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.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 2 sets.
As 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
| 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.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-34 | 19-16 | 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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
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LWLLWLLWLL Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Cameron NorrieNorrie (w/o) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Casper RuudRuud (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas Barrientos/Miguel-Angel Reyes-VarelaBarrientos/Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela – Ji Sung Nam/Min-Kyu SongSung Nam/Min-Kyu Song (7-5 3-6 10-7) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
