Stat of the Day: Frances Tiafoe extends winning streak against lefties to 14 matches in a row

With his 6-4, 6-4 victory over British lefty Cam Norrie at Indian Wells today, not only did Frances Tiafoe reach the first Masters 1000 semifinal of his career, he also kept an incredible streak going: he’s now won his last 14 tour-level matches in a row against lefties (and his last 15 in a row if you include a qualifying win from 2021).

When his well-studied post-match interviewer informed him of the stat, even Tiafoe looked taken aback:

Since falling to another British lefty, Liam Broady, in the first round of Eastbourne in June 2021, Tiafoe hasn’t lost to a match to a southpaw—he’s barely losing sets, either, winning 32 of 33 sets at tour-level since then (and 34 of 36 sets if you include the qualifying match).

TIAFOE VS LEFTIES SINCE JULY 2021

• d. Yoshihito Nishioka in 2021 Canada 1st Rd, 6-4, 6-3
• d. Denis Shapovalov in 2021 Canada 2nd Rd, 6-1, 6-4
• d. Ugo Humbert in 2021 Cincinnati 1st Rd, 7-5, 7-6 (9)
• d. Thiago Monteiro in 2021 Winston-Salem 3rd Rd, 7-5, 7-6 (2)
• d. Guido Pella in 2021 US Open 2nd Rd, 6-1, 6-2, 7-5
• [d. Alex Molcan in 2021 Vienna Qualifying, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1]
• d. Juan Manuel Cerundolo in 2022 Miami 3rd Rd, 6-3, 6-2
• d. Maximilian Marterer in 2022 Wimbledon 2nd Rd, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• d. Rafael Nadal in 2022 US Open 4th Rd, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
• d. Jack Draper in 2022 Paris 2nd Rd, 6-3, 7-5
• d. Shang Juncheng in 2023 Australian Open 2nd Rd, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
• d. Yoshihito Nishioka in 2023 Acapulco 1st Rd, 7-6 (6), 6-4
• d. Feliciano Lopez in 2023 Acapulco 2nd Rd, 6-2, 7-6 (6)
• d. Alejandro Tabilo in 2023 Indian Wells 4th Rd, 6-4, 6-4
• d. Cam Norrie in 2023 Indian Wells QFs, 6-4, 6-4

The streak will go back underwater at least until Miami now, as none of the other players left in the men’s draw at Indian Wells are lefties.