Brandon Nakashima and Francisco Cerundolo will face off in the 2nd round of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on OTP COURT. Here the head to head stats and the 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 -> 1.69
Francisco Cerundolo -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Francisco Cerundolo
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Francisco Cerundolo since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Brandon Nakashima
Ranked no. 201, Nakashima reached the 2nd round after beating Danilo Petrovic 7-5 2-6 7-65.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Petrovic (7-5 2-6 7-65). During the match Nakashima and Petrovic scored the same amount of points (101). However, the world no. 201 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nakashima fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Brandon Nakashima lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 69% of his first serves in, winning 71% (47/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Petrovic 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Nakashima has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 66% of his matches (64-33). 1-1 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nakashima has a 6-3 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Nakashima’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Rancho Santa Fe.
The American has a 18-9 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Split Challenger
Brandon didn’t compete in the Split Challenger in 2019.
Francisco Cerundolo
Ranked no. 223 (career high), the Argentine got to the 2nd round after defeating Ernesto Escobedo 5-7 7-64 6-3.
In the 1st round against Escobedo, Cerundolo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-64 6-3). During the match Cerundolo scored 107 points vs Escobedo’s 92. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about serving, Cerundolo bagged 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Francisco Cerundolo was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (55/78) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Cerundolo broke Escobedo 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Francisco’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Los Angeles.
Francisco has a 20-9 win-loss record in 2020, 15-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Split Challenger
Cerundolo didn’t compete in the Split Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nakashima | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 34 |
| Pts | 101-101 | 107-92 |
| Total Points | 202 | 199 |
| Winners | 47 | 55 |
| %Winners | 47% | 51% |
Both Nakashima and Cerundolo played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Nakashima conceded 1 set, while Francisco Cerundolo dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Nakashima and Cerundolo have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Nakashima played 1 game less than Cerundolo. Nakashima scored 47 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Francisco fired 55 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nakashima | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 7 |
| 1st in | 66/95 | 78/107 |
| %1st in | 69% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 47/66 | 55/78 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 17/29 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 59% |
Nakashima struck 7 aces . Cerundolo recorded 7 aces . Nakashima won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Cerundolo won 71% 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 | Nakashima | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 60% | 67% |
| Conceded | 5 | 15 |
| Saved | 1 | 11 |
| % Saved | 20% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Cerundolo conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nakashima | |||
| R1 Petrovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 2-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 101-101 | 101-101 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 66/95 | 66/95 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 47/66 | 47/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 14/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Cerundolo | |||
| R1 Escobedo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 107-92 | 107-92 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 78/107 | 78/107 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 55/78 | 55/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Split Challenger
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Peter PolanskyPolansky (6-78 6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Constant LestienneLestienne (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (5-7 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Viktor TroickiTroicki – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-4 6-70 6-0) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Ulises BlanchBlanch (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Facundo MenaMena (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Elias YmerYmer (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (7-5 2-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pedro SousaSousa – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Viktor TroickiTroicki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
