Holger Rune and Yoshihito Nishioka will play each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Holger Rune who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Holger Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Rune -> 1.146
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 5.6

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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

This will be the 2nd time that Holger Rune and Yoshihito Nishioka fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Nishioka won 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Adelaide back in 2023.

Holger Rune

Holger Rune

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
15
High
4
LWWLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-22 20-10 10-6 4-4 2-2 0-0
2024 45-24 21-12 11-6 10-4 3-2 0-0
2023 44-24 10-10 16-4 11-8 7-2 0-0
2022 50-27 8-9 21-11 21-4 0-3 0-0
2021 73-29 11-5 41-17 21-7 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 8, Rune will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Brisbane where he lost 7-6(5) 6-4 to Dimitrov in the final on the 7th of January.

The Dane has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Holger’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Brisbane.

Talking about his overall career, Holger has an overall 210-107 record. He has a positive 34-31 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2023. See his history.

Australian Open
Rune's Record

Yoshihito Nishioka

Yoshihito Nishioka

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
111
High
24
WWWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-22 16-14 0-2 10-2 0-4 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. 58, Nishioka will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in Paris where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Rublev in the 2nd round on the 31st of October.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 394-248 record. He has a positive 221-134 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2023. See his history.

Australian Open
Nishioka's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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