Aleksandar Vukic and Yoshihito Nishioka will square off in the quarter of the Rothesay International for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Aleksandar Vukic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Vukic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Vukic -> 1.76
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

This will be the 4^th time that Aleksandar Vukic and Yoshihito Nishioka face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.

The last time that they played each other, Nishioka won 7-6(3) 6-4 in the qualifications in Eastbourne back in June 2024.

Aleksandar Vukic

Ranked no. 81, Vukic got to the quarter after beating Antoine Bellier 6-4 6-3, Fabian Marozsan 6-2 6-4 and Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Vukic had a good straight sets win against Bublik (6-4 6-4). During the match, Vukic scored 62 points vs Bublik’s 48. Aleksandar was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Vukic fired 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Aleksandar Vukic was pretty efficient on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Aleksandar broke Bublik twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Aleksandar started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Vukic has good record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (264-203). 6-4 on grass in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vukic has an overall 15-13 match record in the last years on grass.

Vukic’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger.

Aleksandar has an aggregate 16-22 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on grass (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Eastbourne

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 102, Nishioka got to the quarter after defeating Arthur Fery 6-3 6-3, Aleksandar Vukic 7-6³ 6-4, Liam Broady 6-3 6-4 and Marcos Giron 6-7⁸ 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round against Giron, Yoshihito recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁸ 6-4 6-2). During the match Nishioka scored 98 points vs Giron’s 84. Yoshihito was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Nishioka fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Yoshihito Nishioka was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (48/64) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nishioka broke Giron 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Yoshihito started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Japanese has a composed 15-15 win-loss record in 2024, 4-0 on grass (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Eastbourne

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Vukic	Nishioka
Match played	3	4
Tot Set	6	9
Tot Games	57	91
Pts	175-134	329-268
Total Points	309	597
Winners	81	136
%Winners	46%	41%

Vukic played 3 matches while Nishioka competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Yoshihito Nishioka surrendered 1 set while Aleksandar Vukic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Vukic has played 3 set(s) less than Nishioka (6 vs 9). Therefore, Vukic played 34 games less than Nishioka. Aleksandar scored 81 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Yoshihito recorded 136 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Vukic	Nishioka
Aces	21	14
Avg per match	7	3.5
1st in	98/157	182/270
%1st in	62%	67%
1st pts	81/98	136/182
%1st pts	83%	75%
2nd pts	38/59	50/88
%2nd pts	64%	57%

Vukic struck 21 aces (7 per match). Nishioka recorded 14 aces (3.5 per match). Vukic won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Vukic	Nishioka
Won	8	15
Converted	8/13	15/34
% Converted	62%	44%
Conceded	5	20
Saved	5	15
% Saved	100%	75%
Times Broken	0	5

Aleksandar broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Aleksandar pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 5 break points. Yoshihito broke his opponents 15 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Vukic
	Q1 Bellier	Q3 Nishioka	R1 Marozsan	R2 Bublik	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	7-63 6-4	6-2 6-4	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	19	23	18	20	80
pts	56-42	–	57-44	62-48	175-134
Total points	98	0	101	110	309
Winners	26		29	26	81
%Winners	46%	0%	51%	42%	46%
SERVE
Aces	4	0	9	8	21
Double Faults	1		1	1	3
1st in	32/48	/	37/55	29/54	98/157
% 1st in	67%	0%	67%	54%	62%
1st pts	26/32	/	29/37	26/29	81/98
% 1st pts	81%	0%	78%	90%	83%
2nd pts	10/16	/	12/18	16/25	38/59
% 2nd pts	63%	0%	67%	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	3		3	2	8
Converted	3/3	/	3/3	2/7	8/13
Converted %	100%	0%	100%	29%	62%
Conceded	0		2	3	5
Saved	0/0	0/	2/2	3/3	5
Saved %	–	–	100%	100%	50%
Times Broken	0		0	0	0

Nishioka
	Q1 Fery	Q3 Vukic	R1 Broady	R2 Giron	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	7-63 6-4	6-3 6-4	6-78 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	18	23	19	31	91
pts	71-53	78-65	82-66	98-84	329-268
Total points	124	143	148	182	597
Winners	33	36	19	48	136
%Winners	46%	46%	23%	49%	41%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	3	4	14
Double Faults	1	1	1	3	6
1st in	46/62	45/65	27/48	64/95	182/270
% 1st in	74%	69%	56%	67%	67%
1st pts	33/46	36/45	19/27	48/64	136/182
% 1st pts	72%	80%	70%	75%	75%
2nd pts	7/16	9/20	16/21	18/31	50/88
% 2nd pts	44%	45%	76%	58%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	3	4	4	15
Converted	4/8	3/6	4/14	4/6	15/34
Converted %	50%	50%	29%	67%	44%
Conceded	7	4	4	5	20
Saved	6/7	2/4	3/4	4/5	15
Saved %	86%	50%	75%	80%	73%
Times Broken	1	2	1	1	5

Tennis Scores in Eastbourne

• Matthew Ebden/John PeersEbden/John Peers – Austin Krajicek/Mackenzie McDonaldKrajicek/Mackenzie McDonald (6-3 6-7³ 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

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