
Yoshihito Nishioka and Jeff Wolf will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Jeff Wolf who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jeff Wolf is the pick to win this match.
Jeff Wolf -> 1.56
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Jeff Wolf
There is no head to head record between Yoshihito Nishioka and Jeff Wolf since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Yoshihito Nishioka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-22 | 16-14 | 0-2 | 10-2 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-24 | 17-15 | 6-7 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-22 | 14-15 | 5-5 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 25-13 | 2-5 | 17-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-26 | 5-11 | 8-7 | 5-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 119, Nishioka got to the 2nd round after beating Yosuke Watanuki 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Watanuki (6-4 6-4). During the match, Nishioka scored 66 points vs Watanuki’s 57. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nishioka fired 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (29/40) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nishioka broke Watanuki twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Nishioka has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (312-191). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nishioka has a compiled 38-27 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Japanese has an overall 3-3 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Nishioka has never competed in this tournament before.
Jeff Wolf
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 17-26 | 11-16 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-26 | 16-13 | 5-5 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-29 | 23-15 | 8-4 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-11 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 210, Wolf got to the 2nd round after beating Jack Anthrop 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, Jeff had a good straight sets win against Anthrop (6-0 6-3). During the match Wolf scored 53 points vs Anthrop’s 29. Wolf was quite aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about serving, Wolf fired 10 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jeff Wolf was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (16/22) of his 1st serve and 94% (16/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Anthrop 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Jeff has an overall 3-2 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2019 and 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nishioka | Wolf |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 15 |
| Pts | 66-57 | 53-29 |
| Total Points | 123 | 82 |
| Winners | 29 | 16 |
| %Winners | 44% | 30% |
Both Nishioka and Wolf played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nishioka and Wolf have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nishioka played 5 games more than Wolf. Yoshihito scored 29 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 16 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishioka | Wolf |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 10 |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 22/39 |
| %1st in | 66% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 16/22 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 16/17 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 94% |
Nishioka made 2 aces . Wolf made 10 aces . Nishioka won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Wolf won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 94% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nishioka | Wolf |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Yoshihito broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Yoshihito pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Nishioka | |||
| R1 Watanuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-57 | 66-57 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 40/61 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 29/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Wolf | |||
| R1 Anthrop |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 53-29 | 53-29 | |
| Total points | 82 | 82 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 22/39 | 22/39 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 16/22 | 16/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/17 | 16/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 94% | 94% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (2-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Jason JungJung (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-4 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Denis IstominIstomin – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Jack AnthropAnthrop (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-4 6-73 7-60) – See score progression
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Go SoedaSoeda – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Jack SockSock – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-67 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Alexander BernardBernard (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jack SockSock – Go SoedaSoeda (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick HardtHardt – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Denis IstominIstomin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Emilio GomezGomez (0-2) – H2H and prediction








