Brandon Nakashima and Alex Bolt will square off in the 2nd round of the Infosys Hall of Fame Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 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 Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.46
Alex Bolt -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Alex Bolt
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Brandon Nakashima
44 - 19win/loss
53
43
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-19 | 11-4 | 13-7 | 11-4 | 9-4 | 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. 53, Brandon reached the 2nd round after defeating Emilio Nava 7-5 6-2 and Alex Bolt .
In the 1st round, Brandon had a good straight sets win against Nava (7-5 6-2). During the match, Nakashima scored 65 points vs Nava’s 46. Nakashima was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nakashima couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Brandon Nakashima was very effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Brandon broke Nava 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Nakashima has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (209-127). 9-4 on grass in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nakashima has a composed24-15 record in the last 9 years on grass.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he defeated Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.
The American has a composed 44-19 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Newport
Brandon has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Bolt
39 - 14win/loss
210
125
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-14 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 20-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 210, Bolt reached the 2nd round after defeating Seong Chan Hong 6-4 6-3, Mitchell Krueger 6-3 7-6(6) and Jakub Mensik 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Bolt had a good straight sets win against Mensik (6-2 6-4). During the match Bolt scored 60 points vs Mensik’s 44. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Bolt scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Bolt lost the serve once. Furthermore, Bolt put 60% of his first serves in, winning 84% (26/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Bolt broke Mensik 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Bolt’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Burnie 1 Challenger,M25 Traralgon,M25 Mildura and M25 Swan Hill.
Bolt has an aggregate 39-14 win-loss record in 2024, 20-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Newport
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nakashima | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 59 |
| Pts | 65-46 | 186-145 |
| Total Points | 111 | 331 |
| Winners | 25 | 93 |
| %Winners | 38% | 50% |
Nakashima played 1 match while Bolt competed in 3 matches. Bolt started his run from the qualifications while Nakashima had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Nakashima has played 4 set(s) less than Bolt (2 vs 6). Therefore, Nakashima played 39 games less than Bolt. The American scored 25 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 93 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nakashima | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 112/176 |
| %1st in | 59% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 93/112 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 36/64 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 56% |
Nakashima didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bolt managed to score 14 aces (4.7 per match). Nakashima won 83% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nakashima | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 80% | 54% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Nakashima broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Nakashima lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nakashima | |||
| R1 Nava | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 65-46 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 30/51 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 25/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bolt | |||||
| Q1 Chan Hong | Q3 Krueger | R1 Mensik | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 7-66 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 18 | 59 | |
| pts | 59-44 | 67-57 | 60-44 | 186-145 | |
| Total points | 103 | 124 | 104 | 331 | |
| Winners | 28 | 39 | 26 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 58% | 43% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 47/69 | 31/52 | 112/176 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 68% | 60% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 39/47 | 26/31 | 93/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 83% | 84% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 13/22 | 9/21 | 36/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 59% | 43% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 1/1 | 4/6 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 100% | 67% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 0% | 200% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Newport
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Alex BoltBolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction