Karen Khachanov and Yoshihito Nishioka will square off in the 4^th round of the Australian Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:30 pm on John Cain Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.57
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.41

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

This will be the 4^th time that Karen Khachanov and Yoshihito Nishioka square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Nishioka won 7-6(2) 7-6(1) in the 3^rd round in Washington back in 2022.

Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs Karen Khachanov – Washington 04-August-2022

Karen Khachanov

Ranked no. 20, the Russian reached the 4^th round after beating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-6³ 6-2 6-0, Jason Murray Kubler 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2 and Frances Tiafoe 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6⁹.

In the 3^rd round, Karen had a good straight sets win against Tiafoe (6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6⁹). During the match, Khachanov scored 152 points vs Tiafoe’s 143. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 70 winners.

Regarding the service games, Khachanov buried his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Karen Khachanov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Khachanov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 70% (70/100) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (31/57) on the 2nd serve. Karen broke Tiafoe 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian has surrendered 2 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Khachanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (344-227). 6-2 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Khachanov has an overall 138-85 match record in the last years on hard.

Karen has an overall 6-2 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 33 (career-high), Yoshihito got to the 4^th round after defeating Mikael Ymer 6-4 6-2 7-5, Dalibor Svrcina 6-3 6-4 6-2 and Mackenzie Mcdonald 7-6⁶ 6-3 6-2.

In the 3^rd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (7-6⁶ 6-3 6-2). During the match Nishioka scored 114 points vs Mcdonald’s 96. Yoshihito was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Nishioka managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Yoshihito Nishioka was quite effective on serve to win 72% (43/60) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nishioka broke Mcdonald 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Yoshihito hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Nishioka’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.

The Japanese has an aggregate 6-1 win-loss record in 2023, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2020. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Khachanov	Nishioka
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	11	9
Tot Games	108	87
Pts	390-326	308-246
Total Points	716	554
Winners	184	116
%Winners	47%	38%

Both Khachanov and Nishioka played 3 matches. At the moment, Karen Khachanov lost 2 sets while Yoshihito Nishioka hasn’t dropped a set so far. Khachanov has played 2 sets more than Nishioka (11 vs 9). Therefore, Khachanov played 21 games more than Nishioka. Khachanov scored 184 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 116 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Khachanov	Nishioka
Aces	46	6
Avg per match	15.3	2
1st in	249/364	166/258
%1st in	68%	64%
1st pts	184/249	116/166
%1st pts	74%	70%
2nd pts	63/115	57/92
%2nd pts	55%	62%

Khachanov managed to score 46 aces (15.3 per match). Nishioka struck 6 aces (2 per match). Khachanov won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Khachanov	Nishioka
Won	15	18
Converted	15/31	18/41
% Converted	48%	44%
Conceded	26	14
Saved	20	8
% Saved	77%	57%
Times Broken	6	6

Khachanov broke his opponents 15 times with a 48% conversion rate. Khachanov lost his serve 6 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Yoshihito broke his opponents 18 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Khachanov
	R1 Zapata Miralles	R2 Murray Kubler	R3 Tiafoe	Total
Score	7-63 6-2 6-0	6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2	6-3 6-4 3-6 7-69
Tot Set	3	4	4	11
Tot Games	27	40	41	108
pts	110-71	128-112	152-143	390-326
Total points	181	240	295	716
Winners	50	64	70	184
%Winners	45%	50%	46%	47%
SERVE
Aces	11	15	20	46
Double Faults	1	2	4	7
1st in	68/90	81/117	100/157	249/364
% 1st in	76%	69%	64%	68%
1st pts	50/68	64/81	70/100	184/249
% 1st pts	74%	79%	70%	74%
2nd pts	14/22	18/36	31/57	63/115
% 2nd pts	64%	50%	54%	55%
Breaks
Won	6	5	4	15
Converted	6/12	5/9	4/10	15/31
Converted %	50%	56%	40%	48%
Conceded	7	5	14	26
Saved	6/7	3/5	11/14	20
Saved %	86%	60%	79%	75%
Times Broken	1	2	3	6

Nishioka
	R1 Ymer	R2 Svrcina	R3 Mcdonald	Total
Score	6-4 6-2 7-5	6-3 6-4 6-2	7-66 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	3	3	9
Tot Games	30	27	30	87
pts	96-80	98-70	114-96	308-246
Total points	176	168	210	554
Winners	40	33	43	116
%Winners	42%	34%	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3	6
Double Faults	1	1	4	6
1st in	55/86	51/77	60/95	166/258
% 1st in	64%	66%	63%	64%
1st pts	40/55	33/51	43/60	116/166
% 1st pts	73%	65%	72%	70%
2nd pts	19/31	20/26	18/35	57/92
% 2nd pts	61%	77%	51%	62%
Breaks
Won	6	6	6	18
Converted	6/12	6/13	6/16	18/41
Converted %	50%	46%	38%	44%
Conceded	5	3	6	14
Saved	3/5	1/3	4/6	8
Saved %	60%	33%	67%	53%
Times Broken	2	2	2	6

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

• Andrey RublevRublev – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-2 7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-6⁶ 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-7⁸ 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-6³ 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-6⁷ 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-1 3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Holger RuneRune – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 6-2 7-6(5)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (1-9) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jeff WolfWolf – Michael MmohMmoh (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andy MurrayMurray – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jannik SinnerSinner (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction