Carlos Alcaraz Garfia and Brandon Nakashima will fight against each other in the Round Robin of the the Next Gen ATP Finals for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz Garfia who should win in 3 sets.
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia -> 1.50
Brandon Nakashima -> 2.50
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz Garfia vs. Brandon Nakashima
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz Garfia and Brandon Nakashima clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz Garfia (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Alcaraz Garfia won 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Oeiras 3 Challenger back in May 2021.
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
Ranked no. 32 (career-high), the Spaniard reached the Round Robin after defeating Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 4-36 4-2 4-0.
In the previous match, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Vitus Nodskov Rune (4-36 4-2 4-0). During the match, Alcaraz Garfia scored 61 points vs Vitus Nodskov Rune’s 41. Alcaraz Garfia was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Alcaraz Garfia recorded 9 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia was extremely efficient on serve to win 88% (28/32) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alcaraz Garfia broke Vitus Nodskov Rune 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Alcaraz Garfia has a fantastic match record in the last 4 years having won 74% of his matches (107-38). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alcaraz Garfia has an overall6-3 win-loss record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he defeated Facundo Bagnis in the final 6-4 6-4 and in in Umag where he overcame Richard Gasquet in the final 6-2 6-2.
Alcaraz Garfia has an overall 44-19 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Next Gen ATP Finals
Carlos has never competed in this tournament before.
Brandon Nakashima
Ranked no. 63 (career-high), Nakashima got to the Round Robin after beating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 4-1 3-43 4-1 4-0.
In the previous match, The American defeated Manuel Cerundolo (4-1 3-43 4-1 4-0). During the match Nakashima scored 77 points vs Manuel Cerundolo’s 48. Nakashima was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Nakashima struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Brandon Nakashima was very effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 85% (17/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nakashima broke Manuel Cerundolo 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Quimper 2 Challenger where he overcame Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the final 6-3 6-4 and in the Brest Challenger where he defeated Joao Sousa in the final 6-3 6-3.
The American has a compiled 44-23 win-loss record in 2021, 19-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alcaraz Garfia | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 |
| Pts | 61-41 | 77-48 |
| Total Points | 102 | 125 |
| Winners | 28 | 30 |
| %Winners | 46% | 39% |
Both Alcaraz Garfia and Nakashima played 1 match. At the moment, Brandon Nakashima lost 1 set while Carlos Alcaraz Garfia hasn’t lost a set so far. Alcaraz Garfia has played 1 set(s) less than Nakashima (3 vs 4). Therefore, Alcaraz Garfia played 4 games less than Nakashima. Carlos scored 28 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 30 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alcaraz Garfia | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 5 |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 40/60 |
| %1st in | 65% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 30/40 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 17/20 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 85% |
Alcaraz Garfia managed to score 9 aces . Nakashima fired 5 aces . Alcaraz Garfia won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 85% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alcaraz Garfia | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 43% | 36% |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | NAN% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Nakashima was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Alcaraz Garfia | |||
| Round Robin Vitus Nodskov Rune | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-36 4-2 4-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-41 | 61-41 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 32/49 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 28/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Nakashima | |||
| Round Robin Manuel | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-1 3-43 4-1 4-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-48 | 77-48 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 40/60 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 30/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/20 | 17/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 85% | 85% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Next Gen ATP Finals
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Hugo GastonGaston (3-42 3-46 4-0 4-33 4-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (4-36 4-2 4-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (4-1 3-43 4-1 4-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-4 1-4 4-35 3-45) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Hugo GastonGaston (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-0) – H2H and prediction