Frances Tiafoe and Yoshihito Nishioka will fight against each other in the quarter of the Atlanta Open for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.47
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

This will be the 5^th time that Frances Tiafoe and Yoshihito Nishioka play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Tiafoe won 7-6(6) 6-4 in the 1^st round in Acapulco back in 2023.

Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs Yoshihito Nishioka – Acapulco 27-February-2023

Frances Tiafoe

Ranked no. 29, Francis reached the quarter after defeating Aslan Karatsev 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Tiafoe defeated Karatsev (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match, Tiafoe scored 89 points vs Karatsev’s 86. The American was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tiafoe bagged 18 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 65% of his first serves in, winning 84% (46/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Francis broke Karatsev twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Tiafoe has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (337-239). 7-6 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tiafoe has a composed 164-112 record in the last years on hard.

Francis’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Houston.

Tiafoe has an overall 16-16 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Atlanta

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 86, the Japanese reached the quarter after beating Zachary Svajda 7-6(4) 6-3 and Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Nishioka had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (6-3 6-4). During the match Nishioka scored 69 points vs Mcdonald’s 58. Yoshihito was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Nishioka wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve once. Furthermore, Nishioka put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. Yoshihito broke Mcdonald 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nishioka hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Japanese has a composed 18-17 win-loss record in 2024, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Atlanta

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2016. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tiafoe	Nishioka
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	4
Tot Games	28	41
Pts	89-86	138-117
Total Points	175	255
Winners	46	61
%Winners	52%	44%

Tiafoe played 1 match while Nishioka competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Frances Tiafoe dropped 1 set while Yoshihito Nishioka hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Tiafoe has played 1 set(s) less than Nishioka (3 vs 4). Therefore, Tiafoe played 13 games less than Nishioka. Francis scored 46 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 61 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tiafoe	Nishioka
Aces	18	9
Avg per match	18	4.5
1st in	55/84	81/128
%1st in	65%	63%
1st pts	46/55	61/81
%1st pts	84%	75%
2nd pts	12/29	27/47
%2nd pts	41%	57%

Tiafoe blasted 18 aces . Nishioka bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Tiafoe won 84% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 41% 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	Tiafoe	Nishioka
Won	2	5
Converted	2/6	5/13
% Converted	33%	38%
Conceded	4	2
Saved	3	0
% Saved	75%	0%
Times Broken	1	2

The American broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Francis lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Yoshihito broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Nishioka conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Tiafoe
	R2 Karatsev	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	89-86	89-86
Total points	175	175
Winners	46	46
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	18	18
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	55/84	55/84
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	46/55	46/55
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	12/29	12/29
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Nishioka
	R1 Svajda	R2 Mcdonald	Total
Score	7-64 6-3	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	22	19	41
pts	69-59	69-58	138-117
Total points	128	127	255
Winners	35	26	61
%Winners	51%	38%	44%
SERVE
Aces	9	0	9
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	44/65	37/63	81/128
% 1st in	68%	59%	63%
1st pts	35/44	26/37	61/81
% 1st pts	80%	70%	75%
2nd pts	12/21	15/26	27/47
% 2nd pts	57%	58%	57%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/6	3/7	5/13
Converted %	33%	43%	38%
Conceded	1	1	2
Saved	0/1	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Atlanta

• Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Evan King/Reese StalderKing/Reese Stalder (6-4 6-7⁷ 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
• William Blumberg/Marcus DaniellBlumberg/Marcus Daniell – Tristan Schoolkate/Adam WaltonSchoolkate/Adam Walton (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-0) – H2H and prediction