Flavio Cobolli and Brandon Nakashima will face off in the quarter of the Grand Prix Auvergne for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.58
Flavio Cobolli -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Flavio Cobolli vs. Brandon Nakashima
This will be the 2nd time that Flavio Cobolli and Brandon Nakashima face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Nakashima won 7-5 6-3 in the 3rd round in Madrid back in 2025.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs Flavio Cobolli – Madrid 27-April-2025
Flavio Cobolli
34 - 22win/loss
6
6
WLLLLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34-22 | 15-10 | 14-7 | 1-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-29 | 9-13 | 15-6 | 6-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-29 | 26-13 | 10-9 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-36 | 10-6 | 43-23 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 6-4 | 24-21 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6 (career-high), Flavio got to the quarter after beating Stan Wawrinka 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Cobolli had a good straight sets win against Wawrinka (6-2 6-4). During the match, Cobolli scored 58 points vs Wawrinka’s 41. Flavio was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cobolli struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Flavio Cobolli was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 87% (27/31) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Wawrinka 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
ATP Alpes - Flavio Cobolli's projected path
Cobolli has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (260-193). 1-3 on indoor hard courts in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cobolli has a composed21-34 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Acapulco where he beat Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Cobolli has an overall 34-22 win-loss record in 2026, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rhone
Flavio has never competed in this tournament before.
Brandon Nakashima
36 - 20win/loss
17
16
WWLWLWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-20 | 23-12 | 5-5 | 4-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-30 | 19-14 | 6-8 | 2-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 61-32 | 24-12 | 13-7 | 15-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-26 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 8-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 17-13 | 5-5 | 9-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 17, Nakashima reached the quarter after defeating Hamad Medjedovic 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-2 and Kyrian Jacquet 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Jacquet (6-4 6-3). During the match Nakashima scored 72 points vs Jacquet’s 57. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Nakashima managed to score 13 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Brandon Nakashima lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 74% of his first serves in, winning 79% (31/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Nakashima broke Jacquet 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Brandon has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
ATP Alpes - Brandon Nakashima's projected path
Brandon’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane and Montreal.
Nakashima has an overall 36-20 win-loss record in 2026, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cobolli | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 53 |
| Pts | 58-41 | 171-146 |
| Total Points | 99 | 317 |
| Winners | 27 | 87 |
| %Winners | 47% | 51% |
Cobolli played 1 match while Nakashima competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Brandon Nakashima surrendered 1 set while Flavio Cobolli hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cobolli has played 3 set(s) less than Nakashima (2 vs 5). Therefore, Cobolli played 35 games less than Nakashima. The Italian scored 27 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Brandon scored 87 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cobolli | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 40 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 20 |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 104/148 |
| %1st in | 63% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 87/104 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 26/44 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 59% |
Cobolli managed to score 3 aces . Nakashima recorded 40 aces (20 per match). Cobolli won 87% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cobolli | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 75% | 42% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Cobolli pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Nakashima conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cobolli | |||
| R2 Wawrinka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 58-41 | 58-41 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 31/49 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 27/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Nakashima | ||||
| R1 Medjedovic |
R2 Jacquet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-74 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 19 | 53 | |
| pts | 99-89 | 72-57 | 171-146 | |
| Total points | 188 | 129 | 317 | |
| Winners | 56 | 31 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 43% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 27 | 13 | 40 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 65/95 | 39/53 | 104/148 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 74% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 56/65 | 31/39 | 87/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 79% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 7/14 | 26/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 50% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/7 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 43% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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