Brandon Nakashima and John Millman will face off in the 2^nd round of the Truist Atlanta Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.41
John Millman -> 3

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. John Millman

This will be the 2^nd time that Brandon Nakashima and John Millman fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Nakashima won 7-5 7-6(3) in the 1^st round in Dallas back in February 2022.

Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs John Millman – Dallas 07-February-2022

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 56, Brandon got to the 2^nd round after beating Jordan Thompson 7-6⁵ 3-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Brandon defeated Thompson (7-6⁵ 3-6 6-3). During the match, Nakashima scored 91 points vs Thompson’s 85. Nakashima was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nakashima made 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Brandon Nakashima was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (49/62) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nakashima broke Thompson once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).

Nakashima has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (125-73). 6-7 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nakashima has a compiled64-36 record in the last 7 years on hard.

Brandon has an aggregate 22-17 win-loss record in 2022, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Atlanta

John Millman

Ranked no. 81, the Australian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Alexei Popyrin 7-6¹ 4-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, John defeated Popyrin (7-6¹ 4-6 6-3). During the match Millman scored 89 points vs Popyrin’s 78. Millman was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Millman scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, John Millman was very effective on serve to win 80% (48/60) of his 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Millman broke Popyrin once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).

Millman’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Delray Beach.

The Australian has an overall 14-19 win-loss record in 2022, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Atlanta

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2017. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nakashima	Millman
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	32
Pts	91-85	89-78
Total Points	176	167
Winners	49	48
%Winners	54%	54%

Both Nakashima and Millman played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Nakashima dropped 1 set, while John Millman lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Nakashima and Millman have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Nakashima played 1 game less than Millman. The American scored 49 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, John scored 48 winners (54%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nakashima	Millman
Aces	9	4
Avg per match	9	4
1st in	62/82	60/86
%1st in	76%	70%
1st pts	49/62	48/60
%1st pts	79%	80%
2nd pts	13/20	19/26
%2nd pts	65%	73%

Nakashima made 9 aces . Millman struck 4 aces . Nakashima won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Millman won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nakashima	Millman
Won	1	1
Converted	1/5	1/3
% Converted	20%	33%
Conceded	2	1
Saved	1	0
% Saved	50%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

The American broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Brandon surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Millman conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Nakashima
	R1 Thompson	Total
Score	7-65 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	91-85	91-85
Total points	176	176
Winners	49	49
%Winners	54%	54%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	62/82	62/82
% 1st in	76%	76%
1st pts	49/62	49/62
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	13/20	13/20
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/5	1/5
Converted %	20%	20%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Millman
	R1 Popyrin	Total
Score	7-61 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	89-78	89-78
Total points	167	167
Winners	48	48
%Winners	54%	54%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	60/86	60/86
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	48/60	48/60
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	19/26	19/26
% 2nd pts	73%	73%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/3	1/3
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Atlanta

• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Quentin HalysHalys (6-0 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Denis KudlaKudla (6-2 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Jack SockSock (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-6⁵ 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Marcos GironGiron (7-6³ 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Thanasi Kokkinakis/Nick KyrgiosKokkinakis/Nick Kyrgios – Nicolas Mahut/Edouard Roger-VasselinMahut/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (7-6⁸ 6-3) – See score progression
• John MillmanMillman – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-6¹ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Rajeev Ram/Jack SockRam/Jack Sock – Hans Hach Verdugo/Ramkumar RamanathanHach Verdugo/Ramkumar Ramanathan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Quentin HalysHalys (6-0 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Jack SockSock (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Denis KudlaKudla (6-2 7-6(8)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taro DanielDaniel – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Tommy PaulPaul (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – John MillmanMillman (1-0) – H2H and prediction