Yoshihito Nishioka and William Blumberg will fight against each other in the quarter of the Cleveland Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.25
William Blumberg -> 3.95
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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. William Blumberg
There is no head to head record between Yoshihito Nishioka and William Blumberg since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Yoshihito Nishioka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 16-13 | 10-6 | 2-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123, the Japanese got to the quarter after beating Denis Istomin 6-1 6-1 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-4 1-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Yoshihito defeated Uchiyama (6-4 1-6 6-4).During the match, Nishioka scored less points (7) than Uchiyama. In fact, the world no. 123 won 84 points vs Uchiyama’s. That means that Nishioka was more focused during the important points. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nishioka managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 71% of his first serves in, winning 71% (41/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (8/24) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Uchiyama 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nishioka has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Nishioka has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (318-191). 7-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nishioka has an overall 44-27 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Japanese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Columbus Challenger.
Yoshihito has an overall 9-3 win-loss record in 2022, 7-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
William Blumberg
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, William reached the quarter after beating Roberto Quiroz 6-4 6-77 6-4 and Emilio Gomez 6-1 3-1 ret..
In the 2nd round, Blumberg had a good straight sets win against Gomez (6-1 3-1 ret.). During the match Blumberg scored 44 points vs Gomez’s 25. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.
About the serving games, Blumberg struck 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. William Blumberg was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (15/18) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Gomez 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The American has a compiled 2-0 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 | Blumberg |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 44 |
| Pts | 139-121 | 146-126 |
| Total Points | 260 | 272 |
| Winners | 65 | 55 |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% |
Both Nishioka and Blumberg played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Yoshihito Nishioka dropped 1 set, while William Blumberg lost 1 set. Nishioka has played 1 set(s) less than Blumberg (5 vs 6). Therefore, Nishioka played 3 games less than Blumberg. Yoshihito scored 65 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 55 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishioka | Blumberg |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 87/118 | 76/141 |
| %1st in | 74% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 65/87 | 55/76 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 12/31 | 39/65 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 60% |
Nishioka fired 2 aces (1 per match). Blumberg recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Nishioka won 75% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Blumberg won 72% 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 | Nishioka | Blumberg |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 47% | 62% |
| Conceded | 9 | 13 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 56% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Yoshihito dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. William broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Blumberg conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nishioka | ||||
| R1 Istomin |
R2 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 27 | 41 | |
| pts | 55-30 | 84-91 | 139-121 | |
| Total points | 85 | 175 | 260 | |
| Winners | 24 | 41 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 49% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/36 | 58/82 | 87/118 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 71% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 41/58 | 65/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/7 | 8/24 | 12/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 33% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/8 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 38% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 56% | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Blumberg | ||||
| R1 Quiroz |
R2 Gomez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-77 6-4 | 6-1 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 11 | 44 | |
| pts | 102-101 | 44-25 | 146-126 | |
| Total points | 203 | 69 | 272 | |
| Winners | 40 | 15 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/112 | 18/29 | 76/141 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 62% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 40/58 | 15/18 | 55/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 83% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/54 | 8/11 | 39/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 73% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/8 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 50% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 0 | 13 | |
| Saved | 11/13 | 0/0 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 85% | – | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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