Brandon Nakashima and Jack Sock will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Indian Wells Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:30 pm on STADIUM 5. 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 -> 1.44
Jack Sock -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Jack Sock

There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Jack Sock since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 255 (career high), Nakashima got to the semifinal after beating Liam Broady 6-2 6-3, Yuichi Sugita 6-3 6-2, Salvatore Caruso 6-4 6-3 and Marcos Giron 7-6² 3-6 6-2.

In the quarter, Brandon defeated Giron (7-6² 3-6 6-2). During the match Nakashima scored 114 points vs Giron’s 104. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Nakashima blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Brandon Nakashima lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 52% of his first serves in, winning 81% (44/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (23/49) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Giron 3 times after converting 17% of his break points (3/18).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Brandon has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Nakashima has a unfavourable record in the last 5 years having won 28% of his matches (156-61). 11-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nakashima has a 62-29 record in the last 5 years on hard.

Brandon’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Rancho Santa Fe.

The American has a 16-5 win-loss record in 2020, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Indian Wells Challenger

The American lost in the 1^st round 6-1 6-4 to Jc Aragone.

Jack Sock

Ranked no. 768, Sock got to the semifinal after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-1 5-7 6-2, Ugo Humbert 7-6⁵ 6-4, Evgeny Donskoy 6-4 4-6 7-6³ and Denis Kudla 7-6⁵ 5-7 6-4.

In the quarter, The American defeated Kudla (7-6⁵ 5-7 6-4). During the match Sock scored 110 points vs Kudla’s 108. Jack was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Sock blasted 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jack Sock was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (51/68) of his 1st serve and 51% (24/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Sock broke Kudla 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sock has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Sock has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (599-514). 5-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Sock has a 241-185 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.

Sock has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Indian Wells Challenger

Jack didn’t compete in the Indian Wells Challenger in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nakashima	Sock
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	11
Tot Games	83	118
Pts	312-251	381-349
Total Points	563	730
Winners	118	162
%Winners	38%	43%

Both Nakashima and Sock played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Nakashima conceded 1 set, while Jack Sock dropper 3 sets. Nakashima has played 2 sets less than Sock (9 vs 11). Therefore, Nakashima played 35 games less than Sock. Nakashima scored 118 winners (38% on total points). On the other side, Sock blasted 162 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nakashima	Sock
Aces	16	33
Avg per match	4	8.3
1st in	149/260	211/368
%1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	118/149	162/211
%1st pts	79%	77%
2nd pts	57/111	79/157
%2nd pts	51%	50%

Nakashima blasted 16 aces (4 per match). Sock blasted 33 aces (8.3 per match). Nakashima won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Sock won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nakashima	Sock
Won	14	14
Converted	14/40	14/36
% Converted	35%	39%
Conceded	16	28
Saved	12	18
% Saved	75%	64%
Times Broken	4	10

Nakashima broke his opponents 14 times with 35% conversion rate. Nakashima conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Sock broke his opponents 14 times with 39% conversion rate. Jack conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Nakashima
	R1 Broady	R2 Sugita	R3 Caruso	1/4 Giron	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-3 6-2	6-4 6-3	7-62 3-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	17	17	19	30	83
pts	66-45	71-52	61-50	114-104	312-251
Total points	111	123	111	218	563
Winners	21	26	27	44	118
%Winners	32%	37%	44%	39%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	6	3	4	16
Double Faults	2	1	3	4	10
1st in	26/46	33/53	36/58	54/103	149/260
% 1st in	57%	62%	62%	52%	57%
1st pts	21/26	26/33	27/36	44/54	118/149
% 1st pts	81%	79%	75%	81%	79%
2nd pts	11/20	12/20	11/22	23/49	57/111
% 2nd pts	55%	60%	50%	47%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	3	3	3	14
Converted	5/10	3/8	3/4	3/18	14/40
Converted %	50%	38%	75%	17%	35%
Conceded	2	0	3	11	16
Saved	1/2	0/0	2/3	9/11	12
Saved %	50%	–	67%	82%	50%
Times Broken	1	0	1	2	0

Sock
	R1 Uchida	R2 Humbert	R3 Donskoy	1/4 Kudla	Total
Score	6-1 5-7 6-2	7-65 6-4	6-4 4-6 7-63	7-65 5-7 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	3	3	11
Tot Games	27	23	33	35	118
pts	86-72	83-66	102-103	110-108	381-349
Total points	158	149	205	218	730
Winners	38	31	42	51	162
%Winners	44%	37%	41%	46%	43%
SERVE
Aces	6	7	9	11	33
Double Faults	1	6	3	4	14
1st in	47/80	39/70	57/103	68/115	211/368
% 1st in	59%	56%	55%	59%	57%
1st pts	38/47	31/39	42/57	51/68	162/211
% 1st pts	81%	79%	74%	75%	77%
2nd pts	15/33	16/31	24/46	24/47	79/157
% 2nd pts	45%	52%	52%	51%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	3	3	3	14
Converted	5/7	3/11	3/8	3/10	14/36
Converted %	71%	27%	38%	30%	39%
Conceded	6	3	6	13	28
Saved	4/6	1/3	3/6	10/13	18
Saved %	67%	33%	50%	77%	57%
Times Broken	2	2	3	3	150

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells Challenger

• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Marcos GironGiron (7-6² 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Noah RubinRubin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Jack SockSock – Denis KudlaKudla (7-6⁵ 5-7 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jack SockSock – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – See H2H details