Brandon Nakashima and Henri Laaksonen will play each other in the quarter of the Brest Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:30 am on CENTRAL. 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 -> 1.48
Henri Laaksonen -> 2.65
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Henri Laaksonen
This will be the 2nd time that Brandon Nakashima and Henri Laaksonen square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Nakashima won 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Antwerp back in October 2021.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs Henri Laaksonen – Antwerp 21-October-2021
Brandon Nakashima
Ranked no. 70 (career-high), Brandon reached the quarter after beating Zsombor Piros 6-3 7-64 and Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Nakashima had a good straight sets win against Zapata Miralles (6-4 6-1). During the match, Nakashima scored 64 points vs Zapata Miralles’s 41. The American was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nakashima fired 8 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Brandon Nakashima lost the serve once. Furthermore, Nakashima put 81% of his first serves in, winning 82% (28/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (4/8) on the 2nd serve. Nakashima broke Zapata Miralles 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Brandon started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Nakashima has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (98-54). 15-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nakashima has a composed28-10 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Quimper 2 Challenger where he overcame Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the final 6-3 6-4.
Brandon has a compiled 40-23 win-loss record in 2021, 15-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brest Challenger
Brandon has never competed in this tournament before.
Henri Laaksonen
Ranked no. 103, Henri reached the quarter after beating Liam Broady 6-1 7-5 and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Laaksonen had a good straight sets win against Vitus Nodskov Rune (6-4 6-4). During the match Laaksonen scored 80 points vs Vitus Nodskov Rune’s 71. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Laaksonen made 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Henri Laaksonen was very effective on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Henri broke Vitus Nodskov Rune twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Henri started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Orleans Challenger where he beat Dennis Novak in the final 6-1 2-6 6-2.
Laaksonen has an overall 41-21 win-loss record in 2021, 14-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nakashima | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 |
| Pts | 146-103 | 157-124 |
| Total Points | 249 | 281 |
| Winners | 64 | 56 |
| %Winners | 44% | 36% |
Both Nakashima and Laaksonen played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nakashima and Laaksonen have played the same amount of sets 4. They also played the same amount of games (39). The American scored 64 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Henri scored 56 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nakashima | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 75/106 | 67/109 |
| %1st in | 71% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 64/75 | 56/67 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 25/42 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 60% |
Nakashima recorded 15 aces (7.5 per match). Laaksonen struck 21 aces (10.5 per match). Nakashima won 85% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Laaksonen won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nakashima | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/20 | 6/23 |
| % Converted | 30% | 26% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Nakashima broke his opponents 6 times with a 30% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 6 times with a 26% conversion rate. Henri was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Nakashima | ||||
| R1 Piros |
R2 Zapata Miralles |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 39 | |
| pts | 82-62 | 64-41 | 146-103 | |
| Total points | 144 | 105 | 249 | |
| Winners | 36 | 28 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/64 | 34/42 | 75/106 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 81% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 36/41 | 28/34 | 64/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 82% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 4/8 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 50% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 4/13 | 6/20 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 31% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Laaksonen | ||||
| R1 Broady |
R2 Vitus Nodskov Rune |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 77-53 | 80-71 | 157-124 | |
| Total points | 130 | 151 | 281 | |
| Winners | 26 | 30 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 13 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 37/61 | 67/109 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 30/37 | 56/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 81% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 13/24 | 25/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 54% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/12 | 6/23 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 17% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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