Frances Tiafoe vs Alexei Popyrin, Houston 2026, Quarterfinal

ATP 250 · Quarterfinal · Clay · Fri 3 Apr

Final

Frances Tiafoe

WinnerRank #91.5760%

Tiafoe won in 3 sets · 2h 47m

2–1

Set 13–6

Set 26–4

Set 37–6⁶

Alexei Popyrin

LostRank #1272.3840%

Venue

River Oaks Country Club

Houston, USA· Clay· Stadium Court

Court speed

What is court speed?

How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.

Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
Average97–103US Open, Dubai
Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
Very fast108+Basel

Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.

How court speed works

Slow

2.1vs last year

Wind

22 km/h

Moderate

Humidity

83%

Humid

Temperature

28°C

Warm

Altitude

21 m

Sea level

Historical daily weather

Set statistics

Final statistics

Service

3Aces17

4Double faults5

58/10257%1st serve %54%51/95

40/4491%2nd serve %89%39/44

46/5879%1st serve points won84%43/51

27/4461%2nd serve points won59%26/44

3/475%Break points saved75%3/4

15Service games played16

Return

8/5116%1st serve return points21%12/58

18/4441%2nd serve return points39%17/44

1/425%Break points converted25%1/4

16Return games played15

Points

99Total points won98

73Service points won69

26Receiver points won29

4Max points in a row6

Games

16Games won16

14Service games won15

3Max games in a row3

1Tiebreaks0

Tiafoe7

Popyrin6

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Tiafoe6

Popyrin6

015030153015403040

Tiafoe6

Popyrin5

150300301530304030

Tiafoe5

Popyrin5

015151515301540

Tiafoe5

Popyrin4

0151515301540154030

Tiafoe4

Popyrin4

015030040

Tiafoe4

Popyrin3

0150301530303030404040A404040A404040A404040A40

Tiafoe3

Popyrin3

015030040

Tiafoe3

Popyrin2

1501515153030304030

Tiafoe2

Popyrin2

015030153030303040

Tiafoe2

Popyrin1

150151530154015

Tiafoe1

Popyrin1

0150300401540

Tiafoe1

Popyrin0

150300301540154030

Head to head

2Tiafoe

1Popyrin

3 meetings

Clay 1–1Hard 1–0

HoustonQuarterfinal · 3 AprClayThis match
Frances Tiafoe
Sets won: 2Set 1: 3Set 2: 6Set 3: 7⁸
Alexei Popyrin
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 4Set 3: 6⁶
Monte Carlo MastersRound of 32 · 9 Apr 2025Clay
Alexei Popyrin
Sets won: 2Set 1: 3Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Frances Tiafoe
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 3Set 3: 3
US OpenRound of 16 · 1 Sept 2024Hard
Frances Tiafoe
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 7⁷Set 3: 2Set 4: 6
Alexei Popyrin
Sets won: 1Set 1: 4Set 2: 6³Set 3: 6Set 4: 3

Match research

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Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
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