John Isner and Brandon Nakashima will clash against each other in the final of the Truist Atlanta Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is John Isner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, John Isner is the pick to win this match.
John Isner -> 1.73
Brandon Nakashima -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head John Isner vs. Brandon Nakashima
This will be the 2nd time that John Isner and Brandon Nakashima square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Nakashima won 7-5 6-4 in the semifinal in Los cabos back in July 2021.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs John Isner – Los cabos 23-July-2021
John Isner
Ranked no. 35, the American reached the final after beating Jeff Wolf 6-4 6-73 6-4, Jack Sock 7-66 6-4, Christopher O Connell 7-65 6-73 6-4 and Taylor Harry Fritz 7-64 5-7 6-3.
In the semifinal, John defeated Fritz (7-64 5-7 6-3). During the match, Isner scored 98 points vs Fritz’s 93. The American was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Isner buried his opponent with 27 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, John Isner was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (49/63) of his 1st serve and 68% (23/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Fritz once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
John started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in this event to win 51% of the points he played.
Isner has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (329-193). 10-4 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Isner has a composed 192-98 match record in the last years on hard.
Isner’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Los Cabos and Atlanta.
Isner has an aggregate 15-7 win-loss record in 2021, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Atlanta
Previously, he won this tournament 5 times in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018. See his history.
Brandon Nakashima
Ranked no. 115 (career-high), Brandon reached the final after beating Trent Bryde 6-1 6-75 6-4, Milos Raonic 5-7 6-3 7-64, Jordan Thompson 7-65 7-5 and Emil Ruusuvuori 3-6 6-4 6-3.
In the semifinal against Ruusuvuori, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Nakashima scored 83 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 77. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Nakashima made 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Brandon Nakashima lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 60% of his first serves in, winning 84% (43/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Brandon was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ruusuvuori 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Brandon’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Quimper 2 Challenger and Los Cabos.
Brandon has a compiled 29-16 win-loss record in 2021, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Isner | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 126 | 117 |
| Pts | 368-348 | 357-322 |
| Total Points | 716 | 679 |
| Winners | 207 | 162 |
| %Winners | 56% | 45% |
Both Isner and Nakashima played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. John Isner lost 3 sets, while Brandon Nakashima conceded 3 sets. Talking about their workload, Isner and Nakashima have played the same amount of sets 11. However, Isner played 9 games more than Nakashima. Isner scored 207 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 162 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Isner | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 106 | 41 |
| Avg per match | 26.5 | 10.3 |
| 1st in | 256/355 | 201/344 |
| %1st in | 72% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 207/256 | 162/201 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 62/99 | 81/143 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 57% |
Isner struck 106 aces (26.5 per match). Nakashima scored 41 aces (10.3 per match). Isner won 81% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Isner | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 12 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 12/21 |
| % Converted | 31% | 57% |
| Conceded | 8 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 7 |
| % Saved | 88% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Isner broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. John surrendered his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Nakashima broke his opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. Nakashima conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Isner | ||||||
| R1 Wolf |
R2 Sock |
1/4 O |
1/2 Fritz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-73 6-4 | 7-66 6-4 | 7-65 6-73 6-4 | 7-64 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 23 | 36 | 34 | 126 | |
| pts | 95-84 | 70-65 | 105-106 | 98-93 | 368-348 | |
| Total points | 179 | 135 | 211 | 191 | 716 | |
| Winners | 53 | 41 | 64 | 49 | 207 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 59% | 61% | 50% | 56% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 36 | 13 | 30 | 27 | 106 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 66/86 | 47/68 | 80/104 | 63/97 | 256/355 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 69% | 77% | 65% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 53/66 | 41/47 | 64/80 | 49/63 | 207/256 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 87% | 80% | 78% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/20 | 10/21 | 12/24 | 23/34 | 62/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 85% | 48% | 50% | 68% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 1/2 | 1/6 | 1/4 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 17% | 25% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 4/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 80% | 95% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nakashima | ||||||
| R1 Bryde |
R2 Raonic |
1/4 Thompson |
1/2 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-75 6-4 | 5-7 6-3 7-64 | 7-65 7-5 | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 34 | 25 | 28 | 117 | |
| pts | 105-89 | 97-90 | 72-66 | 83-77 | 357-322 | |
| Total points | 194 | 187 | 138 | 160 | 679 | |
| Winners | 46 | 47 | 26 | 43 | 162 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 48% | 36% | 52% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 10 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 41 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 60/97 | 57/98 | 33/64 | 51/85 | 201/344 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 58% | 52% | 60% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | 47/57 | 26/33 | 43/51 | 162/201 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 82% | 79% | 84% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/37 | 21/41 | 23/31 | 15/34 | 81/143 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 51% | 74% | 44% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 3/3 | 12/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 40% | 100% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 4/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 40% | 0% | 67% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
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