Frances Tiafoe and Brandon Nakashima will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Dallas Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:30 pm on HAMILTON FAMILY STADIUM. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the 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 -> 1.80
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.90
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Brandon Nakashima
There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Brandon Nakashima since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Frances Tiafoe
Ranked no. 79, Francis reached the 3rd round after defeating Aleksandar Vukic 4-6 7-67 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Vukic, Tiafoe recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-67 6-4).-102) than Vukic. In fact, the world no. 79 won 102 points vs Vukic’s. That means that Tiafoe was more focused during the important points. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 57 winners.
Talking about serving, Tiafoe blasted 15 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 71% of his first serves in, winning 81% (57/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. Francis broke Vukic twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Tiafoe has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 51% of his matches (111-116). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tiafoe has a 173-140 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The American has a 2-4 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dallas Challenger
Francis didn’t compete in the Dallas Challenger in 2019.
Brandon Nakashima
Ranked no. 306 (career high), the American reached the 3rd round after defeating Ryan Harrison 6-3 6-4 and Bernard Tomic 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Tomic (6-2 6-3). During the match Nakashima scored 59 points vs Tomic’s 35. Nakashima was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Nakashima blasted 3 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Brandon Nakashima was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Brandon broke Tomic 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Nakashima has a fantastic record in the last 5 years having won 80% of his matches (20-5). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nakashima has a 27-13 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Brandon’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Rancho Santa Fe.
Nakashima has a 9-2 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dallas Challenger
Nakashima didn’t play in the Dallas Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 36 |
| Pts | 102-105 | 130-92 |
| Total Points | 207 | 222 |
| Winners | 57 | 49 |
| %Winners | 56% | 38% |
Tiafoe played 1 match while Nakashima competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Frances Tiafoe dropped 1 set while Brandon Nakashima hasn’t conceded a set so far. Tiafoe has played 1 sets less than Nakashima (3 vs 4). Therefore, Tiafoe played 3 games less than Nakashima. Francis scored 57 winners (56% on total points). On the other side, Nakashima blasted 49 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 4 |
| 1st in | 70/99 | 64/111 |
| %1st in | 71% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 57/70 | 49/64 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 11/29 | 31/47 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 66% |
Tiafoe blasted 15 aces . Nakashima blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Tiafoe won 81% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 6 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 6/15 |
| % Converted | 67% | 40% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 60% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Francis broke his opponent twice with 67% conversion rate. Tiafoe conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Nakashima broke his opponents 6 times with 40% conversion rate. Brandon conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | |||
| R2 Vukic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 102-105 | 102-105 | |
| Total points | 207 | 207 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 70/99 | 70/99 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 57/70 | 57/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/29 | 11/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 100 | |
| Nakashima | ||||
| R1 Harrison |
R2 Tomic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
| pts | 71-57 | 59-35 | 130-92 | |
| Total points | 128 | 94 | 222 | |
| Winners | 24 | 25 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/63 | 31/48 | 64/111 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 65% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 25/31 | 49/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 13/17 | 31/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 76% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/7 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 43% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 180% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | -50 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (6-77 6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Denis IstominIstomin – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-2 4-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Donald YoungYoung (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Sekou BangouraBangoura (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (3-6 6-4 7-67) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Bernard TomicTomic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Maxime CressyCressy (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Peter PolanskyPolansky (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Andreas SeppiSeppi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Kevin KingKing (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (7-67 6-3) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Aleksandar VukicVukic (4-6 7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (6-7(7) 6-4 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (6-2 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Donald YoungYoung (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Denis IstominIstomin – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – See H2H details
- Emilio GomezGomez – Jason JungJung (0-0) – See H2H details
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Denis KudlaKudla (0-4) – See H2H details
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – See H2H details
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Bradley KlahnKlahn (0-0) – See H2H details
- Michael MmohMmoh – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – See H2H details
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – See H2H details
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – See H2H details
