H2H, PREDICTION Yoshihito Nishioka vs Aleksandar Kovacevic | Seoul odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic

Yoshihito Nishioka and Aleksandar Kovacevic will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Korea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.27
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 3.92

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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic

There is no head to head record between Yoshihito Nishioka and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Yoshihito Nishioka

Yoshihito Nishioka
Yoshihito Nishioka

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
72
High
24
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-24 16-15 6-7 1-0 5-2 0-0
2023 23-22 14-15 5-5 4-1 0-1 0-0
2022 44-25 25-13 2-5 17-6 0-1 0-0
2021 19-26 5-11 8-7 5-5 1-3 0-0
2020 16-13 10-6 2-4 4-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 56, the Japanese got to the semifinal after beating Daniel Evans 6-2 7-63, Taro Daniel 6-2 6-4 and Casper Ruud 6-2 3-6 6-2.

In the quarter, Yoshihito defeated Ruud (6-2 3-6 6-2). During the match, Nishioka scored 83 points vs Ruud’s 72. Nishioka was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nishioka managed to score 3 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 73% of his first serves in, winning 64% (34/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the 2nd serve. Yoshihito broke Ruud 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nishioka has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Nishioka has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (346-209). 23-12 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nishioka has an overall 199-114 record in the last years on hard.

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

Yoshihito has an overall 37-21 win-loss record in 2022, 23-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Seoul

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Nishioka
Seoul
Nishioka's Record

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Aleksandar Kovacevic
Aleksandar Kovacevic

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
92
High
72
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 27-33 18-15 5-8 2-6 2-4 0-0
2023 43-27 34-15 0-5 7-2 2-5 0-0
2022 41-31 22-18 4-4 15-9 0-0 0-0
2021 20-17 11-10 2-3 7-4 0-0 0-0
2020 5-5 1-1 0-0 4-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 222, Aleksandar reached the semifinal after beating Sho Shimabukuro 6-73 6-3 6-2, Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4 6-4, Chun Hsin Tseng 7-65 6-74 6-2 and Mackenzie Mcdonald 4-6 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter against Mcdonald, Kovacevic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Kovacevic scored 74 points vs Mcdonald’s 61. Kovacevic was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Kovacevic managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was pretty efficient on serve to win 91% (39/43) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kovacevic was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Mcdonald 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Aleksandar started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Aleksandar’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Indianapolis Challenger.

Aleksandar has an aggregate 32-23 win-loss record in 2022, 19-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Kovacevic
Seoul
Kovacevic's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Y.Nishioka
A.Kovacevic
5h:05
5h:05
Time on court​
!
8h:11
8h:11
1h:55
1h:55
Last match​
1h:42
1h:42
3
3
Match played
!
5
5
64
64
Games Played​
133
133
7
7
Set played​​
13
13
217
217
Total points​
368
368
72.3
72.3
Avg point​
73.6
73.6
93
93
Winners
168
168
31
31
Avg Winners​
33.6
33.6
43%
43%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
40
40
2
2
Avg Aces
8
8
1
1
Double Faults
10
10
0.3
0.3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
93/133
93/133
1st won total​
168/209
168/209
70%
70%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
35/55
35/55
2nd won total​
64/134
64/134
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
11/28
11/28
BP won
16/34
16/34
3.7/9.3
3.7/9.3
Avg BP won
3.2/6.8
3.2/6.8
39%
39%
Won
47%
47%
8
8
Conceded
26
26
2.7
2.7
Avg Conceded
5.2
5.2
3
3
Broken
6
6
1
1
Avg Broken
1.2
1.2
5
5
Saved
20
20

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Nishioka Kovacevic
Match played 3 4
Tot Set 7 11
Tot Games 64 111
Pts 217-182 368-323
Total Points 399 691
Winners 93 168
%Winners 43% 46%

Nishioka played 3 matches while Kovacevic competed in 4 matches. Kovacevic started his run from the qualifications while Nishioka had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Yoshihito Nishioka surrendered 1 set, while Aleksandar Kovacevic lost 3 sets. Nishioka has played 4 set(s) less than Kovacevic (7 vs 11). Therefore, Nishioka played 47 games less than Kovacevic. Nishioka scored 93 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 168 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Nishioka Kovacevic
Aces 6 40
Avg per match 2 10
1st in 133/188 209/343
%1st in 71% 61%
1st pts 93/133 168/209
%1st pts 70% 80%
2nd pts 35/55 64/134
%2nd pts 64% 48%

Nishioka blasted 6 aces (2 per match). Kovacevic managed to score 40 aces (10 per match). Nishioka won 70% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Nishioka Kovacevic
Won 11 16
Converted 11/28 16/34
% Converted 39% 47%
Conceded 8 26
Saved 5 20
% Saved 63% 77%
Times Broken 3 6

Yoshihito broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. Yoshihito lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 16 times with a 47% conversion rate. Aleksandar conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Nishioka
R1
Evans
R2
Daniel
1/4
Ruud
Total
Score 6-2 7-63 6-2 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 21 18 25 64
pts 78-65 56-45 83-72 217-182
Total points 143 101 155 399
Winners 30 29 34 93
%Winners 38% 52% 41% 43%
SERVE
Aces 3 0 3 6
Double Faults 1 0 0 1
1st in 43/64 37/51 53/73 133/188
% 1st in 67% 73% 73% 71%
1st pts 30/43 29/37 34/53 93/133
% 1st pts 70% 78% 64% 70%
2nd pts 12/21 8/14 15/20 35/55
% 2nd pts 57% 57% 75% 64%
Breaks
Won 4 3 4 11
Converted 4/14 3/5 4/9 11/28
Converted % 29% 60% 44% 39%
Conceded 2 0 6 8
Saved 0/2 0/0 5/6 5
Saved % 0% 83% 28%
Times Broken 2 0 1 3
Kovacevic
Q1
Shimabukuro
Q3
Jarry
R1
Kecmanovic
R2
Hsin
1/4
Mcdonald
Total
Score 6-73 6-3 6-2 7-66 6-3 6-4 6-4 7-65 6-74 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 2 3 3 13
Tot Games 30 22 20 34 27 133
pts 99-86 69-66 126-110 74-61 368-323
Total points 185 0 135 236 135 691
Winners 37 36 56 39 168
%Winners 37% 0% 52% 44% 53% 46%
SERVE
Aces 9 0 14 5 12 40
Double Faults 4 2 2 2 10
1st in 48/86 / 43/75 75/110 43/72 209/343
% 1st in 56% 0% 57% 68% 60% 61%
1st pts 37/48 / 36/43 56/75 39/43 168/209
% 1st pts 77% 0% 84% 75% 91% 80%
2nd pts 19/38 / 11/32 19/35 15/29 64/134
% 2nd pts 50% 0% 34% 54% 52% 48%
Breaks
Won 6 3 4 3 16
Converted 6/9 / 3/7 4/15 3/3 16/34
Converted % 67% 0% 43% 27% 100% 47%
Conceded 5 10 10 1 26
Saved 3/5 0/ 9/10 8/10 0/1 20
Saved % 60% 90% 80% 0% 77%
Times Broken 2 1 2 1 6

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Nishioka
LLWLWWWLLW
Kovacevic
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2024 2023 2022
24 - 24
27 - 33
14-15
Hard
18-15
1-0
I Hard
2-6
4-7
Clay
5-8
5-2
Grass
2-4

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