Jordan Thompson and Brandon Nakashima will play each other in the quarter of the Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 pm on GRANDSTAND CALIENTE. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.54
Jordan Thompson -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Jordan Thompson vs. Brandon Nakashima
There is no head to head record between Jordan Thompson and Brandon Nakashima since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Jordan Thompson
Ranked no. 63, Jordan got to the quarter after defeating Ivo Karlovic 6-4 7-5 and Sebastian Ofner 3-6 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Ofner, Jordan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-5). During the match, Thompson scored 103 points vs Ofner’s 96. Jordan was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Thompson struck 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jordan Thompson was quite efficient on serve to win 84% (37/44) of his 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Australian broke Ofner twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jordan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.
Thompson has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (342-220). 6-4 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Thompson has an overall 197-121 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Newport.
Thompson has an overall 17-15 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Los Cabos
Jordan has never competed in this tournament before.
Brandon Nakashima
Ranked no. 134, the American reached the quarter after beating Jeff Wolf 6-3 6-75 6-2 and Sam Querrey 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Brandon had a good straight sets win against Querrey (6-3 6-4). During the match Nakashima scored 62 points vs Querrey’s 55. Brandon was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Nakashima struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Brandon Nakashima was very efficient on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nakashima broke Querrey twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Quimper 2 Challenger.
Brandon has a composed 23-15 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Thompson | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 49 |
| Pts | 169-156 | 168-146 |
| Total Points | 325 | 314 |
| Winners | 68 | 72 |
| %Winners | 40% | 43% |
Both Thompson and Nakashima played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jordan Thompson lost 1 set, while Brandon Nakashima conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Thompson and Nakashima have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Thompson played 4 games more than Nakashima. The Australian scored 68 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 72 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Thompson | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 87/148 | 95/167 |
| %1st in | 59% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 68/87 | 72/95 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 36/61 | 42/72 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 58% |
Thompson made 15 aces (7.5 per match). Nakashima bagged 14 aces (7 per match). Thompson won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Thompson | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 6/15 |
| % Converted | 33% | 40% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Jordan broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Thompson dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Nakashima broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Nakashima conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Thompson | ||||
| R1 Karlovic |
R2 Ofner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 3-6 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 31 | 53 | |
| pts | 66-60 | 103-96 | 169-156 | |
| Total points | 126 | 199 | 325 | |
| Winners | 31 | 37 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 36% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 10 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/65 | 44/83 | 87/148 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 53% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 37/44 | 68/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 84% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 23/39 | 36/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 2/11 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 18% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 0% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Nakashima | ||||
| R1 Wolf |
R2 Querrey |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-75 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 19 | 49 | |
| pts | 106-91 | 62-55 | 168-146 | |
| Total points | 197 | 117 | 314 | |
| Winners | 44 | 28 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 59/104 | 36/63 | 95/167 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 28/36 | 72/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 78% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/45 | 16/27 | 42/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 59% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/5 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | – | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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