Yoshihito Nishioka and Emilio Gomez will fight against each other in the quarter of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.56
Emilio Gomez -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Emilio Gomez
There is no head to head record between Yoshihito Nishioka and Emilio Gomez since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other 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 reached the quarter after defeating Yosuke Watanuki 6-4 6-4 and Jeff Wolf 6-2 2-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Yoshihito defeated Wolf (6-2 2-6 6-4). During the match, Nishioka scored 74 points vs Wolf’s 69. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nishioka scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Nishioka put 72% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. Yoshihito broke Wolf 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nishioka has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Nishioka has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (313-191). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Nishioka has an aggregate 39-27 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Japanese has an aggregate 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Emilio Gomez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-11 | 0-2 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-28 | 8-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-26 | 38-15 | 1-3 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-33 | 25-15 | 9-11 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-15 | 2-5 | 4-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 153, Gomez got to the quarter after defeating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 7-5 7-5 and Nicola Kuhn 7-66 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Emilio had a good straight sets win against Kuhn (7-66 7-5). During the match Gomez scored 92 points vs Kuhn’s 85. Gomez was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Gomez blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Emilio Gomez lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gomez put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The Ecuadorian broke Kuhn 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Emilio hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Ecuadorian has an overall 5-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nishioka | Gomez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 49 |
| Pts | 140-126 | 170-156 |
| Total Points | 266 | 326 |
| Winners | 63 | 72 |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% |
Both Nishioka and Gomez played 2 matches. At the moment, Yoshihito Nishioka conceded 1 set while Emilio Gomez hasn’t lost a set so far. Nishioka has played 1 set more than Gomez (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Nishioka played 3 games less than Gomez. Nishioka scored 63 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Emilio managed to score 72 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishioka | Gomez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 90/130 | 106/162 |
| %1st in | 69% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 63/90 | 72/106 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 25/40 | 27/56 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 48% |
Nishioka scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Gomez scored 6 aces (3 per match). Nishioka won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Gomez won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nishioka | Gomez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 8/18 |
| % Converted | 60% | 44% |
| Conceded | 3 | 15 |
| Saved | 0 | 10 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Nishioka broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Ecuadorian broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Ecuadorian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nishioka | ||||
| R1 Watanuki |
R2 Wolf |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 | 46 | |
| pts | 66-57 | 74-69 | 140-126 | |
| Total points | 123 | 143 | 266 | |
| Winners | 29 | 34 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 50/69 | 90/130 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 72% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 34/50 | 63/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 68% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 11/19 | 25/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 58% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/6 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Gomez | ||||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
R2 Kuhn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 7-66 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 25 | 49 | |
| pts | 78-71 | 92-85 | 170-156 | |
| Total points | 149 | 177 | 326 | |
| Winners | 35 | 37 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 50/74 | 56/88 | 106/162 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 35/50 | 37/56 | 72/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 66% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 16/32 | 27/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 50% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 63% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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