Nick Kyrgios and Yoshihito Nishioka will fight against each other in the final of the Citi Open for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 Nick Kyrgios who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nick Kyrgios is the pick to win this match.
Nick Kyrgios -> 1.24
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 4.25

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Prediction and head to head Nick Kyrgios vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

This will be the 5^th time that Nick Kyrgios and Yoshihito Nishioka square off. The head to head is 4-0 for Kyrgios (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kyrgios won 6-2 7-5 in the 3^rd round in Washington back in 2019.

Highlights Nick Kyrgios vs Yoshihito Nishioka – Washington 01-August-2019

Nick Kyrgios

Ranked no. 63, Kyrgios reached the final after beating Marcos Giron 6-3 6-2, Tommy Paul 6-3 6-4, Reilly Opelka 7-6¹ 6-2, Frances Tiafoe 6-7⁵ 7-6¹² 6-2 and Mikael Ymer 7-6⁴ 6-3.

In the semifinal, Nick had a good straight sets win against Ymer (7-6⁴ 6-3). During the match, Kyrgios scored 72 points vs Ymer’s 59. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kyrgios recorded 10 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Nick Kyrgios was very efficient on serve to win 77% (36/47) of his 1st serve and 79% (15/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kyrgios broke Ymer once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nick has lost 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.

Kyrgios has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (242-123). 12-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kyrgios has an overall 144-67 match record in the last years on hard.

Nick’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Wimbledon .

Kyrgios has a composed 26-7 win-loss record in 2022, 12-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 96, Yoshihito reached the final after beating Jenson Brooksby 6-4 6-3, Alex De Minaur 3-6 7-6⁶ 6-2, Karen Khachanov 7-6² 7-6¹, Daniel Evans 7-6⁵ 4-6 7-5 and Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-4.

In the semifinal, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Rublev (6-3 6-4). During the match Nishioka scored 62 points vs Rublev’s 51. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Nishioka scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Yoshihito broke Rublev 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Yoshihito has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Nishioka’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Columbus Challenger and the Cleveland Challenger.

The Japanese has an aggregate 33-17 win-loss record in 2022, 19-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kyrgios	Nishioka
Match played	5	5
Tot Set	11	12
Tot Games	113	129
Pts	377-305	435-396
Total Points	682	831
Winners	195	171
%Winners	52%	39%

Both Kyrgios and Nishioka played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nick Kyrgios dropped 1 set, while Yoshihito Nishioka dropped 2 sets. Kyrgios has played 1 set(s) less than Nishioka (11 vs 12). Therefore, Kyrgios played 16 games less than Nishioka. Nick scored 195 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Yoshihito fired 171 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kyrgios	Nishioka
Aces	84	12
Avg per match	16.8	2.4
1st in	237/346	265/421
%1st in	68%	63%
1st pts	195/237	171/265
%1st pts	82%	65%
2nd pts	65/109	89/156
%2nd pts	60%	57%

Kyrgios scored 84 aces (16.8 per match). Nishioka blasted 12 aces (2.4 per match). Kyrgios won 82% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kyrgios	Nishioka
Won	11	20
Converted	11/23	20/39
% Converted	48%	51%
Conceded	9	40
Saved	9	26
% Saved	100%	65%
Times Broken	0	14

The Australian broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Kyrgios pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 9 break points. Nishioka broke his opponents 20 times with a 51% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 14 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Kyrgios
	R1 Giron	R2 Paul	R3 Opelka	1/4 Tiafoe	1/2 Ymer	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-3 6-4	7-61 6-2	6-75 7-612 6-2	7-64 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	2	11
Tot Games	17	19	21	34	22	113
pts	56-37	69-55	64-49	116-105	72-59	377-305
Total points	93	124	113	221	131	682
Winners	28	37	37	57	36	195
%Winners	50%	54%	58%	49%	50%	52%
SERVE
Aces	12	15	12	35	10	84
Double Faults	3	6	4	9	0	22
1st in	34/50	44/63	42/61	70/106	47/66	237/346
% 1st in	68%	70%	69%	66%	71%	68%
1st pts	28/34	37/44	37/42	57/70	36/47	195/237
% 1st pts	82%	84%	88%	81%	77%	82%
2nd pts	10/16	7/19	10/19	23/36	15/19	65/109
% 2nd pts	63%	37%	53%	64%	79%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	3	2	2	1	11
Converted	3/6	3/4	2/3	2/7	1/3	11/23
Converted %	50%	75%	67%	29%	33%	48%
Conceded	1	4	1	3	0	9
Saved	1/1	4/4	1/1	3/3	0/0	9
Saved %	100%	100%	100%	100%	–	80%
Times Broken	0	0	0	0	0	0

Nishioka
	R1 Brooksby	R2 De Minaur	R3 Khachanov	1/4 Evans	1/2 Rublev	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	3-6 7-66 6-2	7-62 7-61	7-65 4-6 7-5	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	2	12
Tot Games	19	30	26	35	19	129
pts	61-45	96-97	102-86	114-117	62-51	435-396
Total points	106	193	188	231	113	831
Winners	16	33	43	52	27	171
%Winners	26%	34%	42%	46%	44%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	3	2	3	12
Double Faults	2	2	1	3	2	10
1st in	25/51	56/96	62/94	83/118	39/62	265/421
% 1st in	49%	58%	66%	70%	63%	63%
1st pts	16/25	33/56	43/62	52/83	27/39	171/265
% 1st pts	64%	59%	69%	63%	69%	65%
2nd pts	17/26	23/40	21/32	16/35	12/23	89/156
% 2nd pts	65%	58%	66%	46%	52%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5	1	5	4	20
Converted	5/7	5/9	1/7	5/11	4/5	20/39
Converted %	71%	56%	14%	45%	80%	51%
Conceded	6	11	4	14	5	40
Saved	4/6	7/11	3/4	9/14	3/5	26
Saved %	67%	64%	75%	64%	60%	66%
Times Broken	2	4	1	5	2	14

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