Yoshihito Nishioka and Joao Sousa will clash against each other in the 1^st round of Rakuten Japan Open for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 6:30 pm on COLOSSEUM.

Yoshihito Nishioka: results and record

Ranked no. 60, Nishioka will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Zhuhai where he lost 6-2 6-1 to Ramos in the 1^st round the 23^rd of September.

Nishioka has a 21-17 win-loss record in 2019, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Tokyo

Nishioka lost in the 1^st round 7-5 7-6³ to Nick Kyrgios.

Joao Sousa: results and record

Ranked no. 62, Joao will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Chengdu where he lost 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4 to Lloyd in the quarter the 27^th of September.

Joao has a 27-26 win-loss record in 2019, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Portuguese best result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals in St. Petersburg and Gstaad.

Last year in Tokyo

Joao didn’t compete in Tokyo in 2018.

Rakuten Japan Open Live score and result Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Joao Sousa

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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Joao Sousa

This will be the 2^nd time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Joao Sousa fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Nishioka won 6-4 0-6 6-4 in the qualifications in Cincinnati back in August 2019.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Sousa who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Joao Sousa is the pick to win this match.
Joao Sousa -> 2.00
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.72

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Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 3Main
• 6Chall
• 5Minor

• 0Slam
• 4Main
• 5Chall
• 7Minor

Yoshihito
Nishioka

3:0

Joao
Sousa

Rank

59

High

24

2Hard0

1I.hard0

Rank

469

High

28

Win Loss

Nishioka

LWLWWWLLWW

Sousa

LWWLLLWWLW

2024 2023 2022

24 - 23

6 - 4

14-14

Hard

0-0

1-0

I Hard

4-2

4-7

Clay

2-2

5-2

Grass

0-0

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Marcel GranollersGranollers (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-3 7-6⁰) – See score progression
• Pablo AndujarAndujar – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• John MillmanMillman – Tatsuma ItoIto (7-6⁵ 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

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• John MillmanMillman – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – See H2H details
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-1) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-2) – See H2H details
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Go SoedaSoeda (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – See H2H details
• Taro DanielDaniel – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Joao SousaSousa (1-0) – See H2H details
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Lucas PouillePouille (2-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (2-0) – See H2H details
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Hyeon ChungChung (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – See H2H details
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – See H2H details

Nishioka

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Sousa