Karen Khachanov and Yoshihito Nishioka will square off in the final of the Zhuhai Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 7:30 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 Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.58
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
This will be the 5th time that Karen Khachanov and Yoshihito Nishioka clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Khachanov won 6-0 6-0 7-6(4) in the 4th round in at the Australian Open back in January 2023.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs Yoshihito Nishioka – Australian Open 22-January-2023
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-22 | 14-12 | 8-4 | 14-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-18 | 18-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 17-11 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-24 | 17-9 | 5-6 | 8-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 12-6 | 4-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 15, Khachanov reached the final after beating Alex Bolt 6-4 6-4, Mackenzie Mcdonald 4-6 6-4 6-4 and Sebastian Korda 7-5 6-4.
In the semifinal, Khachanov had a good straight sets win against Korda (7-5 6-4). During the match, Khachanov scored 72 points vs Korda’s 59. Karen was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Khachanov managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Karen Khachanov lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Khachanov put 59% of his first serves in, winning 83% (30/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Karen broke Korda 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Khachanov has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Khachanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (364-237). 16-7 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Khachanov has a composed 148-90 record in the last years on hard.
Karen’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal at the Australian Open , Miami and Zhuhai.
Karen has an overall 26-12 win-loss record in 2023, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Zhuhai
Karen has never competed in this tournament before.
Yoshihito Nishioka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-24 | 16-15 | 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, Yoshihito reached the final after beating Terence Atmane 0-6 6-4 6-2, Lloyd Harris 7-64 7-65, Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 7-5 and Aslan Karatsev 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal, Yoshihito had a good straight sets win against Karatsev (6-4 6-4). During the match Nishioka scored 70 points vs Karatsev’s 59. Yoshihito was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Nishioka blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 69% of his first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. Nishioka broke Karatsev 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Japanese’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal Adelaide and Zhuhai.
Yoshihito has an aggregate 18-17 win-loss record in 2023, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Khachanov | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 72 | 92 |
| Pts | 239-212 | 291-256 |
| Total Points | 451 | 547 |
| Winners | 102 | 139 |
| %Winners | 43% | 48% |
Khachanov played 3 matches while Nishioka competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Karen Khachanov surrendered 1 set, while Yoshihito Nishioka surrendered 1 set. Khachanov has played 2 set(s) less than Nishioka (7 vs 9). Therefore, Khachanov played 20 games less than Nishioka. Karen scored 102 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 139 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Khachanov | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 132/224 | 193/276 |
| %1st in | 59% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 102/132 | 139/193 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 43/92 | 54/83 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 65% |
Khachanov made 16 aces (5.3 per match). Nishioka made 6 aces (1.5 per match). Khachanov won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Khachanov | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 10 |
| Converted | 11/22 | 10/17 |
| % Converted | 50% | 59% |
| Conceded | 22 | 14 |
| Saved | 16 | 8 |
| % Saved | 73% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Khachanov broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Karen dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. Nishioka conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Khachanov | |||||
| R2 Bolt |
1/4 Mcdonald |
1/2 Korda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 | 22 | 72 | |
| pts | 73-64 | 94-89 | 72-59 | 239-212 | |
| Total points | 137 | 183 | 131 | 451 | |
| Winners | 35 | 37 | 30 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 39% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 47/72 | 49/91 | 36/61 | 132/224 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 54% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 37/49 | 30/36 | 102/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 76% | 83% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 17/42 | 12/25 | 43/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 40% | 48% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 5/8 | 4/9 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 63% | 44% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 | |
| Saved | 10/10 | 2/6 | 4/6 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Nishioka | ||||||
| R1 Atmane |
R2 Lloyd |
1/4 Struff |
1/2 Karatsev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-4 6-2 | 7-64 7-65 | 6-4 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 92 | |
| pts | 71-71 | 80-75 | 70-51 | 70-59 | 291-256 | |
| Total points | 142 | 155 | 121 | 129 | 547 | |
| Winners | 29 | 42 | 37 | 31 | 139 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 53% | 53% | 44% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 49/70 | 52/74 | 44/62 | 48/70 | 193/276 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | 71% | 69% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 29/49 | 42/52 | 37/44 | 31/48 | 139/193 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 81% | 84% | 65% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 16/22 | 10/18 | 13/22 | 54/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 73% | 56% | 59% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 0/1 | 3/5 | 4/7 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 0% | 60% | 57% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 0/0 | 4/5 | 2/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 40% | – | 80% | 50% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
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