Yoshihito Nishioka and Yosuke Watanuki will face off in the qualifications of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on COURT 1. 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.

As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.74
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.01

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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Yosuke Watanuki

This will be the 4^th time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Yosuke Watanuki play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Nishioka won 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Columbus Challenger back in 2022.

Yoshihito Nishioka

Yoshihito Nishioka

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	28-22	16-13	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

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Ranked no. 49, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Titouan Droguet 3-6 7-6⁴ 6-2.

In the qualifications against Droguet, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6⁴ 6-2). During the match, Nishioka scored 102 points vs Droguet’s 96. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nishioka recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Yoshihito Nishioka was very efficient on serve to win 72% (41/57) of his 1st serve and 53% (21/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Yoshihito broke Droguet 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Nishioka has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (338-221). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nishioka has a composed 56-33 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Zhuhai.

Nishioka has a compiled 21-21 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

Paris

Nishioka's Record

Yosuke Watanuki

Yosuke Watanuki

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Rank
337

High
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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	2-7	2-6	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0
2023	43-23	29-12	7-5	1-2	6-4	0-0
2022	40-22	19-11	6-4	15-7	0-0	0-0
2021	18-17	8-9	2-3	6-4	2-1	0-0
2020	11-7	2-2	0-2	9-3	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 73 (career-high), Yousuke reached the qualifications after defeating Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4 6-7⁸ 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Mpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-7⁸ 6-3). During the match Watanuki scored 105 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 93. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Watanuki blasted 17 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki was very efficient on serve to win 92% (45/49) of his 1st serve and 62% (26/42) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Mpetshi Perricard twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Watanuki’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Shanghai Challenger.

The Japanese has an aggregate 37-20 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Paris

Watanuki's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Nishioka and Watanuki played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Yoshihito Nishioka dropped 1 set, while Yosuke Watanuki lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Nishioka and Watanuki have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Nishioka played 2 games less than Watanuki. Yoshihito scored 41 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Yousuke struck 45 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Nishioka struck 4 aces . Watanuki managed to score 17 aces . Nishioka won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 92% 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

The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Yoshihito conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Yousuke was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

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Yoshihito
Nishioka

3:1

Yosuke
Watanuki

Rank

59

High

24

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Rank

337

High

72

Win Loss

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2024 2023 2022

24 - 22

2 - 6

14-13

Hard

2-6

1-0

I Hard

0-0

4-7

Clay

0-0

5-2

Grass

0-0

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