Brandon Nakashima and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune will fight against each other in the Round Robin of the the Next Gen ATP Finals for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.533
Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Brandon Nakashima
Ranked no. 63 (career-high), the American got to the Round Robin after defeating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 4-1 3-43 4-1 4-0.
Nakashima has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (102-55). 19-4 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nakashima has an overall32-11 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Quimper 2 Challenger where he beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the final 6-3 6-4 and in the Brest Challenger where he overcame Joao Sousa in the final 6-3 6-3.
Nakashima has an overall 44-24 win-loss record in 2021, 19-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Next Gen ATP Finals
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune
Ranked no. 109 (career-high), Holger got to the Round Robin after defeating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 4-1 4-2 1-4 4-1.
In the previous match, Holger had a good straight sets win against Manuel Cerundolo (4-1 4-2 1-4 4-1). During the match Vitus Nodskov Rune scored 67 points vs Manuel Cerundolo’s 51. Holger was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Vitus Nodskov Rune managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 91% (29/32) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Vitus Nodskov Rune broke Manuel Cerundolo 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Biella 7 Challenger where he overcame Marco Trungelliti in the final 6-3 5-7 7-6(5) and in the San Marino Challenger where he beat Orlando Luz in the final 1-6 6-2 6-3 and in the Verona Challenger where he beat Nino Serdarusic in the final 6-4 6-2 and in the Bergamo Challenger where he defeated Cem Ilkel in the final 7-5 7-6(6).
The Dane has an overall 70-26 win-loss record in 2021, 18-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nakashima | Vitus Nodskov Rune |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 |
| Pts | 77-48 | 67-51 |
| Total Points | 125 | 118 |
| Winners | 30 | 29 |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% |
Both Nakashima and Vitus Nodskov Rune played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Nakashima surrendered 1 set, while Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Nakashima and Vitus Nodskov Rune have played the same amount of sets 4. They also played the same amount of games (21). The American scored 30 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Dane recorded 29 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nakashima | Vitus Nodskov Rune |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 32/57 |
| %1st in | 67% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 29/32 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 17/20 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 85% | 52% |
Nakashima scored 5 aces . Vitus Nodskov Rune blasted 4 aces . Nakashima won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 85% of the points. On the other side, Vitus Nodskov Rune won 91% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nakashima | Vitus Nodskov Rune |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/14 |
| % Converted | 36% | 21% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Nakashima broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The American had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Holger broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. Vitus Nodskov Rune conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nakashima | ||||
| Round Robin Alcaraz |
Round Robin Manuel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-34 4-1 4-34 | 4-1 3-43 4-1 4-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 21 | 40 | |
| pts | – | 77-48 | 77-48 | |
| Total points | 0 | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | ||
| %Winners | NAN% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 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 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vitus Nodskov Rune | ||||
| Round Robin Manuel Cerundolo |
Round Robin Alcaraz Garfia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-1 4-2 1-4 4-1 | 4-36 4-2 4-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 38 | |
| pts | 67-51 | – | 67-51 | |
| Total points | 118 | 0 | 118 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | ||
| %Winners | 43% | NAN% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1st in | 32/57 | / | 32/57 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | – | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/32 | / | 29/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | – | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | / | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | – | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | ||
| Converted | 3/14 | / | 3/14 | |
| Converted % | 21% | – | 21% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | ||
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/ | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | ||
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Next Gen ATP Finals
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (4-34 4-1 4-34) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Hugo GastonGaston (4-34 4-36 2-4 3-47 4-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Sebastian BaezBaez (4-33 4-2 4-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (4-1 4-2 1-4 4-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (4-1 4-1 3-45 4-35) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (4-1 3-43 4-1 4-0) – 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
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
