Brandon Nakashima and Jesper De Jong will square off in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on GRAND STAND ARENA. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.33
Jesper De Jong -> 3.14

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Jesper De Jong

There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Jesper De Jong since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 72, the American got to the qualifications after beating Nerman Fatic 7-6⁵ 7-5.

In the qualifications, Brandon had a good straight sets win against Fatic (7-6⁵ 7-5). During the match, Nakashima scored 84 points vs Fatic’s 76. Nakashima was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nakashima managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Brandon Nakashima was very efficient on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Brandon broke Fatic once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).

Nakashima has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (196-120). 9-4 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nakashima has an overall25-24 record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he overcame Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.

Brandon has a compiled 31-12 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Jesper De Jong

Ranked no. 162, Jesper reached the qualifications after defeating Jurij Rodionov 6-3 2-6 6-4.

In the qualifications, Jesper defeated Rodionov (6-3 2-6 6-4). During the match De scored 99 points vs Rodionov’s 97. The Dutch was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, De recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jesper De Jong lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, De put 54% of his first serves in, winning 60% (35/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (25/49) on the 2nd serve. Jesper broke Rodionov 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

De has an aggregate 17-11 win-loss record in 2024, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Jesper has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nakashima	De
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	25	27
Pts	84-76	99-97
Total Points	160	196
Winners	32	35
%Winners	38%	35%

Both Nakashima and De played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Jesper De Jong dropped 1 set while Brandon Nakashima hasn’t conceded a set so far. Nakashima has played 1 set(s) less than De (2 vs 3). Therefore, Nakashima played 2 games less than De. Nakashima scored 32 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch managed to score 35 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nakashima	De
Aces	3	5
Avg per match	3	5
1st in	39/74	58/107
%1st in	53%	54%
1st pts	32/39	35/58
%1st pts	82%	60%
2nd pts	22/35	25/49
%2nd pts	63%	51%

Nakashima managed to score 3 aces . De fired 5 aces . Nakashima won 82% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, De won 60% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nakashima	De
Won	1	4
Converted	1/6	4/12
% Converted	17%	33%
Conceded	0	12
Saved	0	8
% Saved	0%	67%
Times Broken	0	4

The American broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Dutch broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Nakashima
	Q1 Fatic	Total
Score	7-65 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	25	25
pts	84-76	84-76
Total points	160	160
Winners	32	32
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	39/74	39/74
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	32/39	32/39
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	22/35	22/35
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/6	1/6
Converted %	17%	17%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

De
	Q1 Rodionov	Total
Score	6-3 2-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	99-97	99-97
Total points	196	196
Winners	35	35
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	58/107	58/107
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	35/58	35/58
% 1st pts	60%	60%
2nd pts	25/49	25/49
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	12	12
Saved	8/12	8
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	4	4

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