Jan-Lennard Struff and Yoshihito Nishioka will fight against each other in the quarter of the Zhuhai Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 7:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 3 sets.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.62
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
This will be the 3rd time that Jan-Lennard Struff and Yoshihito Nishioka face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Struff and Nishioka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Nishioka won 2-6 6-3 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Cologne back in 2020.
Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs Jan-Lennard Struff – Cologne 22-October-2020
Jan-Lennard Struff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-21 | 4-8 | 15-5 | 5-6 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-24 | 21-9 | 14-7 | 5-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-22 | 3-10 | 7-4 | 12-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-30 | 8-11 | 11-8 | 6-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-15 | 10-6 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 23, the German reached the quarter after defeating Cristian Garin 6-3 1-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The German defeated Garin (6-3 1-6 6-4).During the match, Struff scored less points (1) than Garin. In fact, the world no. 23 won 76 points vs Garin’s. That means that Struff was more focused during the important points. Struff was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Struff fired 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Jan-Lennard Struff lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Struff put 60% of his first serves in, winning 78% (36/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. Struff broke Garin 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Struff has good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (334-265). 21-6 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Struff has an aggregate 88-85 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The German’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Madrid and Stuttgart.
The German has a composed 42-17 win-loss record in 2023, 21-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Zhuhai
Struff has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 46, Nishioka got to the quarter after defeating Terence Atmane 0-6 6-4 6-2 and Lloyd Harris 7-64 7-65.
In the 2nd round, Yoshihito had a good straight sets win against Lloyd (7-64 7-65). During the match Nishioka scored 80 points vs Lloyd’s 75. Yoshihito was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Nishioka scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yoshihito Nishioka was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (42/52) of his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Yoshihito’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
The Japanese has an overall 16-17 win-loss record in 2023, 10-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Struff | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 50 |
| Pts | 76-77 | 151-146 |
| Total Points | 153 | 297 |
| Winners | 36 | 71 |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% |
Struff played 1 match while Nishioka competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jan-Lennard Struff lost 1 set, while Yoshihito Nishioka conceded 1 set. Struff has played 2 set(s) less than Nishioka (3 vs 5). Therefore, Struff played 24 games less than Nishioka. Struff scored 36 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Yoshihito struck 71 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Struff | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 46/77 | 101/144 |
| %1st in | 60% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 71/101 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 31/43 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 72% |
Struff fired 12 aces . Nishioka blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Struff won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Struff | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 30% | 60% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 40% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Jan-Lennard broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Struff dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Struff | |||
| R2 Garin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 76-77 | 76-77 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 46/77 | 46/77 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 36/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 13/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Nishioka | ||||
| R1 Atmane | R2 Lloyd | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-4 6-2 | 7-64 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 26 | 50 | |
| pts | 71-71 | 80-75 | 151-146 | |
| Total points | 142 | 155 | 297 | |
| Winners | 29 | 42 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 53% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/70 | 52/74 | 101/144 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 29/49 | 42/52 | 71/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 81% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 16/22 | 31/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 73% | 72% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 0/1 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 0% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | – | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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