Marcos Giron and Brandon Nakashima will square off in the final of the San Diego Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:00 pm on BARNES STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.54
Marcos Giron -> 2.55
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Prediction and head to head Marcos Giron vs. Brandon Nakashima
This will be the 2nd time that Marcos Giron and Brandon Nakashima face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Nakashima won 7-6(2) 3-6 6-2 in the quarter in the Indian Wells Challenger back in 2020.
Marcos Giron
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-27 | 6-11 | 3-8 | 11-4 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-30 | 17-15 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-31 | 11-13 | 3-9 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 12-10 | 5-5 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-15 | 12-8 | 1-2 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 58, the American reached the final after defeating Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-4 6-3, James Duckworth 7-65 6-3 and Daniel Evans 6-3 7-5.
In the semifinal, The American had a good straight sets win against Evans (6-3 7-5). During the match, Giron scored 74 points vs Evans’s 59. Giron was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Giron blasted 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marcos Giron was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (32/40) of his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marcos broke Evans twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Giron has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (307-201). 11-12 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Giron has an overall 220-127 record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Dallas and San Diego.
Marcos has an aggregate 20-26 win-loss record in 2022, 11-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
Giron has never competed in this tournament before.
Brandon Nakashima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 28-14 | 19-6 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 69, the American got to the final after beating Zachary Svajda 7-5 7-65, Denis Kudla 6-3 6-4, Daniel Elahi Galan 6-3 4-6 6-4 and Christopher O Connell 6-4 7-63.
In the semifinal, The American had a good straight sets win against O Connell (6-4 7-63). During the match Nakashima scored 78 points vs O Connell’s 70. Nakashima was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Nakashima struck 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Brandon Nakashima conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 60% of his first serves in, winning 83% (40/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. The American broke O Connell once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Brandon’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in San Diego.
The American has a composed 31-22 win-loss record in 2022, 15-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Giron | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 62 | 96 |
| Pts | 214-176 | 304-270 |
| Total Points | 390 | 574 |
| Winners | 93 | 146 |
| %Winners | 43% | 48% |
Giron played 3 matches while Nakashima competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Brandon Nakashima lost 1 set while Marcos Giron hasn’t lost a set so far. Giron has played 3 set(s) less than Nakashima (6 vs 9). Therefore, Giron played 34 games less than Nakashima. Marcos scored 93 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Brandon recorded 146 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Giron | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 32 |
| Avg per match | 6.7 | 8 |
| 1st in | 124/213 | 191/283 |
| %1st in | 58% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 93/124 | 146/191 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 51/89 | 50/92 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 54% |
Giron made 20 aces (6.7 per match). Nakashima managed to score 32 aces (8 per match). Giron won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Giron | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 11 |
| Converted | 9/14 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 64% | 52% |
| Conceded | 15 | 11 |
| Saved | 11 | 6 |
| % Saved | 73% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Giron broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Giron conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Nakashima broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Nakashima conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Giron | |||||
| R2 Martin |
1/4 Duckworth |
1/2 Evans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-65 6-3 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 21 | 62 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 75-67 | 74-59 | 214-176 | |
| Total points | 115 | 142 | 133 | 390 | |
| Winners | 26 | 35 | 32 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 47% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 36/62 | 48/82 | 40/69 | 124/213 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 59% | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 35/48 | 32/40 | 93/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 73% | 80% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 18/34 | 19/29 | 51/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 53% | 66% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/3 | 2/5 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 40% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 6/8 | 3/3 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Nakashima | ||||||
| R1 Svajda |
R2 Kudla |
1/4 Elahi Galan Riveros |
1/2 O |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-65 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 19 | 29 | 23 | 96 | |
| pts | 86-76 | 61-48 | 79-76 | 78-70 | 304-270 | |
| Total points | 162 | 109 | 155 | 148 | 574 | |
| Winners | 35 | 32 | 39 | 40 | 146 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 52% | 49% | 51% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 32 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 48/72 | 40/54 | 55/77 | 48/80 | 191/283 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 74% | 71% | 60% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 32/40 | 39/55 | 40/48 | 146/191 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 80% | 71% | 83% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 9/14 | 12/22 | 15/32 | 50/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 64% | 55% | 47% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/4 | 4/4 | 1/6 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 100% | 17% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 57% | – | 0% | 100% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
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