Miomir Kecmanovic and Yoshihito Nishioka will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COLOSSEUM. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Miomir Kecmanovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Miomir Kecmanovic is the pick to win this match.
Miomir Kecmanovic -> 1.88
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
This will be the 4th time that Miomir Kecmanovic and Yoshihito Nishioka square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), but Kecmanovic leads 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Nishioka won 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the qualifications in St petersburg back in 2021.
Miomir Kecmanovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 7-8 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-31 | 11-13 | 9-9 | 6-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-26 | 21-11 | 15-8 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-27 | 6-11 | 5-8 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-13 | 7-6 | 5-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 33, the Serbian will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Seoul where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Kovacevic in the 1st round on the 26th of September.
The Serbian has a compiled 34-22 win-loss record in 2022, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Miomir’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Munich and Los Cabos.
Talking about his overall career, The Serbian has an overall 233-157 record. He has a positive 100-66 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
Yoshihito Nishioka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-17 | 4-8 | 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. 41 (career-high), will start his run in Tokyo after he won the title in Seoul after beating 6-4 7-6(5) Shapovalov in the final.
Yoshihito has an aggregate 39-21 win-loss record in 2022, 25-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Seoul where he beat Denis Shapovalov in the final 6-4 7-6(5).
Yoshihito won his last 5 matches.
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 366-222 record. He has a positive 207-118 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWWLWL Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-62 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Casper RuudRuud (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel EvansEvans – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-73 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-64 6-72 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Borna CoricCoric – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 3-6 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Taro DanielDaniel (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Evans/John PeersEvans/John Peers – Andre Goransson/Ben McLachlanGoransson/Ben McLachlan (6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hiroki MoriyaHiroki – Yuta ShimizuYuta (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Steve JohnsonJohnson (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – H2H and prediction
