fritz 1 - 0 Daniel Merida

## Surface results by age
Completed main-draw results by court surface. The canonical HTML page contains the complete comparison.

| Age | Player | Season | Surface | W-L | M | Win % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 17 | Taylor Fritz | 2015 | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 18 | Taylor Fritz | 2016 | Hard | 13-16 | 29 | 44.8% |
| 18 | Taylor Fritz | 2016 | Clay | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 18 | Taylor Fritz | 2016 | Grass | 1-4 | 5 | 20.0% |
| 19 | Taylor Fritz | 2017 | Hard | 13-11 | 24 | 54.2% |
| 19 | Taylor Fritz | 2017 | Grass | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Taylor Fritz | 2018 | Hard | 16-12 | 28 | 57.1% |
| 20 | Taylor Fritz | 2018 | Clay | 5-3 | 8 | 62.5% |
| 20 | Taylor Fritz | 2018 | Grass | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 21 | Taylor Fritz | 2019 | Hard | 14-17 | 31 | 45.2% |
| 21 | Taylor Fritz | 2019 | Clay | 9-8 | 17 | 52.9% |
| 21 | Taylor Fritz | 2019 | Grass | 7-3 | 10 | 70.0% |
| 21 | Daniel Merida | 2026 | Hard | 6-3 | 9 | 66.7% |
| 21 | Daniel Merida | 2026 | Clay | 11-5 | 16 | 68.8% |
| 21 | Daniel Merida | 2026 | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 22 | Taylor Fritz | 2020 | Hard | 10-10 | 20 | 50.0% |
| 22 | Taylor Fritz | 2020 | Clay | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 23 | Taylor Fritz | 2021 | Hard | 28-16 | 44 | 63.6% |
| 23 | Taylor Fritz | 2021 | Clay | 4-5 | 9 | 44.4% |
| 23 | Taylor Fritz | 2021 | Grass | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 24 | Taylor Fritz | 2022 | Hard | 28-12 | 40 | 70.0% |
| 24 | Taylor Fritz | 2022 | Clay | 5-3 | 8 | 62.5% |
| 24 | Taylor Fritz | 2022 | Grass | 8-3 | 11 | 72.7% |
| 25 | Taylor Fritz | 2023 | Hard | 35-13 | 48 | 72.9% |
| 25 | Taylor Fritz | 2023 | Clay | 11-6 | 17 | 64.7% |
| 25 | Taylor Fritz | 2023 | Grass | 3-4 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 26 | Taylor Fritz | 2024 | Hard | 24-12 | 36 | 66.7% |
| 26 | Taylor Fritz | 2024 | Clay | 15-7 | 22 | 68.2% |
| 26 | Taylor Fritz | 2024 | Grass | 10-2 | 12 | 83.3% |
| Career | Taylor Fritz | - | Hard | 230-141 | 371 | 61.99460916442049% |
| Career | Taylor Fritz | - | Clay | 55-43 | 98 | 56.12244897959184% |
| Career | Taylor Fritz | - | Grass | 57-28 | 85 | 67.05882352941177% |
| Career | Daniel Merida | - | Hard | 6-3 | 9 | 66.66666666666667% |
| Career | Daniel Merida | - | Clay | 11-5 | 16 | 68.75% |
| Career | Daniel Merida | - | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |

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## Performance progression by age
Detailed serve and return statistics available for 545/555 of Taylor Fritz's and 27/27 of Daniel Merida's main draw matches.

Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. The canonical HTML page contains the complete comparison.

