Brandon Nakashima and Denis Kudla will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the San Diego Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:00 pm on BARNES 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 Brandon Nakashima who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.35
Denis Kudla -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Denis Kudla
This will be the 3rd time that Brandon Nakashima and Denis Kudla play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Nakashima and Kudla (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Nakashima won 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in Delray beach back in February 2022.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs Denis Kudla – Delray beach 14-February-2022
Brandon Nakashima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-19 | 11-4 | 13-7 | 11-4 | 8-4 | 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. 69, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Zachary Svajda 7-5 7-65.
In the 1st round, Nakashima had a good straight sets win against Svajda (7-5 7-65). During the match, Nakashima scored 86 points vs Svajda’s 76. Nakashima was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nakashima recorded 5 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Brandon Nakashima was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (35/48) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The American broke Svajda 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Nakashima has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (131-78). 12-12 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nakashima has an aggregate70-41 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Nakashima has a compiled 28-22 win-loss record in 2022, 12-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 5-3 | 6-6 | 5-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 104, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Fernando Verdasco 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Verdasco (6-3 6-3). During the match Kudla scored 62 points vs Verdasco’s 49. Denis was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Kudla made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 70% of his first serves in, winning 64% (27/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Denis broke Verdasco 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Denis’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Phoenix Challenger and the Surbiton Challenger.
The American has an aggregate 28-28 win-loss record in 2022, 18-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nakashima | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 18 |
| Pts | 86-76 | 62-49 |
| Total Points | 162 | 111 |
| Winners | 35 | 27 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Both Nakashima and Kudla played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nakashima and Kudla have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nakashima played 7 games more than Kudla. Nakashima scored 35 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Denis blasted 27 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nakashima | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 48/72 | 42/60 |
| %1st in | 67% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 27/42 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 9/18 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 50% |
Nakashima managed to score 5 aces . Kudla blasted 4 aces . Nakashima won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kudla won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nakashima | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 57% | 71% |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 57% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Brandon conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Denis broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Denis conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nakashima | |||
| R1 Svajda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 86-76 | 86-76 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 48/72 | 48/72 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kudla | |||
| R1 Verdasco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 62-49 | 62-49 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/60 | 42/60 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 27/42 | 27/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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