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Match Details
Fixture: Alexander Zverev vs Taylor Fritz
Date: September 21, 2024
Tournament: Laver Cup 2024
Venue: Uber Arena, Berlin
Surface: Hard
Prize money: $2,250,000
Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | Canada - TSN
Alexander Zverev vs Taylor Fritz preview
One of the blockbuster matches on Day 2 of the Laver Cup will be between Alexander Zverev of Team Europe and Taylor Fritz of Team World. The German player has won 56 of the 73 matches he has played in 2024, including a title in Rome. He also reached the final of the French Open and the Hamburg Open, losing to Carlos Alcaraz and Arthur Fils respectively.
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The World No. 2 has fared well on hard courses as well, as he reached multiple semi-finals including the Australian Open, Miami Open, and the Cincinnati Open. Zverev was an integral part of Team Europe when they won four successive titles at the Laver Cup. The German player has a 6-1 record in singles, and a 2-2 record in doubles so far at the competition.
Taylor Fritz is having a great season in 2024, as the American No. 1 has won 44 of the 61 matches that he has played. He won two titles in the season, winning the Delray Beach Open and the Eastbourne International. However, his best performance of the season came at the recently concluded US Open, where he made a historic run to the final, becoming the first American man in 18 years to reach the final at Flushing Meadows.
This is the fourth time Fritz is participating in the Laver Cup. He has a 3-1 record in singles at the competition and was instrumental in Team World's victorious campaigns in the last two editions. Fritz won his singles tie against Cameron Norrie in 2022 and Andrey Rublev in 2023, to pave the way for Team World's victory.
Alexander Zverev vs Taylor Fritz head-to-head
The head-to-head between Fritz and Zverev is tied at 5-5, with the American player winning the last match at the US Open quarter-final this year.
Alexander Zverev vs Taylor Fritz odds
(Odds will be updated once available)
Alexander Zverev vs Taylor Fritz prediction
Zverev has a 69 percent win ratio on hard courts, winning 14 titles on the surface in his career. The last hard-court title for the German came at the Chengdu Open last year when he defeated Roman Safiullin in the final. Overall he has reached 20 hard court finals, the most notable of them being the 2020 US Open, where he lost to Dominic Thiem in five sets.
Fritz has won five out of his eight career titles on hard courts. The World No. 7 has reached 11 finals on the surface, the last of which was at the US Open this year. The last hard-court title for Fritz was winning the Delray Beach Open this year, where he defeated Tommy Paul in the final.
Fritz and Zverev have played each other 3 times this year across surfaces. While the German won on the clay in Rome, Fritz won on the grass at Wimbledon and on the hard courts at the US Open. Even though Zverev might be a higher-ranked player, current form will give the advantage to Fritz.
Pick- Taylor Fritz to win in the third set match tiebreaker
