Yoshihito Nishioka and Joao Sousa will play each other in the qualifications of the Erste Bank Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.28
Joao Sousa -> 3.54
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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Joao Sousa
This will be the 3rd time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Joao Sousa square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Nishioka won 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Tokyo back in 2019.
Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs Joao Sousa – Tokyo 30-September-2019
Yoshihito Nishioka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 16-13 | 10-6 | 2-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 39 (career-high), Nishioka reached the qualifications after beating Ilya Ivashka 6-2 7-64.
In the qualifications, Yoshihito had a good straight sets win against Ivashka (6-2 7-64). During the match, Nishioka scored 81 points vs Ivashka’s 73. Yoshihito was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nishioka scored just 1 ace and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 74% of his first serves in, winning 63% (40/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Ivashka 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Nishioka has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (351-211). 15-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nishioka has a compiled 52-31 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Seoul where he beat Denis Shapovalov in the final 6-4 7-6(5).
Yoshihito has a composed 42-23 win-loss record in 2022, 15-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Vienna
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 67, Sousa got to the qualifications after beating Alexander Erler 7-65 7-5.
In the qualifications, Sousa had a good straight sets win against Erler (7-65 7-5). During the match Sousa scored 76 points vs Erler’s 72. Sousa was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Sousa blasted 4 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Joao Sousa lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 75% of his first serves in, winning 77% (41/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Erler twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Pune where he defeated Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 7-6(9) 4-6 6-1.
Sousa has a composed 25-32 win-loss record in 2022, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nishioka | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 25 |
| Pts | 81-73 | 76-72 |
| Total Points | 154 | 148 |
| Winners | 40 | 41 |
| %Winners | 49% | 54% |
Both Nishioka and Sousa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nishioka and Sousa have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nishioka played 4 games less than Sousa. Nishioka scored 40 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Joao made 41 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishioka | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 64/87 | 53/71 |
| %1st in | 74% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 40/64 | 41/53 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 9/18 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 50% |
Nishioka managed to score 1 ace . Sousa also blasted 4 aces . Nishioka won 63% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nishioka | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 44% | 33% |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 78% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Nishioka broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Yoshihito conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Sousa broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nishioka | |||
| Q1 Ivashka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 81-73 | 81-73 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 64/87 | 64/87 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 40/64 | 40/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sousa | |||
| Q1 Erler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 76-72 | 76-72 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 53/71 | 53/71 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 41/53 | 41/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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