Brandon Nakashima and Jay Clarke will face off in the 1st round of the Viking International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.21
Jay Clarke -> 4.65
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Jay Clarke
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Jay Clarke since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Brandon Nakashima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-13 | 11-4 | 10-5 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 28-14 | 19-6 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 54 (career-high), Nakashima reached the 1st round after beating Sam Querrey 4-6 6-3 6-1 and Steve Johnson 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Nakashima had a good straight sets win against Johnson (6-4 6-4). During the match, Nakashima scored 69 points vs Johnson’s 56. Brandon was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nakashima recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Brandon Nakashima was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (35/49) of his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Johnson twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Nakashima has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (120-71). 6-2 on grass in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nakashima has an aggregate10-5 win-loss record in the last 7 years on grass.
Brandon has an overall 17-15 win-loss record in 2022, 6-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Jay Clarke
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-10 | 0-0 | 24-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 10-12 | 21-4 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-27 | 11-12 | 3-4 | 7-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 7-7 | 8-14 | 3-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-11 | 4-5 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 156, Clarke will start his run in Eastbourne after he played his last match in London where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Ruusuvuori in the qualifications on the 11th of June.
Jay has a compiled 20-16 win-loss record in 2022, 1-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Jay’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Forli 2 Challenger and the Morelos Challenger.
In terms of his career, Clarke has an overall 203-154 record. He has a negative 10-25 record on grass.
Previously in Eastbourne
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- James DuckworthDuckworth – Mikael YmerYmer (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Juncheng ShangShang (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Liam BroadyBroady (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Mikael YmerYmer (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Juncheng ShangShang (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alexander BublikBublik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – James DuckworthDuckworth (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Christian GarinGarin (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – John MillmanMillman (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime CressyCressy – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
