Casper Ruud and Yoshihito Nishioka will square off in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.43
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Yoshihito Nishioka square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Nishioka won 6-2 3-6 6-2 in the quarter in Seoul back in 2022.
Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs Casper Ruud – Seoul 30-September-2022
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-25 | 21-9 | 24-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 12-12 | 22-8 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-22 | 18-8 | 25-7 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 57-17 | 16-6 | 28-5 | 11-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9, Casper will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Alcaraz in the quarter on the 2nd of October.
The Norwegian has a composed 33-19 win-loss record in 2023, 9-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Estoril where he beat Miomir Kecmanovic in the final 6-2 7-6(3).
Talking about his overall career, The Norwegian has an overall 349-189 record. He has a positive 82-59 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
The Norwegian has never competed in this tournament before.
Yoshihito Nishioka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 48, Nishioka reached the 2nd round after beating Daniel Altmaier 6-4 3-6 7-62.
In the 1st round, Nishioka defeated Altmaier (6-4 3-6 7-62).During the match Nishioka scored less points (1) than Altmaier. In fact, the world no. 9 won 91 points vs Altmaier’s. That means that Nishioka was more focused during the important points. Yoshihito was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Nishioka scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Yoshihito Nishioka was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (44/60) of his 1st serve and 68% (21/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yoshihito broke Altmaier once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Yoshihito’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Zhuhai.
Yoshihito has a compiled 20-19 win-loss record in 2023, 14-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Arthur FilsFils – Pavel KotovKotov (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 7-610) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 7-67) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-710 6-3) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Andy MurrayMurray (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Rigele TeTe (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Max PurcellPurcell (7-65 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Dane SweenySweeny – Taro DanielDaniel (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 3-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-76 6-2 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-7(6) 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Pavel KotovKotov (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Christopher EubanksEubanks (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Quentin HalysHalys (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Pedro CachinCachin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dane SweenySweeny – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Laslo DjereDjere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
