Miomir Kecmanovic and Yoshihito Nishioka will fight against each other in the qualifications of the St. Petersburg Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Miomir Kecmanovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Miomir Kecmanovic is the pick to win this match.
Miomir Kecmanovic -> 1.78
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
This will be the 3rd time that Miomir Kecmanovic and Yoshihito Nishioka face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Kecmanovic and Nishioka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Nishioka won 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Rome back in 2020.
Miomir Kecmanovic
Ranked no. 71, Miomir got to the qualifications after beating Evgeny Karlovskiy 2-6 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications against Karlovskiy, Miomir recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-1). During the match, Kecmanovic scored 90 points vs Karlovskiy’s 80. Kecmanovic was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kecmanovic recorded 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Miomir Kecmanovic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kecmanovic put 67% of his first serves in, winning 63% (38/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Miomir broke Karlovskiy 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Kecmanovic has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (197-132). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kecmanovic has a compiled18-17 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The Serbian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Buenos Aires.
Kecmanovic has an overall 15-24 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in St. Petersburg
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.
Yoshihito Nishioka
Ranked no. 78, Nishioka got to the qualifications after defeating Roman Safiullin 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Nishioka had a good straight sets win against Safiullin (7-5 6-2). During the match Nishioka scored 66 points vs Safiullin’s 47. Yoshihito was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Nishioka managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka was very effective on serve to win 87% (33/38) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Safiullin 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Yoshihito has an aggregate 17-24 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in St. Petersburg
Yoshihito has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kecmanovic | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 20 |
| Pts | 90-80 | 66-47 |
| Total Points | 170 | 113 |
| Winners | 38 | 33 |
| %Winners | 42% | 50% |
Both Kecmanovic and Nishioka played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Miomir Kecmanovic dropped 1 set while Yoshihito Nishioka hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kecmanovic has played 1 set more than Nishioka (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kecmanovic played 5 games more than Nishioka. Miomir scored 38 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Nishioka scored 33 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kecmanovic | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 60/90 | 38/54 |
| %1st in | 67% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 38/60 | 33/38 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 9/16 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 56% |
Kecmanovic fired 6 aces . Nishioka made 3 aces . Kecmanovic won 63% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 87% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kecmanovic | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Miomir broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Miomir dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Yoshihito broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Yoshihito was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Kecmanovic | |||
| Q1 Karlovskiy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 90-80 | 90-80 | |
| Total points | 170 | 170 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 60/90 | 60/90 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 38/60 | 38/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Nishioka | |||
| Q1 Safiullin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-47 | 66-47 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/54 | 38/54 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 33/38 | 33/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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