Brandon Nakashima and Michael Geerts will face off in the 2nd round of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on JEAN JAURES. 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 Brandon Nakashima who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.121
Michael Geerts -> 5.6
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Michael Geerts
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Michael Geerts since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Brandon Nakashima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-14 | 11-4 | 12-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-26 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 8-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 17-13 | 5-5 | 9-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-25 | 17-10 | 4-7 | 20-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-14 | 19-6 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 92, Brandon reached the 2nd round after beating Valentin Royer 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Nakashima had a good straight sets win against Royer (6-4 6-4). During the match, Nakashima scored 58 points vs Royer’s 45. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nakashima managed to score 6 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Brandon Nakashima was very effective on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Brandon broke Royer twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Nakashima has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (181-112). 8-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nakashima has an overall58-21 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he defeated Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.
Brandon has an overall 16-4 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-18 | 3-3 | 5-8 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 299, Michael reached the 2nd round after defeating Oscar Otte 6-75 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Otte, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-4). During the match Geerts scored 99 points vs Otte’s 87. Geerts was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Geerts made 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Michael Geerts was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (46/56) of his 1st serve and 68% (21/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belgian broke Otte twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Michael has a composed 5-5 win-loss record in 2024, 3-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nakashima | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 32 |
| Pts | 58-45 | 99-87 |
| Total Points | 103 | 186 |
| Winners | 30 | 46 |
| %Winners | 52% | 46% |
Both Nakashima and Geerts played 1 match. At the moment, Michael Geerts lost 1 set while Brandon Nakashima hasn’t conceded a set so far. Nakashima has played 1 set(s) less than Geerts (2 vs 3). Therefore, Nakashima played 12 games less than Geerts. Brandon scored 30 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Geerts blasted 46 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nakashima | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 10 |
| 1st in | 37/50 | 56/87 |
| %1st in | 74% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 46/56 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 21/31 |
| %2nd pts | 77% | 68% |
Nakashima fired 6 aces . Geerts blasted 10 aces . Nakashima won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nakashima | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 25% |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Belgian broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Belgian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Nakashima | |||
| R1 Royer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 58-45 | 58-45 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/50 | 37/50 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 30/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 10/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Geerts | |||
| R1 Otte |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 99-87 | 99-87 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/87 | 56/87 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 46/56 | 46/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLLWLW Tennis Scores in Cherbourg Challenger
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikolay VylegzhaninVylegzhanin – Martin DammDamm (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Buvaysar GadamauriGadamauri (7-5 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Hazem NaowNaow – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Oscar OtteOtte (6-75 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas PoullainPoullain – Marius CopilCopil (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Henri SquireSquire (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Buvaysar GadamauriGadamauri (7-5 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Nikolay VylegzhaninVylegzhanin – Martin DammDamm (7-6(4) 6-1) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Lorenzo RottoliRottoli (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Hazem NaowNaow – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
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- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
