Naoki Nakagawa and Roy Smith will square off in the qualifications of the Columbus 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Naoki Nakagawa who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Naoki Nakagawa is the pick to win this match.
Naoki Nakagawa -> 1.66
Roy Smith -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Naoki Nakagawa vs. Roy Smith
There is no head to head record between Naoki Nakagawa and Roy Smith since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Naoki Nakagawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-22 | 15-21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-16 | 13-12 | 1-1 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 42-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-27 | 16-16 | 10-9 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-15 | 32-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 481, Naoki will start his run in the Columbus 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Cary Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-2 to Young in the qualifications on the 12th of September.
Naoki has an overall 20-16 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
Talking about his overall career, Naoki has an overall 247-160 record. He has a negative 3-6 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Columbus 2 Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Roy Smith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-21 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-24 | 14-17 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-10 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2019 | 13-27 | 8-20 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 680, Smith reached the qualifications after defeating Reece Yakubov 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, Smith had a good straight sets win against Yakubov (6-1 6-1). During the match Smith scored 57 points vs Yakubov’s 26. The American was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Smith bagged 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Roy Smith was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 89% (8/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Yakubov 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Smith has an aggregate 8-14 win-loss record in 2022, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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