Hubert Hurkacz and Brandon Nakashima will play each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court SIMONNE-MATHIEU. 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 Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 4 sets.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.333
Brandon Nakashima -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Brandon Nakashima
There is no head to head record between Hubert Hurkacz and Brandon Nakashima since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Hubert Hurkacz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-13 | 11-6 | 14-4 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-24 | 23-11 | 5-5 | 13-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-21 | 18-9 | 9-4 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-23 | 22-9 | 1-4 | 8-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-13 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8 (career-high), the Pole got to the 2nd round after beating Shintaro Mochizuki 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Pole had a tough win against Mochizuki to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (4-6 6-3 3-6 6-0 6-3). During the match, Hurkacz scored 157 points vs Mochizuki’s 129. Hurkacz was quite aggressive to blast 69 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hurkacz overpowered his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Hubert Hurkacz was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (69/93) of his 1st serve and 53% (24/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Hurkacz broke Mochizuki 6 times after converting 32% of his break points (6/19).
Hurkacz has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (377-223). 12-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hurkacz has a composed 102-63 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Estoril where he beat Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.
Hubert has a composed 27-11 win-loss record in 2024, 12-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Brandon Nakashima
35 - 14win/loss
65
43
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-18 | 11-4 | 13-7 | 11-4 | 7-3 | 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. 84, Brandon reached the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-1 6-76 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Nakashima defeated Moreno De Alboran (6-1 6-76 6-3 6-2). During the match Nakashima scored 136 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 97. Nakashima was quite aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Talking about serving, Nakashima blasted 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Brandon Nakashima was very efficient on serve to win 85% (60/71) of his 1st serve and 69% (24/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nakashima broke Moreno De Alboran 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he overcame Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.
Brandon has a compiled 35-14 win-loss record in 2024, 13-6 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hurkacz | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 37 |
| Pts | 157-129 | 136-97 |
| Total Points | 286 | 233 |
| Winners | 69 | 60 |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% |
Both Hurkacz and Nakashima played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Hubert Hurkacz surrendered 2 sets, while Brandon Nakashima lost 1 set. Hurkacz has played 1 set more than Nakashima (5 vs 4). Therefore, Hurkacz played 6 games more than Nakashima. Hurkacz scored 69 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Brandon made 60 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hurkacz | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 21 | 13 |
| 1st in | 93/138 | 71/106 |
| %1st in | 67% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 69/93 | 60/71 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 24/45 | 24/35 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 69% |
Hurkacz struck 21 aces . Nakashima recorded 13 aces . Hurkacz won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hurkacz | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/19 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 32% | 33% |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Hurkacz broke his opponent 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. Hubert surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Brandon broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Nakashima was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Hurkacz | |||
| R1 Mochizuki | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 43 | 43 | |
| pts | 157-129 | 157-129 | |
| Total points | 286 | 286 | |
| Winners | 69 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 21 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 93/138 | 93/138 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 69/93 | 69/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/45 | 24/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/19 | 6/19 | |
| Converted % | 32% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Nakashima | |||
| R1 Moreno De Alboran | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-76 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 37 | 37 | |
| pts | 136-97 | 136-97 | |
| Total points | 233 | 233 | |
| Winners | 60 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 71/106 | 71/106 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 60/71 | 60/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/35 | 24/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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