Frances Tiafoe and Brandon Nakashima will play each other in the 2nd round of the Miami Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:30 pm on STADIUM. 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 Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.74
Frances Tiafoe -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Brandon Nakashima
This will be the 4th time that Frances Tiafoe and Brandon Nakashima square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Tiafoe won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Indian wells back in March 2022.
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-23 | 13-13 | 11-7 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-27 | 21-13 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-21 | 21-10 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 19-11 | 8-6 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-27 | 19-13 | 4-7 | 10-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31, Tiafoe will start his run in Miami after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Rublev in the 3rd round on the 15th of March.
Francis has an aggregate 2-4 win-loss record in 2022, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Francis has an overall 268-191 record. He has a positive 120-92 record on hard.
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Brandon Nakashima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-30 | 19-14 | 6-8 | 2-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 61-32 | 24-12 | 13-7 | 15-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-26 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 8-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 17-13 | 5-5 | 9-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-25 | 17-10 | 4-7 | 20-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 80, Nakashima reached the 2nd round after beating Soon-Woo Kwon 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round, Brandon had a good straight sets win against Kwon (6-1 7-5). During the match Nakashima scored 64 points vs Kwon’s 40. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Nakashima blasted 11 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Brandon Nakashima was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 100% (17/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Kwon 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Nakashima has an overall 6-7 win-loss record in 2022, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Federico CoriaCoria (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Emilio GomezGomez (6-2 6-72 6-1) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Jack SockSock (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga (6-71 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Laslo DjereDjere (6-2 7-66) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Gilles SimonSimon (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Maxime CressyCressy (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – John MillmanMillman (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Benoit PairePaire (7-68 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Emilio NavaNava (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-78 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Juncheng ShangShang (6-73 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (7-6(4) 6-1) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Federico CoriaCoria (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Laslo DjereDjere (6-2 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga (6-7(1) 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-5 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Jack SockSock (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- John IsnerIsner – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – David GoffinGoffin (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Andy MurrayMurray (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel EvansEvans (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Alexander ZverevZverev (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Christian GarinGarin (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jeff WolfWolf (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-1) – H2H and prediction