Borna Coric and Brandon Nakashima will face off in the 2nd round of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on RAKUTEN MOBILE ARENA. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Coric who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.82
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Brandon Nakashima
There is no head to head record between Borna Coric and Brandon Nakashima since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Borna Coric
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-27 | 8-13 | 3-7 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-19 | 10-10 | 9-5 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 10-5 | 10-9 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-12 | 6-5 | 4-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 28, Coric got to the 2nd round after defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4 7-64.
In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Kokkinakis (6-4 7-64). During the match, Coric scored 74 points vs Kokkinakis’s 66. The Croatian was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Coric recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Borna Coric was exceptionally effective on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Croatian broke Kokkinakis once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Coric has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (280-190). 9-4 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Coric has a composed 133-80 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Parma Challenger where he overcame Elias Ymer in the final 7-6(4) 6-0 and in Cincinnati where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 7-6(0) 6-2.
The Croatian has an aggregate 21-14 win-loss record in 2022, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
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. 47 (career-high), Nakashima reached the 2nd round after beating Shintaro Mochizuki 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Nakashima had a good straight sets win against Mochizuki (6-3 6-2). During the match Nakashima scored 54 points vs Mochizuki’s 33. Nakashima was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Nakashima scored 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Brandon Nakashima was pretty efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Mochizuki 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in San Diego where he defeated Marcos Giron in the final 6-4 6-4.
The American has an aggregate 33-22 win-loss record in 2022, 17-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Coric | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 |
| Pts | 74-66 | 54-33 |
| Total Points | 140 | 87 |
| Winners | 37 | 21 |
| %Winners | 50% | 39% |
Both Coric and Nakashima played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Coric and Nakashima have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Coric played 6 games more than Nakashima. The Croatian scored 37 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Nakashima managed to score 21 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Coric | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 45/64 | 25/45 |
| %1st in | 70% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 21/25 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 15/20 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 75% |
Coric managed to score 5 aces . Nakashima blasted 6 aces . Coric won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Coric | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 60% |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Borna broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Coric very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Coric | |||
| R1 Kokkinakis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 74-66 | 74-66 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 45/64 | 45/64 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 37/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Nakashima | |||
| R1 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 54-33 | 54-33 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/45 | 25/45 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 21/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/20 | 15/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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