Grigor Dimitrov and Yoshihito Nishioka will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 12. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.193
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 4.7
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
This will be the 3rd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Yoshihito Nishioka clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Dimitrov won 6-1 6-0 in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2020.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs Yoshihito Nishioka – Rome 16-September-2020
Grigor Dimitrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-11 | 14-3 | 8-4 | 6-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-21 | 16-10 | 10-5 | 10-4 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-22 | 10-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 18-10 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-11 | 8-5 | 6-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 10, Grigor will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3 to Mensik in the 2nd round on the 27th of April.
The Bulgarian has an aggregate 22-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Brisbane where he beat Holger Rune in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Grigor has an overall 584-349 record. He has a positive 154-96 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2014. See his history.
Yoshihito Nishioka
9 - 11win/loss
50
24
WWWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-17 | 9-8 | 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 |
Ranked no. 80, Yoshihito got to the 2nd round after defeating Sebastian Ofner 6-3 2-6 7-64.
In the 1st round, Nishioka defeated Ofner (6-3 2-6 7-64).During the match Nishioka scored less points (4) than Ofner. In fact, the world no. 10 won 89 points vs Ofner’s. That means that Nishioka was more focused during the important points. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Nishioka scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 62% of his first serves in, winning 66% (40/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (24/37) on the 2nd serve. Yoshihito broke Ofner twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Nishioka has a composed 9-11 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Rome
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-73 7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Borna CoricCoric (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-77 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Zizou BergsBergs (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (3-6 7-61 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Harold MayotMayot (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 2-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-74 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jakub MensikMensik (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-73 6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (3-6 7-6(1) 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (6-7(7) 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Harold MayotMayot (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Zizou BergsBergs (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Borna CoricCoric (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
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- Alexander ZverevZverev – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Rafael NadalNadal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Casper RuudRuud (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
