Frances Tiafoe vs Rei Sakamoto, US Open 2026, Round of 64
Final score
Final
6-3 7-6(2) 7-5
Venue and conditions
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis CenterFlushing, USALouis Armstrong Stadium
Outdoor hardCourt speed0.6 vs last year100.6Average
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 worksConditionsOvercast
Set statistics
Final statisticsService
7Aces18
4Double faults3
74/11863%1st serve %60%59/99
40/4491%2nd serve %93%37/40
52/7470%1st serve points won73%43/59
25/4457%2nd serve points won48%19/40
3/560%Break points saved50%4/8
17Service games played16
Return
16/5927%1st serve return points30%22/74
21/4053%2nd serve return points43%19/44
4/850%Break points converted40%2/5
16Return games played17
Points
114Total points won103
77Service points won62
37Receiver points won41
8Max points in a row6
Games
20Games won14
15Service games won12
3Max games in a row2
1Tiebreaks0
Errors
13backhandErrors23
44errorsTotal48
31forehandErrors25
44groundstrokeErrors47
0overheadStrokeErrors0
0returnErrors0
Unforced errors
8backhandUnforcedErrors21
0dropShotUnforcedErrors0
7forehandUnforcedErrors14
15groundstrokeUnforcedErrors34
0lobUnforcedErrors0
19unforcedErrorsTotal38
0volleyUnforcedErrors1
Winners
1backhandWinners8
0dropShotWinners0
12forehandWinners11
12groundstrokeWinners16
0lobWinners0
0overheadWinners0
0returnWinners0
1volleyWinners3
20winnersTotal37
Point by point
Tiafoe7
Sakamoto5
1503004004015
Tiafoe6
Sakamoto5
150300400
Tiafoe5
Sakamoto5
015151515301540
Tiafoe5
Sakamoto4
0150301530303030404040A40
P1 · Double fault
Tiafoe4
Sakamoto4
015030040
Tiafoe4
Sakamoto3
15030030154015
Tiafoe3
Sakamoto3
015030040
P1 · AceP2 · AceP3 · Ace
Tiafoe3
Sakamoto2
0151515301530304030
Tiafoe2
Sakamoto2
1501515301530303040
Tiafoe2
Sakamoto1
15015151530303040304040A40
Tiafoe1
Sakamoto1
015030040
P1 · AceP3 · Ace
Tiafoe1
Sakamoto0
0151515301540154030
Tiafoe7
Sakamoto6
102030314142526272
P3 · AceP7 · Ace
Tiafoe6
Sakamoto6
150300301530303040
P4 · Double faultP5 · Double fault
Tiafoe6
Sakamoto5
15015151530303040304040A40
Tiafoe5
Sakamoto5
1501515301530304030
Tiafoe4
Sakamoto5
15015153015303040304040A40404040A
P1 · Double faultP4 · Ace
Tiafoe4
Sakamoto4
150300400
Tiafoe3
Sakamoto4
015030040
Tiafoe3
Sakamoto3
0151515301540154030
Tiafoe2
Sakamoto3
1501515153030303040404040A404040A404040A
P3 · AceP7 · AceP9 · Ace
Tiafoe2
Sakamoto2
150300400
P1 · Ace
Tiafoe1
Sakamoto2
0151515153030304030
P5 · Double fault
Tiafoe0
Sakamoto2
01515153015303030404040A40404040A
Tiafoe0
Sakamoto1
015030153030303040404040A
P2 · AceP3 · Double fault
Tiafoe6
Sakamoto3
0151515153030304030
Tiafoe5
Sakamoto3
015030040
P1 · Ace
Tiafoe5
Sakamoto2
150151530154015
Tiafoe4
Sakamoto2
01503015301540
Tiafoe4
Sakamoto1
15015153015401540304040A404040A404040A404040A40404040A4040A40
P7 · Ace
Tiafoe3
Sakamoto1
015030040
P1 · Ace
Tiafoe3
Sakamoto0
1501515301530304030
Tiafoe2
Sakamoto0
15030030154015
P3 · Ace
Tiafoe1
Sakamoto0
150300301530304030
Head to head
1Tiafoe
0Sakamoto
1 meeting- US OpenRound of 64 · 2 SeptHardThis matchFrances TiafoeSets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 7Set 3: 7Rei SakamotoSets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 62Set 3: 5
Form and path
Frances Tiafoe0–1
US OpenThis week
Rei Sakamoto
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Match research
ProEverything that shapes this match: each player’s run-in and travel, records side by side, and results against similar opponents and in similar conditions. Better information, better-informed decisions.
- Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
- Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
- Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
- Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.