Kazuki Nishiwaki and Antoine Ghibaudo will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTER 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 Antoine Ghibaudo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Antoine Ghibaudo is the pick to win this match.
Antoine Ghibaudo -> 1.86
Kazuki Nishiwaki -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Kazuki Nishiwaki vs. Antoine Ghibaudo
There is no head to head record between Kazuki Nishiwaki and Antoine Ghibaudo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Kazuki Nishiwaki
9 - 15win/loss
747
608
LLWLLLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-24 | 7-17 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-23 | 22-20 | 6-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-15 | 16-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-11 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 655, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Nitin Kumar Sinha 7-6(5) 7-5 and Antoine Ghibaudo .
In the qualifications, Kazuki had a good straight sets win against Kumar Sinha (7-65 7-5). During the match, Nishiwaki scored 82 points vs Kumar Sinha’s 76. Nishiwaki was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nishiwaki bagged 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Kazuki Nishiwaki was very efficient on serve to win 72% (33/46) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kazuki broke Kumar Sinha twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Nishiwaki has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 54% of his matches (144-121). 5-8 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nishiwaki has an overall113-91 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Kazuki has a composed 9-15 win-loss record in 2024, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Nishiwaki has never competed in this tournament before.
Antoine Ghibaudo
22 - 19win/loss
560
560
LWWWWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-27 | 14-9 | 8-7 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-23 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 6-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 761, Ghibaudo reached the qualifications after beating Bekkhan Atlangeriev 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Ghibaudo had a good straight sets win against Atlangeriev (6-4 6-2). During the match Ghibaudo scored 58 points vs Atlangeriev’s 46. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Ghibaudo struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Antoine Ghibaudo was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Antoine broke Atlangeriev 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Ghibaudo’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Kursumlijska Banja.
The French player has a compiled 22-19 win-loss record in 2024, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nishiwaki | Ghibaudo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 18 |
| Pts | 82-76 | 58-46 |
| Total Points | 158 | 104 |
| Winners | 33 | 24 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Nishiwaki and Ghibaudo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nishiwaki and Ghibaudo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nishiwaki played 7 games more than Ghibaudo. Nishiwaki scored 33 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Ghibaudo fired 24 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishiwaki | Ghibaudo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 6 |
| 1st in | 46/84 | 32/55 |
| %1st in | 55% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 24/32 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 16/23 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 70% |
Nishiwaki made 7 aces . Ghibaudo made 6 aces . Nishiwaki won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Ghibaudo won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nishiwaki | Ghibaudo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 25% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Nishiwaki broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Nishiwaki surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Antoine was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Nishiwaki | |||
| Q1 Kumar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 82-76 | 82-76 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 46/84 | 46/84 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 33/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 22/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ghibaudo | |||
| Q1 Atlangeriev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 58-46 | 58-46 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/55 | 32/55 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 24/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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