Brandon Nakashima and Duje Ajdukovic will fight against each other in the 1st round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 Brandon Nakashima who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.35
Duje Ajdukovic -> 3.22
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Duje Ajdukovic
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Brandon Nakashima
23 - 8win/loss
64
43
LWLWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-18 | 11-4 | 13-7 | 11-4 | 6-3 | 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, Nakashima will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Tabilo in the 1st round on the 21st of March.
Brandon has an overall 22-8 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he beat Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Brandon has an overall 187-116 record. He has a negative 16-20 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Brandon has never competed in this tournament before.
Duje Ajdukovic
11 - 10win/loss
137
115
LLLLWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 6-7 | 6-7 | 5-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-1 | 50-21 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 0-1 | 22-23 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-31 | 1-1 | 29-23 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 30-11 | 4-3 | 22-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 117 (career-high), the Croatian will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 4-6 7-6(2) 7-6(5) to Vavassori in the qualifications on the 18th of March.
Ajdukovic has an aggregate 11-9 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Ajdukovic’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger.
In terms of his career, Ajdukovic has an overall 235-146 record. He has a positive 170-96 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLLWLW Tennis Scores in Houston
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Brandon HoltHolt (4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Yibing WuWu – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Valentin VacherotVacherot (7-64 7-65) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marcos GironGiron – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Jeff WolfWolf (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Yibing WuWu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Zizou BergsBergs (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Christopher EubanksEubanks (1-0) – H2H and prediction