| Age | Player | Season | Sample | Aces/M | DFs/M | 1st Sv% | 1st Pts% | 2nd Pts% | BP Saved% | BP Conv% | Svc Pts% | Ret Pts% |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 17 | Taylor Fritz | 2015 | 2/2 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 53.7% | 65.9% | 52.6% | 73.9% | 40.0% | 60.0% | 31.1% |
| 18 | Taylor Fritz | 2016 | 37/37 | 8.5 | 2.8 | 56.8% | 73.3% | 48.4% | 61.8% | 34.3% | 62.6% | 34.5% |
| 19 | Taylor Fritz | 2017 | 26/26 | 8.2 | 2.6 | 56.1% | 73.9% | 54.2% | 48.1% | 43.9% | 65.1% | 36.1% |
| 20 | Taylor Fritz | 2018 | 40/40 | 8.9 | 2.8 | 60.1% | 73.9% | 51.0% | 60.7% | 38.7% | 64.8% | 35.5% |
| 21 | Taylor Fritz | 2019 | 57/58 | 9.2 | 2.4 | 57.9% | 76.1% | 51.6% | 55.9% | 38.4% | 65.7% | 32.8% |
| 21 | Daniel Merida | 2026 | 27/27 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 68.6% | 69.0% | 48.3% | 56.7% | 46.2% | 62.5% | 40.3% |
| 22 | Taylor Fritz | 2020 | 25/25 | 12.2 | 2.0 | 60.7% | 78.6% | 49.8% | 56.0% | 28.1% | 67.3% | 35.9% |
| 23 | Taylor Fritz | 2021 | 56/56 | 9.5 | 3.1 | 59.0% | 75.3% | 52.3% | 58.3% | 43.5% | 65.6% | 36.4% |
| 24 | Taylor Fritz | 2022 | 58/59 | 10.4 | 2.3 | 62.0% | 77.7% | 53.3% | 65.2% | 40.9% | 68.4% | 38.6% |
| 25 | Taylor Fritz | 2023 | 71/72 | 9.4 | 2.3 | 59.7% | 79.3% | 55.2% | 61.8% | 48.8% | 69.6% | 39.6% |
| 26 | Taylor Fritz | 2024 | 67/70 | 10.6 | 1.8 | 62.8% | 79.3% | 57.0% | 69.2% | 40.3% | 71.1% | 35.9% |
| Career | Taylor Fritz | - | 545/555 | 10.3 | 2.3 | 60.9% | 77.4% | 53.4% | 60.8% | 40.4% | 68.0% | 36.1% |
| Career | Daniel Merida | - | 27/27 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 68.6% | 69.0% | 48.3% | 56.7% | 46.2% | 62.5% | 40.3% |

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## Advanced statistics comparison
Career aggregates from the precomputed Advanced table. Surface Elo values are relative to overall Elo; career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches and lower means tougher opposition.

| Player | Peak Elo | P+ | Serve+ | Return+ | PD | TPW% | Hard Elo | Clay Elo | Grass Elo | Set Win% | Set Margin | Dec. Set | Tiebreak | Schedule |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Taylor Fritz | 2107 | 160.9 | 3.75 | 0.71 | 1.129 | 51.9% | 15 | -121 | -19 | 58.6% | 0.54 | 106-81 (57%) | 179-137 (57%) | 1.26 |
| Daniel Merida | 1814 | 128.4 | -1.15 | 2.89 | 1.073 | 51.4% | -89 | -44 | - | 56.7% | 0.6 | 9-3 (75%) | 3-2 (60%) | 2.96 |

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 2026-08-18 | Cincinnati Open | R32 | Hard | Taylor Fritz | 6-3 6-4 |

## Career rivalries
### Taylor Fritz

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Alexander Zverev | 7-5 | 12 | 2026-07-08 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/alexander-zverev-vs-taylor-fritz?player1_id=3&player2_id=9) |
| Novak Djokovic | 0-11 | 11 | 2025-09-04 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/novak-djokovic-vs-taylor-fritz?player1_id=4&player2_id=9) |
| Denis Shapovalov | 5-5 | 10 | 2025-03-24 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/taylor-fritz-vs-denis-shapovalov?player1_id=9&player2_id=23) |
| Lorenzo Sonego | 7-2 | 9 | 2026-07-04 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/taylor-fritz-vs-lorenzo-sonego?player1_id=9&player2_id=39) |
| Frances Tiafoe | 7-2 | 9 | 2026-06-21 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/taylor-fritz-vs-frances-tiafoe?player1_id=9&player2_id=30) |

### Daniel Merida

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Alex Michelsen | 1-1 | 2 | 2026-08-07 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/alex-michelsen-vs-daniel-merida?player1_id=37&player2_id=263) |
| Titouan Droguet | 2-0 | 2 | 2026-07-16 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/titouan-droguet-vs-daniel-merida?player1_id=252&player2_id=263) |
| Taylor Fritz | 0-1 | 1 | 2026-08-18 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/taylor-fritz-vs-daniel-merida?player1_id=9&player2_id=263) |
| Zizou Bergs | 1-0 | 1 | 2026-08-16 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/zizou-bergs-vs-daniel-merida?player1_id=42&player2_id=263) |
| Marin Cilic | 1-0 | 1 | 2026-08-14 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/marin-cilic-vs-daniel-merida?player1_id=70&player2_id=263) |

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