Jan-Lennard Struff and Yoshihito Nishioka will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the bett1HULKS Championships for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:30 pm on bett1 Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jan-Lennard Struff who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jan-Lennard Struff is the pick to win this match.
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 1.444
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.86

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This will be the 2^nd time that Jan-Lennard Struff and Yoshihito Nishioka face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Struff (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

Jan-Lennard Struff

Ranked no. 32, Struff reached the 2^nd round after beating Marco Cecchinato 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Jan-Lennard had a good straight sets win against Cecchinato (6-3 6-1). During the match Struff scored 63 points vs Cecchinato’s 42. Jan-Lennard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Struff made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jan-Lennard Struff was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Struff broke Cecchinato 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Struff has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (391-282). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Struff has a 121-77 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Struff has a 14-11 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Cologne

Jan-Lennard didn’t compete in Cologne in 2019.

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 56, Yoshihito reached the 2^nd round after defeating Kyle Edmund 6-4 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Nishioka had a good straight sets win against Edmund (6-4 6-0). During the match Nishioka scored 69 points vs Edmund’s 50. Nishioka was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Nishioka wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yoshihito Nishioka conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 14 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 70% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Yoshihito broke Edmund 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

The Japanese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Delray Beach.

Nishioka has a 14-11 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Cologne

Nishioka didn’t compete in Cologne in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Struff and Nishioka played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Struff and Nishioka have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (16). The German scored 23 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Yoshihito made 30 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Struff managed to score 8 aces . Nishioka didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Struff won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Struff broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Jan-Lennard was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Yoshihito was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 14 break points.

Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 1Main
• 6Chall
• 6Minor

• 0Slam
• 3Main
• 6Chall
• 5Minor

Jan-Lennard
Struff

1:2

Yoshihito
Nishioka

Rank

35

High

21

0Hard1

1I.hard1

Rank

50

High

24

Win Loss

Struff

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Nishioka

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26 - 14

19 - 18

4-6

Hard

9-9

1-1

I Hard

1-0

15-5

Clay

4-7

6-2

Grass

5-2

Tennis Scores in Cologne

• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander ZverevZverev – John MillmanMillman (6-0 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (4-6 7-6² 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Steve JohnsonJohnson (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oscar OtteOtte – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Gilles SimonSimon (2-0) – H2H and prediction

Struff

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Nishioka