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

Miomir Kecmanovic

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Rank
52
High
27
LWWLWLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 28-30 15-14 5-7 6-6 2-3 0-0
2024 26-31 10-15 6-7 6-5 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

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.

Tokyo
Kecmanovic's Record

Yoshihito Nishioka

Yoshihito Nishioka

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Rank
110
High
24
WWWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-22 16-14 0-2 10-2 0-4 0-0
2024 29-24 17-15 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

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.

Tokyo
Nishioka's Record

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