Rafael Nadal and Jack Sock will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Citi Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 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 Rafael Nadal who should win in 2 sets.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.087
Jack Sock -> 8.2
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Jack Sock
This will be the 6th time that Rafael Nadal and Jack Sock square off. The head to head is 5-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Nadal won 6-3 3-6 11-9 in the R in Prague back in 2017.
Rafael Nadal
Ranked no. 3, Nadal will start his run in Washington after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) 6-2 to Djokovic in the semifinal on the 11th of June.
The Spaniard has a composed 23-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Barcelona where he overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-4 6-7(6) 7-5 and in in Rome where he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final 7-5 1-6 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 1066-218 record. He has a positive 417-105 record on hard.
Previously in Washington
Nadal has never competed in this tournament before.
Jack Sock
Ranked no. 192, Jack reached the 2nd round after beating Yoshihito Nishioka 6-73 4-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Nishioka, Jack recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 4-0 ret.). During the match Sock scored 65 points vs Nishioka’s 57. Sock was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Sock bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jack Sock lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sock put 51% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Nishioka 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Little Rock Challenger.
Sock has a composed 16-10 win-loss record in 2021, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Andreas SeppiSeppi (2-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Vasek PospisilPospisil (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Rafael NadalNadal – Jack SockSock (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Benoit PairePaire (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Denis KudlaKudla (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction