H2H. Frances Tiafoe vs Brandon Nakashima | Dallas Challenger prediction, odds, preview, pick

Dallas Challenger. Tiafoe and Nakashima will face off in 3rd round of the Dallas Challenger. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Brandon Nakashima

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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Win Loss
Tiafoe
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Nakashima
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2024 2023 2022
33 - 27
58 - 32
21-13
Hard
24-12
4-5
I Hard
12-8
5-6
Clay
13-7
3-3
Grass
9-5

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